If anyone would be willing to let go of a small jar of rendered bear fat, I'd love to have some... Good for pie crusts, pastries, and patch lube for my flintlock.

Mike

[quote=BernieB.]My YouTube channel has dozens of bear hunting videos and I get a lot of hate from antis, even death threats. But the thing that disturbs me is the numbers of hunters who feel that it's wrong to kill bears because we shouldn't kill what we don't eat. Where did this pervasive myth come from that you can't eat bears? Are there others here that like bear meat?

I'm not sure if people are naive or hypocritical in their judgment against those who eat the meat they kill themselves. There are other ways of getting meat, and most people who eat meat use these other ways. Every time a person buys beef, chicken, pork, etc. at the store, they themselves are killing an animal by way of paying someone to do it for them. They're using a debit card as a weapon, in place of a bow or gun.

Bear meat is very good to eat.

Never understood why people say black bears don't taste good. We've killed a bunch of them in VA & New Brunswick & they're delicious. Prob. depends on what they've been feeding on, how they were harvested/cleaned, & last but not least - how they're prepared.

There used to be(late seventies) a dump where people took their household trash near a place I liked to hunt. I don't think I ever came across a pile of bear scat within a couple miles of the place that didn't have pamper plastic in it. I've also seen bear feeding on rotted road killed deer.

Maybe they are fine to eat, but I'd have a hard time trying to not think of those images if bear meat was on a plate in front of me.

we eat every bear we have ever shot and every one that ate it thought it was great I believe wild game is all about how its care for and how its cook

bear meat is very good,like boco says it will give you much energy after eating. our ma made bear meat and honey sandwiches for me and my brother to eat be fore wresting matches.the fat when rendered down is whiter than Crisco lard and like said great for bakeing,the oil that is taken off the top when rendering is great for your boots and any ting you want to waterproof,dont use to much though or it will stain your socks I know.. a bear is what he eats,wild bear are great. don't hunt around dumps.

Bear meat is excellent. I like it better then pork. A good bear roast is hard to beat.

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Eaten lots of bears from that area in late 60's .
Older boars can get lil "rank" if I remember correctly.
Maybe this is the reason some have bad experiences with the meat.
But like Paul says.
Mine were delicious.
Been a lot of years now for me.

I understood that internal organs from Bear contains toxic levels of vitamin A, and should not be eaten, And all the meat should be cooked well done because of Trichinosis. Is this correct?

I purposely shoot them for meat, being thrilled to death to tag any legal bear I see first. I like bear best as either a nice roast, or made into sausage of various flavors....usually I tend to use a lot of sage like pork breakfast sausage. My Bride used to can them up back when the kids were young, I'd have bear sandwiches from that in my lunch pail back when I had a real job. I have never been a fan of bear steaks unless they were from a very fresh kill, Plain ground bear burger is also good. Like most, I get them cooled ASAP. Why some folks don't like bear became very obvious to me after 30+ years as a full-time taxidermist. So many nimrods would drive them around in the back of their trucks long enough to cause hair-slip on the pelt....you can imagine what the meat may have tasted like when they finally got them butchered!

Polar Bear liver is toxic because of vitamin A. Black Bear liver is gourmet food. Trichinosis is found in bear meat at times, at least Black Bear. Other species....I don't know.

Put a bear hind in a charcoal cooker with 5 uncured hams, took out 8 hours later. every on liked it. Cooling and skinning as soon as possible, very important.

I doubt if that is true about the internal organs of black bears but I can't say for sure. Trichinosis is the reason it should be cooked to at least 160 degrees.

Bear meat is delicious and the roasts are just like beef in my opinion. Ive not tried ribs, usually cut trim that goes into ground, but i bet theyd be awesome. I love hunting bear in the spring, its extremely addictive.

I don’t waste meat. bear meat it great. follow the directions for bear ham on the cabelas website. it will make you come alive. great stuff

\You got a link to that?

In NY they told me people just shot them and left them lay, guys I worked with went up north to hunt bear, the locals shunned them, they said no one hunts bear, they were afraid my fellow employees were hunting their precious deer, very few deer there due to the large coyotes

bernieb : https://www.cabelas.com/category/Recipe-Bear-Ham/567386280.uts

I don’t make mine that big. I use boneless roasts about 3-4 lb roasts

I've only had bear salami and snack stix but it was the best salami and stix I've ever ate

Perfect I am going to try this!