Post by: stevemiller on October 02, 2013, 08:00:47 PM
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on October 02, 2013, 08:26:44 PM
Post by: smdave on October 02, 2013, 08:32:49 PM
Steve Bear jerky isn't a good idea. Bears and Cougars carry Trichinosis and it is transferable to humans. Bear meat should be cooked all the way through to a specific temp (I don't know the temp off the top of my head) to kill it.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5206a1.htm (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5206a1.htm)
1997--2001. During this 5-year period, 72 cases were reported to CDC. Of these, 31 (43%) cases were associated with eating wild game: 29 with bear meat, one with cougar meat, and one with wild boar meat