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Buddy called after work he shot a bear and it was in a deep hole. So called the wife told her i was going to go help him get it out. I ended up gutting it out for him he was going to slow from the smell. O Ya, it smelled like nothing i have smelled before. Both of our first experience with a bear. WHY SO STINKY???
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i am no expert but i think its because what they eat.
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picture your dog that needs a bath in a bad way and is kinda stinky...
now take that and consider a bear has never had a bath.
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Because shampoo isn't grown in the forest and big foot won't share his
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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
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dunno, but i second that. they effin reek like no other...
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mmmm I love gutted bear in the morning..
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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
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I haven't really noticed that they smell that bad, maybe it's because I smell worse?
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Mine didn't but those antelope sure stunk.
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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
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What stunk?
The hide, the meat or the guts? Don't cut open the gut bag.
I have only smelled one bear that was nasty...and it was puking nasty. That was on POW and it was eating fish. All the WA bears I have been involved with had no smell or only a slight wet dog smell. Nothing nasty like a rutted bull or worse.
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I've killed a few around Darrington....
I KEED I KEED~!
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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
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the one we took this fall didnt smell any worse than a ruttin buck or maybe even less than a coyote
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Oh god. Coyotes just stink.
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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
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Quote from: Gutpile on November 13, 2009, 06:46:38 PM
Oh god. Coyotes just stink.
Gutpile, You might want to take the fur off before you roast them over a fire.
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Quote from: Gutpile on November 13, 2009, 06:46:38 PM
Oh god. Coyotes just stink.
I was thinking the same thing.
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Bunch of sissys! LMAO
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