[JRcorvette]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Do the Florida bear hunters eat their kills? I used to go hiking and the like around Rattlesnake Mountain in Reno, Nevada and went rattlesnake hunting once with B. B. kind of eventually caught onto my tactic of clumsy bumping into rocks thus making our hunt unsuccessful. He did have rattlesnake skins all over his bedroom in comparison to my probably Farrah Fawcett poster in mine. He did not invite me to anymore rattlesnake hunts. He did say that they taste like chicken.

I doubt if bear tastes like chicken.

B's brother kept on taking pieces of himself off in various hunting mishaps. You do not hunt carp with a machete unless you are very adept with one. He wasn't.

Bear skin coats come in handy here in Florida!

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Bwanajim

My mountain lion was absolutely delicious. I bet your guy overcooked it. I marinated mine and covered it with strips of bacon and cooked it till it was only 130°. It was perfect.

It was the bacon….

[RICH1]

The Gall Bladders are an Asian Delicacy.. I love bear in a crock pot, but it's a bit difficult to coax one into the pot..

[justjim]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Few weeks ago at a club dinner they served goat. One and done

I’ve had goat and once was enough. Also had deer, quail, pheasant, alligator, rattlesnake and others but never bear. It’s good that a hunting season is coming for bear IMHO. There are too many bears, deer and gators causing accidents and driving our insurance rates higher and higher. In the last three years alone our insurance company has paid out over 12k to fix our cars because of the many deer on the Interstate highways.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by justjim

I’ve had goat and once was enough. Also had deer, quail, pheasant, alligator, rattlesnake and others but never bear. It’s good that a hunting season is coming for bear IMHO. There are too many bears, deer and gators causing accidents and driving our insurance rates higher and higher. In the last three years alone our insurance company has paid out over 12k to fix our cars because of the many deer on the Interstate highways.

I had been wondering what they do with the dead bear? Quite a lot of dead weight to do much of anything with. Carcass Disposal, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by RICH1

The Gall Bladders are an Asian Delicacy.. I love bear in a crock pot, but it's a bit difficult to coax one into the pot..

And once you get them in the pot they won't sit still once it starts getting hot.

[Taltarzac725]

I would guess you would need a pretty large caliber arrow or bullet to take down a bear. The Best Black Bear Cartridges | An Official Journal Of The NRA Age Verification - NRA

[Ruger2506]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

I would guess you would need a pretty large caliber arrow or bullet to take down a bear. The Best Black Bear Cartridges | An Official Journal Of The NRA Age Verification - NRA

Not at all. We use archery exclusively for black bear. For a brown bear you want a larger caliber. But it's laughable when people tell you they are carrying a .300 Win Mag or any magnum for a bear.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Ruger2506

Not at all. We use archery exclusively for black bear. For a brown bear you want a larger caliber. But it's laughable when people tell you they are carrying a .300 Win Mag or any magnum for a bear.

Hand grenade? He asked hopefully.

[Bwanajim]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

Bear meat is chewy but ok if well cooked and in a robust stew. Rattlesnake does taste like chicken. Quail, some ducks, band-tailed pigeon, dove, grouse, sandhill crane, pheasant, ostrich, pronghorn antelope, javelina, elk, bison and venison are good. Venison liver from a fresh kill is delicious. I like rabbit - not jack rabbit - but not squirrel. Never tried any moose or wild goose. A hunting buddy once shot a mountain lion. The meat was inedible, just awful. This year a man I know drew a permit and shot an African Oryx at White Sands. Meat not very good, so he ground it up with beef to make burgers.

I did a mountain lion years ago. It was delicious. You have to cook it rare like 120° not like pork. I covered with bacon and baked, and it was delicious.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Bwanajim

I did a mountain lion years ago. It was delicious. You have to cook it rare like 120° not like pork. I covered with bacon and baked, and it was delicious.

“The Other White Meat” | Sportsman's News


I do find these posts interesting. Cannot say that I hunt anything except a good deal at Publix or wherever.

My Dad's co-worker in California used to hunt quite a bit. Believe he was from Cincinnati or somewhere around that area . He kept my guns clean while I was away at law school in Minnesota but I sold most of them to get letters out to various law enforcement agencies in many states to see what they would like to see in their local libraries to help survivors/victims of crimes. I sent out a dozen to several dozen or more in each state in the early 1990s. I received quite a number of replies. I usually woud stop writing people in one state when I got reply from their Attorney General 's office as most of these victim/witness assistance providers were under their Attorney General. There were some that were not like Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

My hunting days were over by then.

Some of my home care people for my mother who has Alzheimer's hunt quite a bit here in this area to supplement their grocery shopping. More fish though than hunt.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by justjim

I’ve had goat and once was enough. Also had deer, quail, pheasant, alligator, rattlesnake and others but never bear. It’s good that a hunting season is coming for bear IMHO. There are too many bears, deer and gators causing accidents and driving our insurance rates higher and higher. In the last three years alone our insurance company has paid out over 12k to fix our cars because of the many deer on the Interstate highways.

Not that many in my area, haven’t seen one bear, deer, or gator in 11 years I been here.

So it’s animals fault?

When live next to nature reserves can’t expect wildlife to stay within boundaries.


IMO too many developments raping nature habitat and too many humans. Like history (pick century) has shown humans move in bulldoze land, kill off native species, other humans (centuries before), and take over.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

IMO too many developments raping nature habitat and too many humans. Like history (pick century) has shown humans move in bulldoze land, kill off native species, other humans (centuries before), and take over.

Agree! We can't agree on how to cull our herd.

[Ruger2506]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Agree! We can't agree on how to cull our herd.

We were. Mother Nature was doing (did do) a good job "culling the herd" during Covid. Doing exactly what nature is supposed to do. Nature could have done a lot more.