Bear is good, if it's killed up high in the huckleberrys, if it's killed down low it tastes just like it smells. As for me I like th taste of mule deer better than blacktail, but I let mule deer hang around 5-7 days before butchering. I hear cougar tastes and looks just like pork, but have yet to try it (just something wrong about eating cat). My favorite, as with most, is elk.