Why do bears smell so bad

[jstone]

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???

[carpsniperg2]

i am no expert but i think its because what they eat.

[jackelope]

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.
 

[Grizzly95]

Because shampoo isn't grown in the forest and big foot won't share his 

[wrangler]

dunno, but i second that. they effin reek like no other...

[rasbo]

mmmm I love gutted bear in the morning..

[Big10gauge]

I haven't really noticed that they smell that bad, maybe it's because I smell worse? 

[Gutpile]

Mine didn't but those antelope sure stunk.

[billythekidrock]

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.

[saylean]

I've killed a few around Darrington....



 

I KEED I KEED~!

[jdb]

the one we took this fall didnt smell any worse than a ruttin buck or maybe even less than a coyote

[Gutpile]

Oh god. Coyotes just stink. 

[Big10gauge]

Oh god. Coyotes just stink. 

Gutpile, You might want to take the fur off before you roast them over a fire. 

[billythekidrock]

Oh god. Coyotes just stink.  

I was thinking the same thing.

[Michelle_Nelson]

Bunch of sissys!  LMAO