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Originally Posted by Morbius131
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
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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.