Bear meat

[Ridgerunner]

What's the best stuff to turn a bear into? My wife is not too thrilled about eating a bear, but I am hellbent on trying to shoot one this year.  Any suggestions? 

[bucklucky]

Breakfast sausage is great, get a variety. Hot, Mild , Italian etc....

[Machias]

First bear I shot I got roasts, steaks, chops, burger, etc.  The only thing we liked was the burger.  Next 6 bears we turned them all into burger.  Bear chilli, bear spagetti, bear tacos, bear burgers!  Awesome.  Next bear I get I'll be having some processed into sausage as well.

[OltHunter]

in my experience, i would recommend only burger, sausage and pepporoni.  not the best tasting meat in my opinion.  burger is not too bad with pork fat, doesn't last as long in the freezer but tastes better. 

[winston2789]

sausage with pork fat is the best way to go!

[wamuledeer]

My bear last year I had processed in Twisp and it turned out great. I had breakfast sausage, burger, summer sausage and then had the hams smoked. I just cook the hams in the oven like a pork ham and they taste great. They are very moist with a lot of flavor but not gamey at all. I am not sure if it was just because what the bear was eating or what. A lot of people don't like the taste of bear but everything I had was very good.

[DeKuma]

I have always done burger, roasts, steaks, chops and sausage.  Been great.  All in how you cook it.  Have not had a bad one yet, luckily.

[Gutpile]

I've only shot one bear and it was a no fat spring bear but I got some bacon done which was out of this world, a bunch of breakfast sausage, some grind, and a ton of bratwurst made. It was all good but the brats and bacon were great!!!!  Still have a couple hams to do, gonna have one tomorrow for dinner.

[billythekidrock]

With proper field/kitchen prep you will find nothing better then bear except a young tender elk steak.
I like to do roasts, burger and many types of sausage.

Here are some links to check out.

Jerky
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,1016.0.html

Roast
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,1012.0.html

Pepperoni
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,1015.0.html

Canned meat
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,1013.0.html

[ArtistNhunter2]

Only had spicy breakfast sausage in patties. Very good!

[billythekidrock]

Lots of sausage.

[saylean]

I had alot of summer sausage/jerky made on the last one..this year...getting an many roasts as I can (the sausage/jerky was great...I just want more meat I can make stuff with), provided I can connect. I only had a few roasts from last year...ate one of them...then I think my little bro snagged em for college!

Its ok, he helped me drag it out. I am really fond of bear meat...other than elk, it is my fav so far.

[billythekidrock]

I had alot of summer sausage/jerky made on the last one..this year...getting an many roasts as I can (the sausage/jerky was great...I just want more meat I can make stuff with), provided I can connect. I only had a few roasts from last year...ate one of them...then I think my little bro snagged em for college!

Its ok, he helped me drag it out. I am really fond of bear meat...other than elk, it is my fav so far.

Roast for me is a bit of a misnomer. I may take a whole backstrap and fold, wrap it, freeze it, unwrap and cook while frozen in a crockpot as a roast. I will also take the whole ham section and make one or two roasts out of it.

If you want to get more bang for your buck try canning. The meal options are unlimited.

[MountainWalk]

I like bear roast with a good thick huckleberry sauce.

[cascademountainhunter]

red hots or beer dogs