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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: pendoreilleadventures on August 11, 2008, 10:41:47 AM

Title: worms in your bears?
Post by: pendoreilleadventures on August 11, 2008, 10:41:47 AM: 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?
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Post by: Houndhunter on August 11, 2008, 10:51:03 AM: 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
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Post by: pendoreilleadventures on August 11, 2008, 11:11:00 AM: 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.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi9.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa88%2Fbowhunter_4_life%2F0118081031.jpg&hash=67be244607068cde3507a68d225985e86ba9b45b)
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Post by: MountainWalk on August 11, 2008, 11:15:37 AM: Thats a pretty swell looking mount. He does have a pretty swole head.
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Post by: Ray on August 11, 2008, 11:17:17 AM: Good lookin bear. Love that white patch on the front.
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Post by: addicted on August 11, 2008, 12:33:11 PM: sweet looking mound
Quote from: MountainWalk338 on August 11, 2008, 11:15:37 AM
Thats a pretty swell looking mount. He does have a pretty swole head.

yeah those ears are way far apart lol
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Post by: robodad on August 11, 2008, 01:53:02 PM: Quote from: pendoreilleadventures on August 11, 2008, 10:41:47 AM
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 ?? :dunno:
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Post by: pendoreilleadventures on August 11, 2008, 02:01:55 PM: 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
Title: Re: worms in your bears?
Post by: robodad on August 11, 2008, 02:10:34 PM: Quote from: pendoreilleadventures on August 11, 2008, 02:01:55 PM
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 !! :chuckle: )
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Post by: saylean on August 11, 2008, 02:15:44 PM: 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...
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Post by: ICEMAN on August 11, 2008, 02:25:17 PM: :EAT: :puke:
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Post by: billythekidrock on August 11, 2008, 04:24:22 PM: Never had a worm problem and I hope to never have one.
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Post by: klikboom on August 11, 2008, 07:40:11 PM: 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.
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Post by: Jackjr on August 11, 2008, 09:01:24 PM: Sweet white patch :)
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Post by: Timber on August 11, 2008, 09:25:55 PM: My buddies bear from a few years ago was full of worms. They were everywhere - under the hide, in the guts, in the meat.
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Post by: Houndhunter on August 11, 2008, 09:27:53 PM: i'd make an exception to my tradition if i saw that
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Post by: hunterbuilder on August 11, 2008, 09:43:14 PM: Love the bear mount with the white patch! :rockin: Disgusted by the worms! :puke: I'll be passing on any worm infested game thank you very much. :yike:
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Post by: BENCHLEG on August 11, 2008, 10:03:32 PM: im not a stud , but i have killed 9 bear and never had that that problem.
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Post by: SHANE(WA) on August 11, 2008, 10:32:56 PM: 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.
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Post by: ICEMAN on August 12, 2008, 12:41:30 AM: :yike: Mother of God! :o :puke: I would not want to waste my tag on that!!! On the other hand, would those worms stay on a hook? :dunno:
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Post by: JoeVon on August 12, 2008, 06:12:08 AM: Not a good thread to be reading while eating spagetti. My plate just went in the Garbage.
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Post by: DeKuma on August 12, 2008, 06:17:40 AM: Quote from: JoeVon on August 12, 2008, 06:12:08 AM
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........... :chuckle:
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Post by: JoeVon on August 12, 2008, 06:42:24 AM: I'm gonna blame it on shift work....
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Post by: DeKuma on August 12, 2008, 06:54:58 AM: 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......... :EAT: :puke:
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Post by: waoutdoorsman on August 12, 2008, 07:56:27 AM: i wouldnt eat the meat, but are the worms edible? :drool: jk jk
thats rather nasty!
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Post by: JoeVon on August 12, 2008, 08:06:44 AM: 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?
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Post by: pendoreilleadventures on August 12, 2008, 08:21:01 AM: I packed it out but I called the health dept and they said to burn the meat and to not eat it.
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Post by: scudmaster on August 12, 2008, 08:49:42 AM: Quote from: klikboom on August 11, 2008, 07:40:11 PM
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.

:yeah:
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Post by: Diehard0123 on August 12, 2008, 09:21:21 AM: 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 :puke:
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Post by: ICEMAN on August 12, 2008, 01:20:13 PM: Quote from: Diehard0123 on August 12, 2008, 09:21:21 AM
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 :puke:

Excellent work!!! LMAO!!! :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: jstamp on August 12, 2008, 03:15:34 PM: 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.
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Post by: PWN Kurt on August 12, 2008, 05:52:13 PM: 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