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Offline jstone

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Why do bears smell so bad
« on: November 13, 2009, 02:31:39 PM »
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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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2009, 02:32:53 PM »
i am no expert but i think its because what they eat. :twocents:
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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2009, 02:33:51 PM »
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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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2009, 02:47:34 PM »
Because shampoo isn't grown in the forest and big foot won't share his  :chuckle:
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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2009, 02:49:32 PM »
dunno, but i second that. they effin reek like no other...
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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2009, 04:28:40 PM »
mmmm I love gutted bear in the morning.. :drool:
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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2009, 04:38:01 PM »
I haven't really noticed that they smell that bad, maybe it's because I smell worse?  :chuckle:
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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2009, 05:31:37 PM »
Mine didn't but those antelope sure stunk.
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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2009, 05:37:35 PM »
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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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2009, 05:38:09 PM »
I've killed a few around Darrington.... :dunno:



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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2009, 06:45:22 PM »
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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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2009, 06:46:38 PM »
Oh god. Coyotes just stink.  :puke:
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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2009, 06:51:22 PM »
Quote from: Gutpile on November 13, 2009, 06:46:38 PM
Oh god. Coyotes just stink.  :puke:
Gutpile, You might want to take the fur off before you roast them over a fire.  :chuckle:
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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2009, 06:52:58 PM »
Quote from: Gutpile on November 13, 2009, 06:46:38 PM
Oh god. Coyotes just stink.  :puke:

I was thinking the same thing.
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Re: Why do bears smell so bad
« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2009, 06:55:03 PM »
Bunch of sissys!  LMAO
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