worms in your bears?

[pendoreilleadventures]

Have you ever jhad this problem I havent hunted bear much because of this the last bear I killed had worm all over in it. in the meat,under the hide every where didnt eat any of the meat was such a waste I dont hunt them because of it. Is this common?

[Houndhunter]

ah geez, dont tell me storys like that now

i got a uncle used to guide bear here, then recently just quite in idaho. he couldnt remeber ever seeing a bear that had worms, he had guided over 500bears and finally stoped counting and that was in the 80s

[pendoreilleadventures]

yeah this bear was really old squared out at 6'8" but he only weight 280 had rotting teeth bad. 1/8th of an inch from b&C. I have a half mount heres a picture.

[MountainWalk]

Thats a pretty swell looking mount. He does have a pretty swole head.

[Ray]

Good lookin bear. Love that white patch on the front.

[addicted]

sweet looking mound

Thats a pretty swell looking mount. He does have a pretty swole head.

yeah those ears are way far apart lol

[robodad]

Have you ever jhad this problem I havent hunted bear much because of this the last bear I killed had worm all over in it. in the meat,under the hide every where didnt eat any of the meat was such a waste I dont hunt them because of it. Is this common?

I have shot several caribou that have had worms in them, they were in the blood vesicles and the meat and in the guts and just everywhere, it was disgusting, we just took them to the garbage dump and burned them, pretty sure they were a form of blow fly larvae YUK !!! maybe it is the same sort of stuff ?? 

[pendoreilleadventures]

When I killed the bear I called the health dept and said it was trichinosis. The worm were in everything just like your caribou.here is what wikipedia says


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichinosis

[robodad]

When I killed the bear I called the health dept and said it was trichinosis. The worm were in everything just like your caribou.here is what wikipedia says


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichinosis

That is different then what I saw, the larvae in the caribou were about the size of your thumb above the joint and when we started taking the skin off they just poured out and it was pretty disgusting. We also had a deer one time that had this spaghetti like worm in its tissue, they were almost transparent and lengths from 2 to 6 inches long and that was pretty gross too but we contacted the health dept and they said they were harmless to humans so we ate it (of coarse we didn't tell the wife or kids about it !!  )

[saylean]

man...that would be foul to see...all those worms..

not much bothers me...spiders, heights, etc...

but parasitic *censored*e freaks me out...ticks, worms, lice..etc...shiver...

[ICEMAN]

 

[billythekidrock]

Never had a worm problem and I hope to never have one.

[klikboom]

Can you still keep the hide if it has worms?? EFF no i wouldn't eat the meat if worms were crawling, I don't care what the health department says.

[Jackjr]

Sweet white patch

[Timber]

My buddies bear from a few years ago was full of worms. They were everywhere - under the hide, in the guts, in the meat.

[Houndhunter]

i'd make an exception to my tradition if i saw that

[hunterbuilder]

Love the bear mount with the white patch!  Disgusted by the worms!  I'll be passing on any worm infested game thank you very much. 

[BENCHLEG]

im not a stud , but i have killed 9 bear and never had that that problem.

[SHANE(WA)]

 I got one a few years ago like that, it had been shot sometime before and was loaded with worms, one of the nastiest things I have seen.

[ICEMAN]

  Mother of God!    I would not want to waste my tag on that!!!  On the other hand, would those worms stay on a hook? 

[JoeVon]

Not a good thread to be reading while eating spagetti.   My plate just went in the Garbage.

[DeKuma]

Not a good thread to be reading while eating spagetti.   My plate just went in the Garbage.

Spaghetti at 6 in the morning?  Reminds me of my college days...........

[JoeVon]

I'm gonna blame it on shift work....

[DeKuma]

Man, I do not miss that at all!  Thougheven being an Engineer, I have had to support mods overseas so I was here on graveyard.  Amazing what you will do when your days and nights are all screwed up.
Even eat bears full of worms.........

[waoutdoorsman]

i wouldnt eat the meat, but are the worms edible?  jk jk
thats rather nasty!

[JoeVon]

What would you guys do in that situation?   If the bear is full of worms, do you still pack out the meat?  Do you eat it?

[pendoreilleadventures]

I packed it out but I called the health dept and they said to burn the meat and to not eat it.

[scudmaster]

Can you still keep the hide if it has worms?? EFF no i wouldn't eat the meat if worms were crawling, I don't care what the health department says.

 

[Diehard0123]

I could not would not eat worm infested meat
not on a plane, not on a train
not in a box, not with a fox
not with a mouse, not in a house
I do not like worm infested meat, I do not like it Sam I am 

[ICEMAN]

I could not would not eat worm infested meat
not on a plane, not on a train
not in a box, not with a fox
not with a mouse, not in a house
I do not like worm infested meat, I do not like it Sam I am 

Excellent work!!! LMAO!!!

[jstamp]

my buddy killed a bear two years ago in oct and it was full of worms. Just like the ones in the pic, but a whole lot more of them.

[PWN Kurt]

I'm not 100% sure but those look like roundworms to me.  Roundworms are fairly common, and are zoonotic. 

I'll send the link over to my friend who's a vet and get his $.02.

I would have taken a few samples to send to the CDC or the state veterinarian.
Or, maybe the WDFW biologists would be interested in it.

Thanks for posting the picture!  Very interesting.

Kurt