With all the discussion on rigor mortis and the importance of an animal going through the full process prior to cutting up, I’m wondering if that may be a contributing factor in this case. I killed him on the 4th day of my hunt. Because of scheduling, I had to cut him up the next day, with the bull hanging, hide off, in a cooler prior to working up. I’ve only taken one bull, way back when, like that. Usually I can let em hang three, four days before getting him into my coolers for a ride home. That may be it.....or he was just an old rank bull.
