First Bear!

[whacker1]

Congrats - other piece of advice.  I have the best luck cooking on open flame.  It helps cook the fat out, which is where the flavors most don't like come from.  If you cook in a pan, it then cooks in its own fat. 

I call it the dark pork.  I am a big fan.

[TopOfTheFoodChain]

  right on, always wanted to shoot one with my firestick.

[Whitelightning]

Thanks guy's
It was great getting him with the smoke pole.

[Mo]

Congratulations on a nice Bear.

As for cooking, we usually just cook em' like beef.  We had some back-straps from my BIL Bear last week.  Good eats!

[CoryTDF]

  I cant stand to eat bear like i eat deer, elk, or beef. I have to make sausage or jerky out of it. Pathfinder101 shot a bear a few years ago and we tried everything to get it to taste good. we failed. I'm glad to see you like it. As for me I'll stick with the sausage.