Wow awesome pics Noggin! Looks great!!
We have harvested and consumed 6 bears and have only had one that didn't taste "great". It was perfectly edible, but had a bit of a hint of "wet dog" smell / after taste to it. It wasn't bad any means. A little extra garlic or other spices/flavors made it better. Anyway, 5 great bears and one mediocre one is a pretty decent track record.
I suspect bad tasting deer is a heck of a lot more common than bad tasting bear.
And I prefer deer, because I can eat steaks, steak bites, etc rare... I love tender rare meat. Cant do that with bear, but I'll take ground bear over ground beef any day. We use it for burgers, tacos, burritos, sloppy joes, speghetti sauce etc... great for whatever you would do with ground beef. It can make great roasts or sausages as others mention.