BlackBears each spring

[snipersights]

Yep the wife’s core# is in the mail. Will be going after bears this year together I’m pretty stoked

[MontyLake]

I wouldn't be able to. Bear is so greasy that I have to almost over cook it anyway.

Funny. I don't find it greasy at all. The fat is on the outside and I just trim it off. Most spring bears don't have any fat anyway, unlike fall bears, which I like for the fat. Render it down and use it for cooking.

[Ron.C]

Funny. I don't find it greasy at all. The fat is on the outside and I just trim it off. Most spring bears don't have any fat anyway, unlike fall bears, which I like for the fat. Render it down and use it for cooking.

Agree 100%. Its all in the prep and how much fat you choose to leave on it.

[IslandWanderer]

Yep the wife’s core# is in the mail. Will be going after bears this year together I’m pretty stoked

Will there be any foot shots on the bears?

[RyoTHC]

I’m tagging out this year. Donating all the meat. I can’t eat that shit.

You must be hunting somewhere questionable lol, next to my white tail my bears have been my favourite meat each season now, mine you I don’t have any elk.. if I did, id still find a use for the bear meat and fill my two tags, since myself and my hunting group started focusing on bears in our local haunts we have watched deer and fawn numbers increase.

[RyoTHC]

Yep the wife’s core# is in the mail. Will be going after bears this year together I’m pretty stoked

maybe a couple dozen range trips first to make sure she is shooting better than her mentor

[MontyLake]

I’m tagging out this year. Donating all the meat. I can’t eat that shit.

Then you probably don't know how to take care of game meat.

Bear meat doesn't age well. Kill it,clean it, chill it, cut it, freeze it.

[twoSevenO]

Then you probably don't know how to take care of game meat.

Bear meat doesn't age well. Kill it,clean it, chill it, cut it, freeze it.

I think he means more along the idea of eating bear meat.
I'm in the same boat. I had a piece of pepperoni once and it tasted well, but I just cant get on board with the idea of eating it and serving it to my family.

They all just seem like they always carry trichinosis, and it grosses me out.

[wideopenthrottle]

it was the filarial worms that did it one year for my hunting partner that used to hunt bears...seeing the worms crawl out of the meat would be a little hard to take for me and i'm not sure I could stomach the meat knowing there were "white spirit worms" in it even if it meant a higher protein count..heheheh...do others here inspect for those worms also or just assume they are there and not look too close...?

[twoSevenO]

Happened to a buddy of mine as well. Of course, you cant know this until the bear is dead.

And anyone who says "just make sure to cook it properly" even when there are nasty worms crawling in it, in sorry, but that is just fu***n DISGUSTING