Eating grizzly bear meat?

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What is wrong with grizzly bear meat?

The regs in B.C. say you have to take the meat from a black bear, but there is nothing like that for grizzly.
 
I've often wondered if a grizz is taken from the same hills a black bear is taken from why wouldn't the meat taste similar? From the FEW people that I have met that have tried grizz meat, they all told me it taste like crap!!!
 
I don't think grizzlies eat primarily berries and veggies, do they? I know black bears do; they grab a fish when they can, but they have a mostly veg diet.

-Rohann
 
I have eaten both and grizzly is just as good as black bear. Old dr,Pugh, a dentist up here, told me he preferred grizzly meat to black bear.

Having said that, the only grizzly I have eaten was in the fall, taken in sub-alpine berry patches.

Ted
 
I've eaten spring and fall blackies, I didn't find any difference in taste but the spring bear was VERY lean.

I'd be keen to try some grizz, but like Why not say's I want one from an alpine meadow if given a choise.
 
steeleco said:
I've eaten spring and fall blackies, I didn't find any difference in taste but the spring bear was VERY lean.

I'd be keen to try some grizz, but like Why not say's I want one from an alpine meadow if given a choise.
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The black bears we have taken in the Spring are delicious, and have not been lean at all.

We hunt them as soon as the ice is off the rivers and they are still quite fat, having just come out of hibernation.

Ted
 
What about spring black bear hunting? Would the meat be worse then?
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There is an 'rurral legend' that spring bear is better than fall.

I think it's more important to a) let them be awake for a couple of weeks to 'bulk up' - shoot one just out of the den and its' not going to have any fat, and b) pick where you're hunting - avoid spawning areas for example. I doubt there's much difference between spring and fall bears in most areas.
 
Here's a hint - most of the 'game' taste in bears is in the fat. It's horrid.

Cut ALL the fat off your bear meat before cooking. Don't just trust the butcher, look at it yourself and trim it. Connective tissue is fine - but fat is a no no. And bone contains some of that fat - so NO bone dust at all (wash it off before cooking).

It really helps. bear can be a fantastic meat if done properly.
 
Rohann said:
From a distance...

-Rohann
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I never thought of it... good question


In Alberta you are not allowed to shoot a momma with little ones nor are you allowed to shoot one under two years of age (I think)

As long as it is a mature animal with no little ones trailing does it matter what it is?

Does a boar taste better than a sow?:confused:
 
In my opinion you can't guess the ### of a bear from afar. If there are little ones around then obviously it's a sow, but single animals, I don't think so.
Maybe with older animals you might guess based on size but it would be just a guess.
 
Silly me, I thought he was asking about the taste between male and female.
Then I read tod's answer. Ew!!!

OK, serious now. I find a lot of pinheads offer "advice" about bear meat that have never actually tasted it. It just gets repeated around until "everyone knows that..." One of the best bears I tasted was a garbage dump bear. And yet, the so-called wise advice would say to stay away from that.
 
Bear fat isn't good stuff for eating. The bears are total porkers in the fall but most I've got in the spring have still got lots of fat. More so than something like a October deer.
 
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