2024 Spring Bear - General Thread

[nuadixion]

Personal record -April 14 5:30 pm 6 ft bear down ...region 2. It was feeding on grass at the edge of the forest. 2" of fat on his hind qs.
https://albums.memento.com/event40279

[caddisguy]

Personal record -April 14 5:30 pm 6 ft bear down ...region 2. It was feeding on grass at the edge of the forest. 2" of fat on his hind qs.
https://albums.memento.com/event40279

Nice! Well done!! Would love to hear the story. Much of a pack out? Sounds like he was well fed before hibernation plus the mild winter. Congrats!

[jlirot]

Personal record -April 14 5:30 pm 6 ft bear down ...region 2. It was feeding on grass at the edge of the forest. 2" of fat on his hind qs.
https://albums.memento.com/event40279

That's a beaut!

[Onepunch]

Nice bear naud!

[HarryToolips]

Nice work guys!

[high horse Hal]

Nice noggin on that one for sure, good going

[stosto]

Has anyone on the site been diagnosed with trichinosis and if so how did you get it and how long to recover. My understanding is that around the world trichinosis affects only about 10,000 cases total and in the united states apprx 400 cases a year. AS well if im not mistaken many of the cases in the usa occur from black bear and wild hog. Apparently if you have the worms the longer you wait for treatment the outcome is less favorable and in some cases will cause death. Ofcourse avoiding the worms is easy cook the meat as per guidelines and you should be fine. Btw the worm is not visible by the naked eye it is defiantly microscopic

Don't let this rob you of a hunting opportunity and loads of great meat. The last time the province studied the occurrence of trich in bear populations was in the late 90s. Then only about 15% of meat collected from hunters contained trich.

Parasites are everywhere, salmon is a good example, often having cool life cycles. I respect them, and maybe at times, eat them.

[TheObserver]

Parasites are everywhere.

They sure are lol

[stoneramhunter]

Don't let this rob you of a hunting opportunity and loads of great meat. The last time the province studied the occurrence of trich in bear populations was in the late 90s. Then only about 15% of meat collected from hunters contained trich.

Parasites are everywhere, salmon is a good example, often having cool life cycles. I respect them, and maybe at times, eat them.

Not worried or robbing me of a hunting opportunity i was just curious if anyone here on this site has ever been diagnosed with trichinosis considering how few cases around the world exists.

[caddisguy]

Just assume trich is present in all bear meat and cook it accordingly. I think here in the Fraser Valley, the rate is 15-25%. It gets higher as you go north. If I recall northern BC was over 50%.

I've taken 8 or so (losing count) bears in the fraser valley, so the odds are that at least one had trich.

Cook to an internal temperature of 165F and there is zero risk. Even 145F is fine. I just like 165F to not leave room for error.

You're more likely to get e-coli or salmonella from undercooked ground beef or chicken at the grocery store.

Anyone ever get toxoplasmosis from deer?