never tried bear meat

[S&W38spc]

Well jackmaster I might have to take you up on that. My dad would probably come with me though. I never see bear usually where we go. Could you possibly be the nicest person to offer to me to come hunt on your property??  I doubt it. 

[Russ McDonald]

I got to get going to get my first bear...I have never really devoted much time to just hunting bear.  I guess this coming year I should start. 

[jackmaster]

Well jackmaster I might have to take you up on that. My dad would probably come with me though. I never see bear usually where we go. Could you possibly be the nicest person to offer to me to come hunt on your property??  I doubt it. 

i like to think i am a nice guy sometimes no that would be cool for your dad to come with you, it isnt very often that a dad would get to see his baby girl get to shoot her first bear, where do you normally hunt bear, if you dont mind me askn, have you seen much bear sighn where you do hunt, if you hunt heavily wooded areas you will find it is alot harder to see bear, cleacuts with alot of feed would be a good spot to hang out in the evnings or mornings, its to bad we lost baiting cause i could set you and your dad up closer to your house, i noticed you live in centralia, i live in graham so it will be a little bit of a drive, but when he shows up he hangs out for a few days down by the lake and then leaves for a day or two and then comes back, well keep your fingers crossed hopefully he will show up again...

[h20hunter]

Awesome.....when the time comes the celebratory thread will be great. Camo....I'd for sure take your dad along. One....memories can't be made later on. Two.....them bear are dense and heavy. Three......got to get it cleaned and cooled. Four......you can't shoot and run camera at the same time! Good luck and please keep us posted.

[gasman]

Got my first bear this year up in Alaska in the spring.
Never tried it before so I had no idea if I was going to like it or not, but I would not let it go to waste either way.

I cut the tenderloins and had them with some eggs the following morning and it was 

But the rest of the meat had a flavor that was familiar but not on the top of my list. I could not place the flavor at first and then it hit me.... Liver. The meat has a liver flavor to it. If you like liver then your golden but I don't care for liver to it was not on my highest desire list of game meat.

I did make some pep, SS and bocworth with it. It helped the flavor but still had that slight liver flavor in it.

Its all but gone now except for a 2 packs of bocworth and one roll of SS. The bocworth is being made up this weekend with some Jumbulia

[JohnVH]

I dont really like liver, but LOVE bear, it all depends where they live and what they eat.

[WSU]

I have only eaten 4 or 5 bears, so I don't have a ton of experience.  I have found that the fat is very gamey tasting.  The meat itself is good, but I would make sure that you trim all fat from the meat.

[ICEMAN]

Bear fat is treasured by bakers for its excellent baking quality.

[S&W38spc]

No  I don't see enough bear sign where we hunt to hunt them. The last bear droppings I seen was about 5 years ago! I tell ya, my dad swears there's animals here but ive went a couple years with out seeing ANYTHING!

Well jackmaster I might have to take you up on that. My dad would probably come with me though. I never see bear usually where we go. Could you possibly be the nicest person to offer to me to come hunt on your property??  I doubt it. 

i like to think i am a nice guy sometimes no that would be cool for your dad to come with you, it isnt very often that a dad would get to see his baby girl get to shoot her first bear, where do you normally hunt bear, if you dont mind me askn, have you seen much bear sighn where you do hunt, if you hunt heavily wooded areas you will find it is alot harder to see bear, cleacuts with alot of feed would be a good spot to hang out in the evnings or mornings, its to bad we lost baiting cause i could set you and your dad up closer to your house, i noticed you live in centralia, i live in graham so it will be a little bit of a drive, but when he shows up he hangs out for a few days down by the lake and then leaves for a day or two and then comes back, well keep your fingers crossed hopefully he will show up again...

[billythekidrock]

Yep you read that right. Ive never tried bear meat. Does it taste like chicken  or does it have a game taste..

Better than chicken, better than deer and better than most elk. Not better than prime rib though.

[jackmaster]

No  I don't see enough bear sign where we hunt to hunt them. The last bear droppings I seen was about 5 years ago! I tell ya, my dad swears there's animals here but ive went a couple years with out seeing ANYTHING!

Well jackmaster I might have to take you up on that. My dad would probably come with me though. I never see bear usually where we go. Could you possibly be the nicest person to offer to me to come hunt on your property??  I doubt it. 

i like to think i am a nice guy sometimes no that would be cool for your dad to come with you, it isnt very often that a dad would get to see his baby girl get to shoot her first bear, where do you normally hunt bear, if you dont mind me askn, have you seen much bear sighn where you do hunt, if you hunt heavily wooded areas you will find it is alot harder to see bear, cleacuts with alot of feed would be a good spot to hang out in the evnings or mornings, its to bad we lost baiting cause i could set you and your dad up closer to your house, i noticed you live in centralia, i live in graham so it will be a little bit of a drive, but when he shows up he hangs out for a few days down by the lake and then leaves for a day or two and then comes back, well keep your fingers crossed hopefully he will show up again...

your a dedicated women I can tell you that, if I have hunted a place for 2 years without seeing anything then I damn sure wouldn't be making it 3 years in there, I think it's time for you and your dad to find a new spot, there is a lot of help on this site just ask, I know a few spots that I don't hunt anymore that have plenty of deer and other critters for you to hunt, pm me if you would like more info, take care ma'am

[woodman]

No  I don't see enough bear sign where we hunt to hunt them. The last bear droppings I seen was about 5 years ago! I tell ya, my dad swears there's animals here but ive went a couple years with out seeing ANYTHING!

You should set up a trail cam or two where you dad thinks they are so that you can really know if there are bears there. I only see bear sign in the area by my cameras in the spring time. I have counted 11 different bears within a quarter mile radius of my cameras in a season with no dropping by my cameras. I too like the taste of bears and generally have bears sausage a few times a week.

[JackOfAllTrades]

I think the most important thing was getting them gutted and the meat cooled as quick as possible.
 
One of my favorite dishes is to slow cook a roast for about 5 hours at about 300 degrees, use plenty of veges in the roaster with a couple cups water and put some garlic slices into the meat. After cooking 5 hours throw out the cooked veges and broth, add new water and some new veges, cook another hour and enjoy your newly cooked veges and the roast.

crschralping on Today at 07:29:52 AM 
Bear thats been eating berries is going to taste better than a bear eating skunk cabage...

 

[JackOfAllTrades]

I'll have to agree with getting the meat cooled as soon as possible, and a slow cooker or Crock pot is the best way to get a bear roast palitable as any Herbivore can be. Trim the fat!  But as Dale suggests water as the heat/juice medium, I use a good Alaskan Amber or an IPA (Beer). 
 
I haven't actually hunted bear for a few years. Sort of looking for that big trophy larger than the rug on my wall. But 2013 could bring a good bear in my sights. I could have had a few this year...
 
I want peporoni to last me a year!   That's it.. A whole bear to pep and whimpies! (OK.. Maybe a couple roasts) 
-Steve