my buddy almost did with his quad when we were out in the rusagonis rail bed a week ago. seen 6 in the past 2 weeks while riding the trails. might pick up a tag in the fall but dont know if i would enjoy the meat enough to warrant shooting one.
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All my bears have been fall bears.
I find getting the hide and most of the fat and getting the meat cooling as fast as you can gives best tablefare.
The meat will NOT cool with the hide on even in a freezer for several days.
Drop it,clean it,get it out,get it hung and skun,hang in cooler,trim fat...go home,come back in the morning and trim more fat (comes of easier cool)
Last fall bear was shot at 6:18pm we weren't finished til 0349am but first time doing a hide for a mount and there may have been some cold ones involved.
We didn't get it out of the woods til 9Pm and home by 9:30,to work about 10:30.
It didn't get taken to the cooler til the next day around suppertime but...it was very cool in the night and not bad thru the day inside a shed.
As a result it isn't the best meat I have had but it is definately good....alot like beef depending on what it is gorging itself on.
In the fall around here there is plenty of berries and crops mostly corn and apples.
In the spring you don't have this,I suspect given the amount a bear will consume in the run of a fall day this would have an effect on the meat.
Bearhunter...cooking the meat up on a rack so it isn't cooking in the fat that is marbled in the meat helps.
(Roasts or broiling your steaks/chops in oven)
BBQ is definately the best way to have it done IMO.
Never have it pink but no need to have it crispy either.
I love my bearhuntin....
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I find getting the hide and most of the fat and getting the meat cooling as fast as you can gives best tablefare.
The meat will NOT cool with the hide on even in a freezer for several days.
Drop it,clean it,get it out,get it hung and skun,hang in cooler,trim fat...go home,come back in the morning and trim more fat (comes of easier cool)
Last fall bear was shot at 6:18pm we weren't finished til 0349am but first time doing a hide for a mount and there may have been some cold ones involved.
We didn't get it out of the woods til 9Pm and home by 9:30,to work about 10:30.
It didn't get taken to the cooler til the next day around suppertime but...it was very cool in the night and not bad thru the day inside a shed.
As a result it isn't the best meat I have had but it is definately good....alot like beef depending on what it is gorging itself on.
In the fall around here there is plenty of berries and crops mostly corn and apples.
In the spring you don't have this,I suspect given the amount a bear will consume in the run of a fall day this would have an effect on the meat.
Bearhunter...cooking the meat up on a rack so it isn't cooking in the fat that is marbled in the meat helps.
(Roasts or broiling your steaks/chops in oven)
BBQ is definately the best way to have it done IMO.
Never have it pink but no need to have it crispy either.
I love my bearhuntin....
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My buddy Dana from Michigan bear 2009
Tcam pic was last blink of it's eyes...short recovery distance...heehee
Second pic he had already come up to the road and called me,no cell coverage at site but I had heard him shoot from my yard.
I was waitin for the call..I know what my Husqvarna sounds like.
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IS IT SEPT. YET?
Tcam pic was last blink of it's eyes...short recovery distance...heehee
Second pic he had already come up to the road and called me,no cell coverage at site but I had heard him shoot from my yard.
I was waitin for the call..I know what my Husqvarna sounds like.
IS IT SEPT. YET?
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Went out for a couple of days, never shot bear with the bow, but got some nice video and had a great time watching this one.(held out, hoping for a bigger one
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would come in and take its time feeding (for over an hour back and forth)
Ground blind at a about 20yds.
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would come in and take its time feeding (for over an hour back and forth)
Ground blind at a about 20yds.
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I have a few pics of a bear that was a regular at my bait. Any idea how much he would weigh?
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The one standin broadside 350-400lbs?
I might say the one in pic #1 could be if I could see a shot broadside it definately looks big.
Tough to judge from a picture.
This one we know was 318lbs compare timestamp above first pic/dead bear @ 6:14pm.
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This one,same spot, we guessed at 400lbs...full sized barrel behind it..it swallowed the second barrel that was there...lol
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I might say the one in pic #1 could be if I could see a shot broadside it definately looks big.
Tough to judge from a picture.
This one we know was 318lbs compare timestamp above first pic/dead bear @ 6:14pm.
This one,same spot, we guessed at 400lbs...full sized barrel behind it..it swallowed the second barrel that was there...lol
For Sure KPR,
makes the ole' stick and string feel a bit inadequate
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When he stops and looks at ya. makes ya wonder...
Man, that is a nice bear in your last pic...
makes the ole' stick and string feel a bit inadequate
When he stops and looks at ya. makes ya wonder...
Man, that is a nice bear in your last pic...
This is my next door neighbours bear. Nice markings on chest.
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Last fall bear.... at my deer stand.
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I know this is a thread for this springs bears, but just wanted to see if you guys think this bear form last fall was a big one...because I have a hard time telling in the pics.
That last pic has no scale. So here is a better one, with me in the third pic for scale. The last pic is his claws when he ripped my camera off the tree!
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That last pic has no scale. So here is a better one, with me in the third pic for scale. The last pic is his claws when he ripped my camera off the tree!
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