How many LBS of B Bear meat can you expect?

[Ohwildwon]

Just wondering how many lbs of meat can you expect from a 3 to 5 yr old?

Be hunting Region 2 and or 3...

Thanks!

[Wild one]

Don't know lbs because I cut my own but 5-6 safeway bags is about right lol

[The Dawg]

Lots of factors here. Tough to say

[Alfonz]

All you care to eat!

[bruin]

Tough question, depends on who's doing the cutting and how big the bear.
6ft bear in early spring would guess 75ish lbs lean meat.
Pickins' are slim on a 3 year old, 100 lbs live weight maybe.
Great pepperoni with the right butcher.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Bears are heavy-boned animals. Net yield of meat is less than you would expect from a similar sized ungulate.
Plus their shoulder meat is tougher than other animals that don't dig for a living.

[BiG Boar]

Average spring bear deboned 50 lbs

Big papa hanging skinned at the butcher, 150 lbs.

[tigrr]

A 3 year old bear that is shot in the fall will put 75 lbs of boneless meat in the freezer.
The same bear shot in the spring would put 30 to 40 lbs in the freezer.

[rcar]

Yeah I agree with Big Boar...that is about right. If you take your time there is a lot of meat on the neck and rib area that could yield and extra 10-15lbs or so. Another factor is how well you field dress your animal. Hair and dirt can easily take just as much away.

[Gone_Fishin_]

got 86lbs off a spring bear last year. Did not measure or weigh before butchering. It was a hike and a half so we broke him down and carried out in packs. Once home, de-boned and timmed out majority of fat.

This was right before it closed so he had fattened up quite a bit already.

[Ohwildwon]

Hey thanks for all the replies!

Gives me a good enough idea of what to expect...
http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5307&stc=1

[Fella]

the bear I shot last spring was about 6 feet in length, was able to get about 85 lbs of clean meat off of him. He was an old bugger too, only had his canines left and a few nubs where his molars used to be.

[BearStump]

Dropped off a big sucker at the butcher a few years ago with my buddy. Told the butcher "meh' just turn the whole bear into pepperoni"
Well holy crap!!! a week later it was ready for pick up and there was 241 lbs of pepperoni!! yikes. we were thinking maybe 50 lbs each, but I guess he was a fricken hog and once you add the 30%pork it added up.

I now butcher my own bears and bring in a 25lb bag of meat here and there when I want a batch of sausage made. Its not hard to just cut it all off the bone and bag it for the freezer.

[Barracuda]

Dropped off a big sucker at the butcher a few years ago with my buddy. Told the butcher "meh' just turn the whole bear into pepperoni" (Butcher thought to himself JACKPOT!!)
Well holy crap!!! a week later it was ready for pick up and there was 241 lbs of pepperoni!! yikes. we were thinking maybe 50 lbs each, but I guess he was a fricken hog and once you add the add 75%pork it added up.

I now butcher my own bears and bring in a 25lb bag of meat here and there when I want a batch of sausage made. Its not hard to just cut it all off the bone and bag it for the freezer.

Fixed it for you;)





40 -70 lbs

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Here's what my daughter's good sized blackie broke down to. As you can see by the pile of heavy bones, they widdle down pretty good. Sorry, can't remember the weight.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/DSC01296.JPG

[BearStump]

Fixed it for you;)





40 -70 lbshaha your humor pissed me off enough to dig out the invoice. I cant believe that i actually found it. My bad. It was $241 bill for 100lbs of pepperoni wrapped taxes in.

[MichelD]

I usually end up with about two or three liquor store wine bottle boxes of meat and one of bones from a small to middlin size 2 or 3 year old.