Re: What you need to pack out with a black bear?
First you have to see that there are no cubs around the bear you want to harvest. 2nd I don't bring the hide back with me either. 3rd All edible portions means the rib meat too. I prop the head up on a stump for the other hunters to watch. I have shot 5 bears over the last 6 years and the lightest was just 40lbs of meat and the heaviest was 70lbs of meat. Decision to completely remove all the meat or carry the carcase out is decided by the bug population. I leave the guts/hide/head behind and leep frog the meat out to avoid feeding other bears my meat. Or buy that neat deer cart.
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