Post by: ZeroTucker on August 31, 2010, 07:06:39 AM
I know I would love to have a sweet bear rug with head and all but that is EXPENSIVE!!!! and it would be such a waste to kill one just for a rug.
Post by: halflife65 on August 31, 2010, 07:09:06 AM
You can also get a shoulder mount - I have a rug and shoulder mount (include a white blaze on his chest) and the shoulder was definitely a lot less expensive. I also have the skull of one of the bears.
Post by: Whitelightning on August 31, 2010, 07:24:14 AM
I am having the hide rugged hope to get it back soon.
Post by: bigtex on August 31, 2010, 08:10:49 AM
What do you guys doing with your bears? Every bit of Bear meat that I have had is nasty... Maybe it just wasn't processed well?
I know I would love to have a sweet bear rug with head and all but that is EXPENSIVE!!!! and it would be such a waste to kill one just for a rug.
Every bear I have had is GREAT. I usually do jerky, peperoni, sausage and hamburger. And mount the head.
Post by: Huntboy on August 31, 2010, 08:17:11 AM
Post by: skier2480 on August 31, 2010, 08:21:11 AM
I just have the skull cleaned and mounted. It's pretty cheap.
Post by: Grizzly95 on August 31, 2010, 08:46:26 AM
Post by: saylean on August 31, 2010, 09:02:37 AM
Post by: LCG on August 31, 2010, 09:07:45 AM
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Post by: HereDuckyDucky on August 31, 2010, 09:34:01 AM
I've had bear steak that taste like duck liver; and I've had bear steaks that were better than beef fillet.
In my experience, if you get a young bear (250lbs or smaller) that smells like a winery when you open it up (berries / fruit), and you take care of the meat properly, you'll have some of the finest wild game you can find.
Old bears are tough. Bears that have been eating animal matter taste like it. Etc.
...but even those bears make AWESOME summer sausage!!!
RW
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on August 31, 2010, 12:22:33 PM
Field care and what the Bears have been feeding on I think play the biggest part on what a Bear is going to taste like. If they have not been feeding on fish that Field care is #1. If it is hot out the fat on a Bear even if it has been skinned can go rancid pretty quick.
So far I have prefered my Bear made into sausage, and stix. I am not a big steak or roast eater is the main reason. i prefer meat in taco's, spagetti sauce, stir fry, etc. The occational back strap steak.
Post by: Kain on August 31, 2010, 12:28:59 PM
Post by: halflife65 on August 31, 2010, 01:20:43 PM
Post by: Kain on August 31, 2010, 01:31:22 PM
Is selling the hide legal?
Yes
http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00766/wdfw00766.pdf (http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/00766/wdfw00766.pdf) Page 73
Quote
3. Purchasing or Selling
Wildlife or Their
Parts:
Non-edible portions of
wild animals and game
birds may be sold or
traded (antlers, hides,
teeth), except for bighorn
sheep; mountain goat;
velvet antlers of deer or
elk; or the gall bladder,
claws, and teeth of bear,
except those claws
or teeth permanently
attached to a full bear
skin or mounted bear
or the raw fur of a wild
animal or the wild animal
itself, if the wild animal,
has been trapped in
this state with a body
gripping trap.
Post by: halflife65 on August 31, 2010, 01:35:55 PM
Post by: woodman on August 31, 2010, 01:36:28 PM
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on August 31, 2010, 05:03:49 PM
Is selling the hide legal?
YES!
WAC 232-12-071 Agency filings affecting this section
Buying or selling game unlawful — Game-farmed meat exception.
(1) Unless prohibited by federal regulations, nonedible parts of wild animals, game birds or game fish lawfully taken may be offered for sale, sold, purchased or traded, except it is unlawful to offer for sale, sell, purchase or trade the following unless authorized by a written permit issued by the director:
(a) Nonedible parts of bighorn sheep or mountain goat.
(b) Velvet antlers of deer or elk.
(c) Gall bladder, claws, or teeth of bear, except those claws or teeth permanently attached to a full bear skin or mounted bear.
(2) It is unlawful to knowingly buy, sell, or otherwise exchange, or offer to buy, sell, or otherwise exchange the raw fur or carcass of a wild animal trapped in Washington with a body-gripping trap, whether or not pursuant to permit.
(3) It is lawful to purchase and sell the meat of game-farm raised deer and elk, provided the meat is imported from a licensed game farm in another state or country, the meat is boned and only meat is imported for sale, and the meat is packaged for retail sale prior to import into this state. It is unlawful to fail to maintain proof of the source of the game-farmed meat together with the meat until the meat is consumed or exported.
Post by: snocobearhunter on August 31, 2010, 07:08:58 PM
Post by: billythekidrock on September 01, 2010, 05:31:03 AM
What do you guys doing with your bears? Every bit of Bear meat that I have had is nasty... Maybe it just wasn't processed well?
I know I would love to have a sweet bear rug with head and all but that is EXPENSIVE!!!! and it would be such a waste to kill one just for a rug.
You must have not had it prepared right (from field to table) or you have eaten garbage bears. I find that bear meat is very hard to beat when processed properly.
Roasts, steaks, stew meat, canned, sausage.......it is all great.
Post by: ZeroTucker on September 01, 2010, 08:17:23 AM
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on September 01, 2010, 12:41:31 PM
I clean quite a few Skulls every year. I would say so far 1/2 of them have been Bear Skulls. I am located down in Rochester. I charge $150 to Clean/Degrease/Whiten/Seal a Bear Skull.
Click on the pictures to enlarge them.
http://mntaxidermy.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=8991761 (http://mntaxidermy.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=8991761)
Post by: billythekidrock on September 01, 2010, 01:18:00 PM
Post by: littletoes on September 01, 2010, 08:08:00 PM
http://www.gwskulls.com/html/prices.html (http://www.gwskulls.com/html/prices.html)
Should mention, bear meat that I have eaten, even since a small kid, tasted great. I've heard folks say it was greasy, but as my mom would say, it was how folks prepared it.
We/I've always butchered my own game, to include making sausage or hamburger, and it tastes mighty good.
Hope to get another chance this year to make some more of same!
Good Luck to you folks.
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