So you've killed a bear, wolf or coyote ...now what?

Bear meat, if you ask me, can be the best meat you ever had. Anyone that I have fed it to, that either didn't know what it was, or didn't gag at the thought of it, loved it. It is some of the most tender meat there is in general.
 
Cleftwynd said:
Bear meat, if you ask me, can be the best meat you ever had. Anyone that I have fed it to, that either didn't know what it was, or didn't gag at the thought of it, loved it. It is some of the most tender meat there is in general.
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Agreed..... But will add one stipulation (aside from the sausage that you can cook a la sausage)..... I find the roasts are best cooked low and slow....... But I also find most roasts are like this..... Beef included.....

Just don't plan on pan searing it and serving it lie prime rib I guess......

Jmop....
 
galamb said:
Bears are good to eat - would rather bear than moose or deer - so all that goes in the freezer.

(and in Ontario you are breaking the law if you kill a bear while hunting and allow the meat to spoil/go to waste - in Ontario a bear is a "game animal", not a pest, predator or fur bearing animal as far as the game laws go)

Wolves/Coyotes - take the hide and leave the rest as a "bait pile" for more predators.

I tried "dog" when I was in Korea - not in a big rush to eat that again - one thing if you are lost in the woods and starving...
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Yep - bear is my favourite game animal. The only thing about bear is that care for the carcass is critical. You have to gut it within about 15 minutes of shooting it, and skin it within an hour, with plenty of ventilation for the insides. It spoils very fast - and they stink to high heaven when they do!
 
Cleftwynd said:
Bear meat, if you ask me, can be the best meat you ever had. Anyone that I have fed it to, that either didn't know what it was, or didn't gag at the thought of it, loved it. It is some of the most tender meat there is in general.
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Superbrad said:
Agreed..... But will add one stipulation (aside from the sausage that you can cook a la sausage)..... I find the roasts are best cooked low and slow....... But I also find most roasts are like this..... Beef included.....

Just don't plan on pan searing it and serving it lie prime rib I guess......

Jmop....
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Bear was some of the best meat I have had.
And some of the worst...!

We tried pan frying a steak once. Just once. Probably easier to eat the pan.
But ribs well marinated and covered in BBQ sauce and slooow cooked were great!
 
Cleftwynd said:
Bear meat, if you ask me, can be the best meat you ever had. Anyone that I have fed it to, that either didn't know what it was, or didn't gag at the thought of it, loved it. It is some of the most tender meat there is in general.
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Have to agree, I have only tried bear meat once in a friends stew and the meat was melt in your mouth, thought it was better than beef.
 
I am just starting out coyote hunting. If I am lucky enough to harvest one and someone would want me to save it for them. Shoot me a pm with your contact info. I am located in Mississauga. I wouldn't mind sharing it for tips to be a better hunter. Plus you'd have to come pick it up so I don't have the caracas in my garage with the wife freaking out.
 
chisholm said:
Coyote, wolf, bear, coons, fox, all that stuff goes into the burger pile. Better than venison.
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Cleftwynd said:
Have you ever tried wolf, coyote or fox by itself? I don't know anyone who has.
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I've been killing critters with Chisholm since he was a teenager and I would pay to see him eat a yote or a fox!! :rockOn:

Sask regs only require you harvest the hide of a bear which is ok by me as I have eaten it twice and have no intention of doing so again. Without a doubt the most horrible meat I have ever tasted. They could make Merganser seem like a delicacy! But I have no intention of shooting a bear anyways unless by chance some unique animal presents itself in an easy opportunity and has a hide worthy of making a rug.
 
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Cleftwynd said:
Busted? Lol
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Maybe?! I have seen him eat some stuff that would give his Labs dry heaves but to date I have never seen him or heard him talk about eating yotes and foxes, especially the fox we shot a couple years ago that was blown almost in two and smelled like a dozen skunks in a barrel!! He wasn't licking his lips at the thought of fox burgers that day!! ;)
 
perception007 said:
I am just starting out coyote hunting. If I am lucky enough to harvest one and someone would want me to save it for them. Shoot me a pm with your contact info. I am located in Mississauga. I wouldn't mind sharing it for tips to be a better hunter. Plus you'd have to come pick it up so I don't have the caracas in my garage with the wife freaking out.
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Coyote hunting IN Mississauga ? Don't be shooting around the streetsville Area, that's my old hood ;)
 
Papaclaude said:
Yep - bear is my favourite game animal. The only thing about bear is that care for the carcass is critical. You have to gut it within about 15 minutes of shooting it, and skin it within an hour, with plenty of ventilation for the insides. It spoils very fast - and they stink to high heaven when they do!
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I never gut them. Skin right away, gutless method and you are good. I like most liver, heart etc but not interested in eating bear guts.

I gutted the first bear I shot, loaded it whole....then skinned it and quartered it. Wondered why the hell I gutted it in the first place and loaded it whole! :)
 
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