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Title: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: jstone 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???
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 13, 2009, 02:32:53 PM: i am no expert but i think its because what they eat. :twocents:
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: jackelope 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.
:dunno:
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: Grizzly95 on November 13, 2009, 02:47:34 PM: Because shampoo isn't grown in the forest and big foot won't share his :chuckle:
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: wrangler on November 13, 2009, 02:49:32 PM: dunno, but i second that. they effin reek like no other...
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: rasbo on November 13, 2009, 04:28:40 PM: mmmm I love gutted bear in the morning.. :drool:
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: Big10gauge 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:
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: Gutpile on November 13, 2009, 05:31:37 PM: Mine didn't but those antelope sure stunk.
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: billythekidrock 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.
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: saylean on November 13, 2009, 05:38:09 PM: I've killed a few around Darrington.... :dunno:

:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:

I KEED I KEED~!
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: jdb 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
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: Gutpile on November 13, 2009, 06:46:38 PM: Oh god. Coyotes just stink. :puke:
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: Big10gauge 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:
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: billythekidrock 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.
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on November 13, 2009, 06:55:03 PM: Bunch of sissys! LMAO
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: fishermanjoe on November 13, 2009, 06:55:16 PM: my bear smelt like roses! well.... actually he had no smell on him at all, nor did the gut pile.... weird :dunno:
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: Gutpile on November 13, 2009, 06:58:42 PM: Quote from: Big10gauge 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:

I don't roast them. I usually dice up the backstraps, add a little garlic, a little doe urine, and mix them with this..........
I thought you knew that.

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/11250/CoyoteHelper.jpg)
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: lokidog on November 13, 2009, 06:58:54 PM: The guts just STINK! Kind of like rabbits, but worse. We had a family friend that was a bear guide in Ontario, he killed or had a part in the demise of hundreds of bears and never gutted a one. Just skin, quarter, and take out the backstraps, leave the stinky rest for the yotes.
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: billythekidrock on November 13, 2009, 07:04:26 PM: Most of the bears I have gutted smelled like wine..or at least fermented berries. Sometimes kinda sweet.
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: Kain on November 13, 2009, 08:00:57 PM: I wish I could find any bear even a stinky one. :'( :'( :'( :'( :chuckle:
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: billythekidrock on November 13, 2009, 08:07:31 PM: I hear ya.. I have not even seen one since July.
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: rasbo on November 13, 2009, 08:17:17 PM: Quote from: Gutpile on November 13, 2009, 06:58:42 PM
Quote from: Big10gauge 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:
thats some bad ju ju there,damn odor hounds :chuckle:

I don't roast them. I usually dice up the backstraps, add a little garlic, a little doe urine, and mix them with this..........
I thought you knew that.

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/11250/CoyoteHelper.jpg)
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 13, 2009, 08:17:43 PM: Quote from: Gutpile on November 13, 2009, 06:58:42 PM
Quote from: Big10gauge 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:

I don't roast them. I usually dice up the backstraps, add a little garlic, a little doe urine, and mix them with this..........
I thought you knew that.

(https://hunting-washington.com/cpg/albums/userpics/11250/CoyoteHelper.jpg)

thats to funny :chuckle:
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: Big10gauge on November 13, 2009, 09:30:33 PM: Quote from: Gutpile on November 13, 2009, 06:58:42 PM
Quote from: Big10gauge 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:

I don't roast them. I usually dice up the backstraps, add a little garlic, a little doe urine, and mix them with this..........
I thought you knew that.

I did but even I like a change of pace every now and then.
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: Gutpile on November 14, 2009, 08:26:52 AM: Nice!!! :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: Rufous on November 14, 2009, 07:41:37 PM: I have killed 10 bears myself and been in on the gutting/field butchering of another 10 or so. I have never noticed bears to smell any worse than anything else. In fact they often smell better. I really do not know what the heck folks are talking about. Rufous.
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: saylean on November 14, 2009, 11:26:46 PM: The spring bear I got this year made me gag twice....which is really rare. I have a pretty tough stomach.

I would rather work on a bear instead of a coyote/coon anyday.
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on November 15, 2009, 06:31:16 AM: Come to think of it I have never gutted anything that has even come close to making me gag. I have seen and smelled some pretty rank stuff.
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: cohoho on November 15, 2009, 05:16:03 PM: Only one bear made me gag, it was a Griz with maggots and old chunks of meat all threw it's fur from rolling on an old Moose carcass.... A roll into the river and some dawn dish washing soap, he was fresh and clean...
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 15, 2009, 05:28:45 PM: i have been around of lot of dead animals and bears take the cake. i can't think why some would say they don't stink very much, man i have never gaged over any dead animal :dunno: but bears do have a stink to them.
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: billythekidrock on November 15, 2009, 05:39:32 PM: Quote from: Rufous on November 14, 2009, 07:41:37 PM
I have killed 10 bears myself and been in on the gutting/field butchering of another 10 or so. I have never noticed bears to smell any worse than anything else. In fact they often smell better. I really do not know what the heck folks are talking about. Rufous.

I would agree 100%.

Some deer, elk, and most yotes smell worse. Rabbits guts are the absolute worst.
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: rasbo on November 15, 2009, 05:43:40 PM: the worst smell from a bear Ive killed wasnt the guts,It was like a strong body odor,nothing to gag about.Rabbits are bad but duck guts are up there..
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: Huntbear on November 15, 2009, 05:55:18 PM: Maybe they all skipped health class when they were young, and do not know the importance of good hygiene. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: ouchfoss on November 15, 2009, 07:38:31 PM: Maybe its dependent on what they eat. I've only killed 2 bears and from what I remember they actually didnt smell bad at all. Thing is, both bear had been goring on cascara berries and thats kinda what they smelled like so that might have had something to do with it. Deer and elk are far worse smelling in my opinion.
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: ICEMAN on November 16, 2009, 06:10:22 AM: I find that if I dont brush my teeth or wash my armpits....most animals smell pretty good.... :P
Title: Re: Why do bears smell so bad
Post by: rasbo on November 16, 2009, 06:15:41 AM: Quote from: ICEMAN on November 16, 2009, 06:10:22 AM
I find that if I dont brush my teeth or wash my armpits....most animals smell pretty good.... :P
thats funny,after a few days no shower, one might roll in a bear pile of gutage.