[asianthree]

Alaska Native’s eat more caribou or moose, than bear. They will usually only consume black bear, using hide, then butcher to distribute within community. Brown and grizzly are not used for consumption due to high activity of parasites. Not sure if it’s the same in lower US.

Our oldest lived in Alaska for 9 years, bear stew was usually the preparation, feeding more people. Slow cooking helps with game taste, makes a tender texture.

Apparently diet has a great deal to do with taste, so lots of fish, definitely fish taste in meat. Berries give a more sweeter taste especially in spring kill.

[Taltarzac725]

Some really interesting stories on this thread. Thanks for posting.


When I heard about the open but limited season here in Florida I was wondering if the hunters are responsible for removing the dead bear from its resting space?

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

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

Curry goat, black beans and saffron rice! Serve with a cold Red Stripe. Mon, dat's goood!

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

You do not hunt carp with a machete unless you are very adept with one. .

Now you tell me. 🤕

[Joe C.]

When a bear is shot and drops immediately, it will taste better than if it was shot and ran for any distance, as it's adrenalin is coursing through it's muscles and gives it that bitter "gamey" taste. Bear meat can be very tasty in a stew or chilli bowl.

[Topspinmo]

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.

I doubt too many actually eat bear, rattlesnakes, wild grease/ ducks, or mourning doves. IMO sporting man just like to shoot them (don’t see sport in shooting bear, but that me). O some think they are Good Samaritan’s by giving the game meat to poor. IMO none of them remotely taste like chicken. I grew up poor and lot of wild game in season was on menu, I ate cause I was hungry. Neighbor down road use eat snapping turtle. He also said it tasted like chicken. No it didn’t. IMO that phrase used to get you to try it.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by BillyGrown

It’s kind of course, a bit gamie and has the texture of camel. Not my favorite and make sure you cook it all the way through.

You’ve ate camel?

[Taltarzac725]

On a lighter note that friend's older brother --the one who cut his leg open while hunting carp with a machete -- found an old 45 like pistol in the ground near Rattlesnake Mt. The show off that he was promptly found the proper ammunition for it but had not cleaned the weapon very well. It blew up in his hand taking a big section out of it.

[jminnis]

My father in law loved the bear roast we had in the fridge....until we told him what it was!

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by jminnis

My father in law loved the bear roast we had in the fridge....until we told him what it was!

10 Tasty Bear Recipes From Hunters - Wyoming Wildlife Federation


I did find these .

[dtennent]

I have known a lot of hunters over the years. Never knew one of them that hunted for bear more than once. Deer was much preferred over bear meat.

[goneil2024]

On a side note commenting on an earlier post, Snapping Turtle taste more like veal (in my opinion), and recently I focus on feral hogs as a game species for sport and larder. Seasons are more liberal if nonexistent and farmers and golfers welcome removal of the invasive species.

[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.

[Bwanajim]

If prepared properly, bear is great. It can be a little gamey sometimes but if you marinate it, it'll come out good. You can make ground beef out of it and add about 10% fat to make it juicier.
I've been blessed to go to Africa five times and several times in the US in Canada. I probably eaten everything that walks or flys. 😂. Hippo & elephant taste just like beef because they're grass feeding animals.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

You’ve ate camel?

Some years back the Minnesota State Fair featured camel-on-a-stick. Maybe they still do.

Tastes like chicken.