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Author Topic: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun  (Read 21159 times)

Offline bearpaw

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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #60 on: June 03, 2016, 04:11:15 AM »
Great bear and story! Congrats :tup:
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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #61 on: June 03, 2016, 09:12:12 AM »
I think if you treat bear meat as a delicate perishable, it is nearly always delicious (my son's favorite game meat).  Break it down, bone it out, and get the meat cooled down and kept cooled as quickly as possible, and it is great meat IMHO.  If you give bear meat the same priority you'd give the meat from a big halibut, your odds are VERY high of having excellent table fare.  I base this on a small number of bear, but the same holds true for hundreds of pronghorn in my direct experience.  One reason deer and elk meat are so well liked, is they are fairly robust to less than meticulous meat care, in comparison to other species. 
As long as we have the habitat, we can argue forever about who gets to kill what and when.  No habitat = no game.

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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #62 on: June 04, 2016, 10:26:35 AM »
Those three guys are out getting it done again this weekend. I expect a truck full of dead bears this time. Kicking myself that I couldn't go this time. Good luck men!!!
Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with too many facts.

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Re: The Quest for a bear and Grandpa's gun
« Reply #63 on: June 05, 2016, 03:11:46 AM »
Just a great well written story. Thank you for sharing

 


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