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

bearkilr said:
That's a slippery slope. Bear is still not widely regarded as a "game meat", as evidenced by varying laws between provinces.
Appeasing the anti's with feel good legislation isn't a good idea. If killing one for the hide isn't a good enough reason to have a season, which animal is next? Will beaver, coyote, and muskrat be on the menu next? How about gophers and prairie dogs?
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Agreed, a used tag is a used tag. Doesn't matter if it's eaten, used for the hide, horns, bait, whatever. Eating or not eating it makes ZERO difference to the propagation of the species.
 
Superbrad said:
Considered table fare by who? Us?..... Yep....

But the slippery slope slides both ways.....
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Before licensed sport hunting, bear were considered vermin. They still are in most areas where people have to share their space with them. I'm not saying I agree with this "vermin" attitude, but it's usually those who have no interaction with them that can't understand it. They can be a real nuisance.
They've never been considered table fare, unlike most herbivores, who were hunted for food long before sport.
 
I am a meat hunter, as is my girl "Little White Dove", we try and use as much as possible, she is even tanning hides. But our beliefs and way of life is, well, ours. That does not mean that we feel everyone should be just like us, we respect all forms of hunting, trapping, fishing, or just ha eating in general, as long as it doesn't endanger the rest of us, or will destroy the resource we all hold so dear.

It's the left-wing mindset I have an issue with, those that feel their way of thinking is so superior to everyone else that doesn't follow that way, should be legislated into doing so. It saddens me when I see so many members here falling for that exact trap. It should be as simple as this, as long as it doesn't affect you, or our future, respect others wishes and ways. Protect our freedom!!
 
bearkilr said:
Before licensed sport hunting, bear were considered vermin. They still are in most areas where people have to share their space with them. I'm not saying I agree with this "vermin" attitude, but it's usually those who have no interaction with them that can't understand it. They can be a real nuisance.
They've never been considered table fare, unlike most herbivores, who were hunted for food long before sport.
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I dont disagree with you or Clefty...... It's not my job to point anyone's moral compass, but I PERSONALLY feel a need to harvest everything I can from every animal I harvest...

And I agree that bears can be destructive...... Have witnessed it at camp first hand.....

All I am saying is that the term "table fare" is subjective..... There are many things sold in anyone's local grocery that I don't consider table fare......

I can tell you this, as stated earlier, I don't like waterfowl...... But give me a week of living on the street, Scrounging for food or change and I would gladly take a bowl of duck soup......

As for moose, I consider it the crown jewel.... But in honesty, I have to admit that I know many that let it spoil in their freezer because their wife wouldn't cook / eat it.....
 
My Dad's generation 'Ran' coyotes for the hides, big $$$ in the '70's. Dad claimed my Uncle and cousins fried up some coyote meat alongside venison and drew straws to see who got to eat it. My cousin Dean drew the short straw, he said it was alright. Kinda like pork IDRC
 
galamb said:
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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I was eating a soup one day in Korea with my co-workers... they suddenly looked odd... and all started looking at me. One whispers, "This is Boshintang" Oh... dog soup... I stopped eating it. I understand different cultures eat different foods for different reasons... but I just couldn't get "OK" with eating mans best friend. I tried not to judge them for it but I will always find it odd...
 
Magellann said:
What do you guys do with the coyote and wolf hides once you've skinned the hides off them.
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The best bear meat I had was from a black bear that fed almost exclusively on cranberries for several weeks. A lot of the bear meat I get is used used in meat pies, and other mixed meat dishes.
 
Here's a couple other tidbits. I don't know if it is just the bears in my area but there is no smell while cleaning them whatsoever. I did find it odd that the gut pile from my last one remained untouched for 2 weeks, not even birds would touch it? By contrast I got a deer this fall in the morning and decided to sit over the pile in hopes for a coyote and the pile was completely gone by 3 pm!
 
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