spring or fall bear for eating

[gaddy]

I understand that spring bears have a better coat but am wondering about how you feel about the taste. i have heard all my life about how bad bear tastes & its only good for sausage ect.. but i got a bear a couple years back & it tasted great. my sons gal friend who doesnt like meat in general ate some(of course i made her try it) loved it & asks when i'll get another. everyone that tried it liked it. anyway i was wondering if everyone going for spring bear is in it for the meat or the hide.( i understand about the just getting out & hunting part but im talking about the edible part)

[Buckmark]

Those 3ft milk drinkers in the spring should be the best...

[Gutpile]

I'll take one of each please. I've only shot three but I'm really beginning to like bear a lot. Spring or fall is good they are just much much leaner in the spring if you dont like the fat. I do, the last two were fall bears and I enjoyed them thoroughly

[D-Rock425]

You really need to trim off all the fat you can on a bear.

[Todd_ID]

A spring bear gets 5% beef suet and a fall bear none when I get one; both turn out excellent hamburger!  I don't think I could say one is better than the other.

[billythekidrock]

We've killed and eaten a few of both and I can't say one is better than the other. As a matter of fact my 2005 spring bear had more fat on it than any other fall bear I have ever seen and it was fine.

Both are great in my book.

[BOWHUNTER45]

I prefer fall bears .. high Mnt blueberrie fed .. best summer sausauge meat there is ...

[SkookumHntr]

-My Fall bear was excellent! Too me anyways! I thought it tasted just like vineson!

[runamuk]

My sisters say so long as they arent eating fish they are good....fish eating bears...in Alaska apparently.... are nasty, they would know they lived there and ate a bunch of bear way more than me anyway...