Bear meat is great on the grill or done in a glass casarol dish on a rack with bread on the bottom to keep the fats from splashing. What gives the meat a bad taste is the fat. Lean bear meat is one of the best. Get the fat on it and it is the worst thing that you will ever taste. Bear meat done right is great. I had a hound hunter tell me once all these different things to do. Spices temps etc. He told me to cook it on an aspen log. When the bear meat looked done. Throw the meat away and eat the log. I beleive that if you are not going to eat it. Then why kill it. I have even killed animals that I knew that I would not eat because my freezer was full, but I knew of people that were hurting for food and gave my animals to then. I did however know that the animals life would not go to waste.