1st bear

[noodle874]

Anyone have bear recipes or cooking tips to share? I know it's got to be cooked well. Any info would be appreciated. Happy Thanksgiving fellas.

[Lawdwaz]

Check with Steve Rinella, I'm thinking he has a "killer" recipe.

 

 

 

 

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www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/bear_recipeguide.pd

[Zem18]

Congrats Noodle. Never had bear but as Law pointed out, you have to be careful or you could get pretty sick if not done right. I've heard that "canned" bear meat is the best and safest but again it is heresy. Good luck finding some good recipes.

[noodle874]

Thanks Sean. I'm told bear is delicious and needs to be treated like pork. I just got the meat back from the butcher. I think bear stew will be my first attempt. Good luck in the woods.

[noodle874]

I just wanted to share that the bear stew was unbelievably good. I must say I am pleasantly surprised. Better than venison. Not gamey at all. Tender as can be. My entire family loved it. I highly recommend trying it if you never have. Can't wait to prepare it another way.

[A Sportsman]

Noodle, I too found bear to be very very good. Especially stew. The topic of whether bear is good eating seems to come up often enough here. Consensus seems to be that if the bear is a woods bear it's good eating. If it's a garbage eating bear, it's lousy.

Some guys say all bears are lousy eating. Yet some guys will vote for Hillary too.