Bear sausage

[ReformedVeg]

Hey.  I'm helping a friend process his fall bear into sausage later this month.  I've made sausage with pork, deer, and elk but haven't worked with bear and would like some advice. 

What percentage of fat do you suggest?  Do you trim most of the bear fat and supplement with pork/beef fat?

I'd like to make at least one smoked sausage.  Any ideas or recipes?

Thanks.

[KFhunter]

take off all the bear fat

If the meat is good then you could cut in less pork, would depend on how well one of the roasts or steaks ate. 

[bare.hunter]

bear sausage is like meat candy.cut all the fat off the bear bear fat is nasty.We use ground pork to give any needed fat.