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Posted: 9/25/2008 4:43:08 AM
i aint killing anything i wont eat unless its in self defense just hunting for antlers or hides makes me sick
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Lokjell
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Posted: 9/25/2008 5:28:01 AM
I was looking for both when I shot my bear. Turns out I didn't like the meat much, so once I finished it, I decided I wouldn't be shooting any more bears. The Rug is really nice though.
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Posted: 10/3/2008 11:32:01 AM
My hide is nice. Remembering the hunt is nice but the meat sucked. I ate as much as a could but didn’t finish it before it went bad. Once a week I ate some form of bear for a solid year and could not get the greasy taste out of the meat. Imagine beef soaked in Crisco grease. Bear jerky goes rancid in a desk drawer at work? Deer and elk I can keep for a week in the drawer but not bear. I will never kill another bear because I don’t eat the meat.
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Posted: 10/26/2008 4:46:18 PM
Whether I make an effort to eat the bear meat depends on how long it takes me to get him out of the woods and to a locker. It was warm during the one week still hunt in upper SC and I was solo backpack camping with a game cart along. When the bears have been eating mostly acorns, the meat is supposed to taste pretty bitter anyway, so preserving the hide is a big part of the hunt experience. Further down state, deer hunters usually have a short run on a four wheeler to get their kills to a truck and ice. However, most of the mountain hunt unit is remote and no motorized vehicles are allowed past the gates, so their is a greater chance of spoilage if the weather is warm.
I would try to save the meat if conditions allow it. RS |
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Posted: 3/6/2009 3:00:32 AM
I have only eaten one and it was a 2 or 3 year old in northern maine... it was good.
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Posted: 3/6/2009 7:30:07 PM
Holy thread ressurection, Batman!
How did this not go to archives? |
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Posted: 5/24/2009 7:02:51 PM
Never wanted to shoot a bear, probably because I'm not a trophy hunter and I wouldn't want to have to eat it. I've heard varying stories about how good and bad it tastes, but more stories about how most of it is loaded with Trichinosis. Don't know if this is true or not, but I'd like to hear from the bear experts.
I'll stick to birds and occasional deer meat... |
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Posted: 6/2/2009 8:04:02 PM
Shot mine in the fall. Ontario, Canada just west of Sudbury. Good eats. Tasted about like venison. Going to Maine this year. I have a half mount of my bear on the wall, posed with berries like it's still eating.
The Maine bear, if I get one, I might look for a taxidermist who needs a skin. Don't know that the cost of another mount would be worth it for me, but looking forward for more bear meat. |
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Posted: 6/19/2009 4:23:25 PM
My Grandfather always said:
He who eats the most Bear eats the most hair.... |
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Posted: 6/26/2009 4:05:34 PM
Bear is great meat just cook it low heat and slow. It gets tough as nails if you try to fry it. And don't cook it in the bear fat. Put in cast Iron pot with lid with bacon and rice cook at 140-150 for 4-6hours add water as needed. More bacon fat the better. Cut as much of the bear fat off as you can and use that to water proof your boots better than mink oil. Bear fat is the strangest fat I have ever seen it is like a silicone spray or something. Try not to have any in with the meat when cooking it. I like to use bock beer and raspberry juice as base then add water as it evaporates. When you have bear cooked like that you will understand why no one wants to waste the meat it is the best...
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Posted: 7/13/2009 4:01:37 AM
My bear meat was hit/miss. I had a lot of it mixed with pork into sticks and they were awesome. The steaks were ok if they were marinated for a couple days. I wouldn't kill what I won't eat but I did it for the rug(which I still haven't got back)
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Posted: 9/21/2009 10:03:33 PM
Originally Posted By ShingleMonkey:
I have killed 7 bears in the wilderness of Idaho in the spring. Most of the time I hunt for 4 or 5 days backpacking before I find a bear I want to shoot. In those 4 or 5 days I eat nothing but freeze dried food and trailmix. Every time I kill a bear I have such desire to eat the backstrap. Every time I cut it out and cook it on the fire...take 1 bite and about puke.....understand 
I have started giving the hides away to familly and friends. Bear skins are hard to come by in Indiana. I never puked but it gives me the shits every time. |
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Posted: 9/24/2009 7:44:57 PM
This dude was killed earlier this month. Bow kill, arrow got lungs and big arteries of the heart. No track but he did react to the shot and attempt to escape though he expired within rock throwing distance of the stand
Shortly thereafter, BACKSTRAPS baby! 
AWESOME meal. Even those who typically don't enjoy wild game were fighting over the left overs. 
If I had served it without telling you what it was you might say this is one of the best steaks you've ever had. The sausage is incredible too. |
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Posted: 9/24/2009 8:49:51 PM
A chocolate bear, very cool! Congrats!
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Posted: 10/3/2009 2:11:22 PM
Hell no I eat em...got one in the freezer with breakfast sausage thawing on the counter to make American Chopsuie!!
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Posted: 2/16/2010 1:50:01 PM
Spring bear season is right around the corner.
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Posted: 2/17/2010 6:31:25 PM
2 more months for me
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Posted: 2/17/2010 7:01:33 PM
black bear yes
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Posted: 2/26/2010 9:44:00 AM
My wife & kids won't eat it like it is, so I got me one of those 3/4 hp grinders from Cabelas & grind my own breakfast & summer sausage. Doesn't last long anymore
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Posted: 2/28/2010 10:25:27 AM
I miss Ca
Hunted bear there many years, sausage and salami FTW! |
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Posted: 11/5/2010 10:39:29 PM
Mmmmmmm, BBQ bear ribs...................
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Posted: 3/7/2011 7:59:07 PM
wish i had bears here, the wife wants to hunt one so bad..you guys are lucky.
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Posted: 3/28/2011 8:20:51 AM
I eat as much bear as I can get. The wait for a bear permit in Wisconsin is running between 4 to 6 years so the bear is few and far between. Cooking a bear is pretty simple. Treat it like a pig. Roast and BBQ. Sausage with bear meat is pretty good, but again they are just like a pig. As far as hides and rugs are concerned I used to give them away, the cost for making a rug is astronomical, about 90 bucks per foot. A 250 pund, average bear is about 4-5 feet long. That's pretty expensive for a rug.
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Posted: 4/1/2011 3:30:47 AM
Spring black bear makes the best breakfast sausage on the planet. I hunt for the meat. I would never shoot a bear that has been eating salmon or a trash bear.
I have no problem with people hunting bear for any reason in the areas where they are overrunning the deer/elk/moose. |
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Posted: 7/23/2011 11:49:34 PM
[Last Edit: 7/23/2011 11:52:29 PM by PAPI]
Remington 700 in .243 Deer and Bear (I am concerned that this is not enough gun for a Bear) I am of the opinion that good marksmanship is more important than caliber. That being said, I REALLY do not want to only wound a bear, out of concern for the animal an my own preservation as well! Hi, You might tryout a "Premium Bullet " , since the " .243 " is a bit lite for " Bear ". Swift Scirocco " 90 grains " http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=487758 Norma Oryx Bullets " 100 grains " http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/default.aspx?productNumber=855154 Corbon Loaded Ammo : " 80gr DPX " http://www.shopcorbon.com/DPX-Rifle/243-Win-80gr-DPX/DPX24385-20/400/Product Not " Cheap "..., but , after sighting in, you should have a few left over for the next " Bear / Deer " season ! Just mt two cents. PAPI |
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