I've had bad bear meat, but it is the exception
most has been very good

have not done bear ribs before, but it is on the menu soon

This bear rib recipe is on my list to try!
http://www.bear-hunting.com/2016/4/hickory-smoked-bear-ribs-recipe-april-21-2016

The best bear for meat is one in the range of 150 to 250 lbs.
I'm hungry for a feed of bearmeat now.

those of you worried about eating bear because of what they eat when they get the opportunity to scavange have obviously never been around free range chickens or pasture raised pigs . I'd rather eat bear meat than chicken breast any day .

I haven’t been hungry enough to try beat meat yet, but Boco’s pot of bear meat does look good.

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Back up? Anyone ever grind the meat for burger to grill or chilli? We got one eating our deer corn and thought in 3weeks if he is still around might let my son try to shoot it.

I have eaten bear meat probly 8 different times,,from bears from 3 different states.I have yet to eat bear meat that I like.Im not saying I spit it out,,just that I don't care for it.And the guys that killed and prepared the bears are guys ive known forever,and know how to properly handle wild game.Might be a taste thing.I also will not eat sheep.Smells rotten while its cooking to me.Thats why I have never had the desire to shoot one,Plenty of opportunities,,but just don't care to.

What has the bear been eating? If it ate good feed it will taste good (apples, berries, sunflowers, corn, etc) if it eats carrion rotten fish or garbage bait snot guess what? tastes like poo... add poor handling poo poo… My first bear a 7ft tastes great he ate blackberries, apple and pears... good in good out!

I try to have it every year. Mostly make country sausage, Italian sausage, and bratwurst. Yum.

Likes been mentioned earlier, if it ate right and u get it skinned and cooled down asap after harvesting it it will b great! Shot my first one(230#) 7 yrs ago and had a seasoned veteran help me get it out of woods and he asked me if I was gonna eat it or just get it mounted. I told him we're gonna eat it, day was not cold so when getting to camp got buckets of cold creek water and cooled down and skinned asap. Best bear ever ate!!

It makes great burger. We didn't add any fat or anything when we ground it. It's very lean and won't make a proper burger pattie but works great for anything you'd put ground beef in....chili, spaghetti etc

Try adding some bacon and breakfast sausage seasoning to it. Amazing stuff and it holds together for making patties really well.

As a kid my Dad would go to Canada and hunt bears in the spring over baits they brought up all sorts of stuff rotten to pastries and I can tell you that meat was not good had a funk and greasy. Probably the reason I never really wanted to hunt them if I can't eat it and enjoy it. But I came out here to Oregon and my first year my roommate shot a bear and changed my mind, it was good ate apples even finished w/ honey from his bee hive ouch! He had a small fortune in that thing and boo boo smashed it and devoured the works. I shot some pheasants one time late season the farmer had been spreading manure in the snow next to a slough he gave my friend and me permission bam bam ba bam... 4 birds pretty quick! gottem home peeled them open ewwww smelled like manure.... nope not doing it

Black bear Is our favorite meat. And we raise Beef.

I eat Iowa beef when I want burger on grill . But it sounds good.

Put your bear meat in a pressure cooker. It comes out like roast. Start by taking a 3lb chunk of meat. Place it in the pressure cooker. Add two cups of water and all the flooring's you want. Cook under pressure for 20 minutes. Release steam and add mushrooms, potato quarters, carrots and any other veggie you want. Cook under pressure another 15 minutes. Eat right away or leave it on the keep warm setting till whenever your ready to eat. Bear meat will absorb all the wonderful flavors. It's so delicious you will want to hunt bear every year. I have had many friends try bear meat this way and they all loved it. They cannot believe it was really bear. If it tastes bad it is because it was allowed to spoil due to improper handling prior to processing.

I hunted with a guy in Saskatchewan one year who used a slurry of fish and other stuff that smelled really sour and rotten. The bear I shot there was totally inedible. He told people that bear meat was bad and he didn't understand how anyone could eat it. I said no wonder you ruined it before the bear ever died. I never went back there.

I bait with pastries and trail mix and believe me the bear meat is fantastic. I've also had great bear meat from bears shot when hunting with outfitters who bait with grain. Corn or oats, I can't tell the difference both were great.

We like it but clean the animal well when gutted and rinse with water and cool it off quickly as possible. It seem l8e the bear fat melts at low temperature and can go rancid possibly and taint the meat. Just my opinion maybe someone with more knowledge could chime in.

I never had bear. but looking for a time I will be able to.I did in the past one guy I know got one and had me skin it for him and all said he would give me some meat but never did. I just look to find out as much as I can about it that way if I ever do get one I will know what to do.