Spring Bear Meat

[bacon_overlord]

Bear jerky is always good

Bear jerky, unless it's cooked jerky gives you a good chance of getting trichinosis.

[Bonz]

Good thread as Im planning on shooting my first bear this season. I normally cut my own meat but think I will use a butcher to make pepperoni ect, who is the best on the Island, & what are the costs involved? How about the hide what do you guys & girls do once its skinned out, just salt and store?
what are the costs involved in having it tanned or made into a rug with the head?

if your storing the hide dont salt it first, fold skin side in and freeze it as is, leave the head out since it thaws the slowest, average ive seen for a rug is about a grand.
check with whoever might do the rug for how they like them cut when skinning

[Bonz]

Bear jerky, unless it's cooked jerky gives you a good chance of getting trichinosis.

no more chance than eating it any other way non cured or smoked. its so rare to happen. kinda an over rated fear realy

[Surrey Boy]

All hamburger, no additives. Tastes like extra lean ground beef.

[Wild one]

Eaten lots of bears and some taste better than others

If the bear has nice white fat it's a good eater burger, stew meat, and steak

If the fat has a yellow ting sausage bear

I never mix pork/beef with any wild game

[sausage lover]

We grind all our bears as the meat has a course grain to it.Best for burger or slow cooker and get your stakes from ungulates.Bear meat is great table fare with no game smell when cooking unlike deer.Treat it like pork and cook to internal temp of 165-170 to kill any parasites like trich! Oh and sausages of course

[sausage lover]

All hamburger, no additives. Tastes like extra lean ground beef.

This is why we love to grind it into yummy burger.

[IronNoggin]

... kinda an over rated fear realy

Until you contract it that is...

Cheers,
Nog

[Bonz]

better chance of being hit by a car going for coffee. but we dont worry about that...lol..over rated for people with common sence maybe is better...lol

[MichelD]

Bear roasts, stew, whole shanks, racks of ribs, burger, I save all the bones for soup and never make sausage. I use my bear burger meat straight, no anything else except maybe crack an egg into it to make patties.