Spring Black Bear with 7saum
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Congrats on a really nice bear
Shootin4fun
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Will you be eating the meat from "this old sow"?
I've tracked and photographed countless black bears but never killed or eaten meat from one. An acquaintance who is a hunting guide once told me there's almost no way to make them palatable.
I've tracked and photographed countless black bears but never killed or eaten meat from one. An acquaintance who is a hunting guide once told me there's almost no way to make them palatable.
Yes, I packed out the hind quarters and backstraps. The front shoulders were pretty well demolished and I left them.
I have eaten "spring bear" and although super lean is very palatable. We actually mix pork or pork fat into it to make sausage. Because of trichinosis you have to cook the meet to 165 I believe. Eating an over cooked bear steak isn't all that appealing to me so we typically do some sort of sausage.
I have no experience with fall bears, those mite be very well unpalatable depending on what they have been eating.
I have only eaten bear meat from bear we killed in Central B.C. Canada. Just South of Smithers. All bear were very good eating. I've yet to take one in Oregon, but I would assume the meat to be very good to eat. I do have a friend that took a bear in Alaska. It was taken near a dump site. He said he couldn't eat the meat. It was bad.
HRM Johnny
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Congratulations. Nice bear. Good job.
H1000 and ADG brass
Robert Kwallek
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Well Done. Nice Bear
