[Rhino81]

Originally Posted by mulecrazy

Aging MAY help, but is definitely not the be all end all. I have aged moose anywhere from 1-8 days and they have all been very tender. A good friend aged his 4.5year old bull for 2 weeks and it was like rubber. That bull had a cracked skull and may have been stressed quite a bit from the previous months rut. My big bull I shot this year was rutting hard, shot first week of October and he had 8 cows with him. I hung him for 6 days and he has been great so far. We pushed my dads bull through a series of brush before he ended up shooting him after about a 3 mile run. He was tender as can be after 7 days.

You may have just got a tough one. It happens, even with young bulls sometimes.

That’s very true.