Posted: 11/24/2009 9:14:36 PM EDT
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I have eaten black bear before. No biggie. Good stuff when cooked right. My question is: Do people generally eat grizzly/brownies and polar bears? To me the thought of eating the later just seams really odd or off putting in some way. I would not be afraid to eat other bears, but I would be cautious until I was sure I wouldn't start foaming at the mouth! |
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I read an article about grizzly bears once. It seems that the bear's living space has a lot to do with the edibility of the meat.
If a bear lives in the high mountains, it eats a lot of carrion. Even if it frequently kills its own prey, rather than hunt & kill another animal, it'll return to the carcass to feed several times. This makes the meat downright nasty. OTOH if the bear lives in the valleys, and feeds mostly on fresh fish–– the meat is quite tasty. Makes sense to me. |
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Like joe said eat brownies when they have been on the berries for awhile.
Have had them as roasts and other cuts. Bear fat fried is not bad if eating a little bit. Pretty darn good if done right. Just have to cook them all good to kill the trichinosis. Only 3 people i trust to cook a good roast. |
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I read an article about grizzly bears once. It seems that the bear's living space has a lot to do with the edibility of the meat. If a bear lives in the high mountains, it eats a lot of carrion. Even if it frequently kills its own prey, rather than hunt & kill another animal, it'll return to the carcass to feed several times. This makes the meat downright nasty. OTOH if the bear lives in the valleys, and feeds mostly on fresh fish–– the meat is quite tasty. Makes sense to me. Some of the posts on this topic said that a bear that a lot of fish tasted bad. |
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I've eaten several black bear. It really depends on what they have been eating themselves. A bear that's been in the huckleberries is great, one that's been in the county dump...not so much. I used to cure bear hams just like you would a pork ham.....and fresh bear ribs on the campfire are pretty dandy. I'd try brown or polar bear...but I imagine their diet would make the meat 'iffy' for flavor. |
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Quoted: I have read from several sources (other than the internet) that polar bear liver has a high enough concentration of Vitamin A to cause serious illness or death to humans if consumed in even small amounts. Never ate no bear liver or heart....don't reckon I wanna 
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Only eaten Black Bear - spring bears are not bad at all.....we cooked up the backstrap on the last hunt and it was decent, although I'm not in a panic waiting for my next plate full. The rest was made into breakfast sausage with maple or sage flavoring and it's fantastic! Can't speak to eating Grizzly.
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I have read from several sources (other than the internet) that polar bear liver has a high enough concentration of Vitamin A to cause serious illness or death to humans if consumed in even small amounts. It is true. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1257872/pdf/biochemj00974-0009.pdf |