I drew a bear tag for Colorado this year and am thinking about a rug or a robe for the hide.....how do you have black bear processed to eat? I have never shot one or ate one....
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Originally posted by Razrbk89 View PostHang and clean just like a deer, but it’s kind of a job due to the fat and caution required for skinning for the rug.
Meat is decent. Fairly greasy but good for BBQ, sausage, etc.
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I had mine butchered like a deer, steaks, ground and what not. I didn't find my greasy and it wasn't gamey. I skinned mine out whole and let the butcher shop deal with it. I did a euro mount on the skull and tanned the whole hide. I had then turn the head before tanning so I could make a mount out of it later and not have to spend the $1.2k to do a rug right away.
The weird thing is skinning them they look like people skinned.
Also just as a FYI you have to get them checked by the game warden within 24 hours. If you can't find one you can call the local police and they can dispatch one to check it out.
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I killed mine in Oregon in 2018. I talked to an old timer there at the market who said that a high elevation bear eats berries and ground bees and such and is much better tasting than a river bottom bear that mainly eats fish. He claimed that he had killed over 20 bears in his lifetime and that this was always the case. Not sure is there is an ounce of fact to it, but my bear was taken high in the hills and tasted excellent.
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Originally posted by ArcheryNerd View PostI had mine butchered like a deer, steaks, ground and what not. I didn't find my greasy and it wasn't gamey. I skinned mine out whole and let the butcher shop deal with it. I did a euro mount on the skull and tanned the whole hide. I had then turn the head before tanning so I could make a mount out of it later and not have to spend the $1.2k to do a rug right away.
The weird thing is skinning them they look like people skinned.
Also just as a FYI you have to get them checked by the game warden within 24 hours. If you can't find one you can call the local police and they can dispatch one to check it out.
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