My wife and I love bear meat, prefering it over any other wild meat we get. James B is right in that it is really very similar to beef, but it doesn't dry out as easily. One of our favorite ways to enjoy bear is to put a roast in the slow cooker all day with lots of water and she makes French Dip out of it. It literally falls into tender shredded pieces that my wife puts on toasted buns with cheese. Then you dip it into little bowls of the broth from the meat. It's great!