Gutting/field dressing

[Kirby]

270win, great story. What kinda of dieses do bears carry? And are they harmful to us?

Tricinosis, parasitic worms that live in the muscle tissue of bears and pigs.
Cook it well, and you are safe.

Kirby

[CanAm500]

Alright, good to know then. 160 degrees is that the temperature that kills it?

[CanAm500]

What can you get the bear meat turned into?

I know you can get it turned into peperoni and bear burgers (how do they taste?).

[MichelD]

What do they smell like when you gut 'em? The inside of a freshly killed animal. Not quite so sweet as a deer.

In May when you're up close, an older boar has a kind of swampy slightly sour odour. On the outside. You can even smell it if you're hunting one in close quarter but can't see him.

Bear meat is made to be married with garlic and onions and a bit of paprika.

Ground up it is wonderful in spaghetti sauce, lasagna, patties, meat balls etc.

We've had this discussion many times, so I won't go on too much. Look in the recipe section.

It makes great stew and roasts too. One thing I don't do, which others seem to like is have it made into sausage.

I find most commercial sausage made from game all tastes the same and I wouldn't want to ruin nice bear meat by doing that to it.

[rocksteady]

If you have any intentions of getting a bear turned into a rug and or a head mount, go see your local taxidermist, and he will show (and probably give you a diagram) of how to skin it for its best mount......

If you are going for the meat, don't worry about the hide, just gut it like you would a deer/elk/moose.....

Also read page 8 of the regs BEARS_ BC's Bear Parts Trade Ban -2nd and 3rd bullet....

"....forbids the possession.....bear galls, including any part or derivative of the gall bladder or genitalia......" "...remove gall bladder and leave it at site of the kill.....or dispose of gut pile within 48 hours including the gall bladder".....

If you are not sure 100% what this means, call your local conservation officer

[NEEHAMA]

i was curious, i know how taboo the whole bear gall blader trade thing is but could you shoot your own bear and take home all the parts you want? what if your personally into the whole gall blader thing yourself? it is your bear. if you had the tag and the meat all together could you bring home your own gall bladder and smoke it yourself? or what ever they do, make soup ? whatever. it's your bear right?

[CanAm500]

Ok thanks MichelD, just wanting to know what a bear could be turned into and that list you gave me was great!

Rocksteady, I have read the section on the bears and completely understand.

[MichelD]

Page 8 of the regulations synopsis:

"The BC regulation forbids the possession, trafficking, importing and exporting of bear galls, ... etc."

[rocksteady]

NEEHAMA, I would talk to the CO's..I do not believe you are even allowed to possess for "personal Use"...They could clear it up....

Usually the galls are dried (at a very specific temperature) and after dried, they are ground up and made into a tea that is supposed to act like a natural version of Viagra (if you know what I mean).....Personally, not for me thanks....

lcpaintballer, just didn't want to see you get busted for something like that......Its kind of a weird legislation, and a lot depends on how each CO interprets it....What happens if you get rid of it after 60 hours versus 48? Are you committing an offense???

[MichelD]

It's actually a popular myth that oriental medicine uses bear galls for aphrodisiacs.





The South Korean Market for Bear Gall Bladders


Bear parts have been used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for centuries. The bile stored in the gallbladders of bears is the only bear product commonly found in Chinese 'materia medica' today. Results of a regional TRAFFIC investigation in East Asia in 1995 fuelled concerns that trade in bear gallbladders may continue to place pressure on declining wild bear populations. One country in the region is highlighted here: the Republic of (South) Korea. By J.A. MILLS, T.S. KANG, S. LEE, R. PARRY-JONES, AND M. PHIPPS

TCM doctors prescribe bear bile to treat illnesses ranging from liver cancer (Mills and Servheen, 1991) to haemorrhoids to conjunctivitis (Bensky and Gamble, 1993). A particular bile acid found in bear bile (ursodeoxycholic acid, or UDCA) has been both synthesized and medically proven to be effective in treating numerous human illnesses, including gallstones (Mills and Servheen, 1991), hepatitis, and cirrhosis (Sano, 1995). In August 1996, TRAFFIC East Asia conducted a follow-up survey in China, Hong Kong, The Republic of Korea, and Taiwan. The findings of this investigation indicate that Asian demand for bear gallbladders and bile remains strong. The demand for bear gallbladders and bile as medicine is particularly worrisome in relation to Asia's bear species, most of which are listed in CITES Appendix I. These include the Asiatic Black Bear Ursus thibetanus, the Brown Bear Ursus arctos populations of Bhutan, China, and Mongolia, the Sun Bear Helarctos malayanus, and the Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus.