black bear eating
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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black bear eating
Was wondering how many of you eat black bear. This fall I have the opportunity for a mixed bag hunt here in CA, blacktail deer and can also get a bear tag. Lots of bear around here. Personally, I have a rule that I don't kill anything that I can't (or won't) eat. I don't hunt for trophies is what I'm saying but if someone else does it doesn't bother me. Anyway, I'm wondering how many of you eat black bear and how it is? I'm sure there are many opinions, and I'm sure the meat varies with the age of the animal, region it was taken in, what it had been eating, etc. But I'd like to get a general idea from anybody here who has an opinion. Also, is it difficult to find a butcher who will butcher a black bear? Do most of them do it?
#2
RE: black bear eating
I think bear is great! It just needs to be cooked properly. Make sure that every ounce of fate & grizzle it trimmed off before cooking and marinate, marinate, marinate!
Otherwise it will be like shoe leather. I usually trim it up and let it soak in salt water or Coca Cola (of all things) for an entire day. I then cook it in a stew or like a pot roast in a crock pott for a day w/ potatoes, carrots, etc. I have also done it in one of those oven bags... That was excellent too.
My buddy makes a stir fry with it which is pretty good too.
As for the butcher, I don't see why they won't cut it up for you. There are 2 around here that both do bear every year.
I hope this helps. You'll want to hunt them every year now! Good luck!
Otherwise it will be like shoe leather. I usually trim it up and let it soak in salt water or Coca Cola (of all things) for an entire day. I then cook it in a stew or like a pot roast in a crock pott for a day w/ potatoes, carrots, etc. I have also done it in one of those oven bags... That was excellent too.
My buddy makes a stir fry with it which is pretty good too.
As for the butcher, I don't see why they won't cut it up for you. There are 2 around here that both do bear every year.
I hope this helps. You'll want to hunt them every year now! Good luck!