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Old 12-08-2013, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Morbius131 View Post
We have had deer hanging during a week of hunting and they were rigored up within a couple hours and they never went back to pre-rigor condition. The meat may loosen as the lactic acid leaves the muscles and the testosterone leaches out but I have never seen an animal that flexible 12 - 24 hours after being shot. With that said the OP mentioned the next was broken so that may account for the increased flexibility but to that extent still surprises me.

Morb
They deffenitly loose the rigormortus. Iv guided my share of deer, if temps allow it we hang gutted overnight an take photos in the morning. After 10-14hrs they loosen up quite a bit.