Bear Country

[TJE]

Always carry my "protector"...and hopefully never have to use it "still".

 

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[releventchair]

Avoid temptation to try to disperse black flies with it.(half kidding). On a visit last year blackies were "signing"on the roads. Wishing you well.

 

[GrizLeeBear]

Now, you wouldn't shoot an old GrizLee would you?

 

[TJE]

Ha!!...Thanks releventchair,
'Black flies': plentiful in early summer.
'Black bears: plentiful March to November.

 

[TJE]

Nah, Griz!!
I've found... 'Blacks' are the ones to be careful with (less fear of humans!)

 

[GrizLeeBear]

Nah, Griz!!
I've found... 'Blacks' are the ones to be careful with (less fear of humans!)

Black Bear steaks do roast well on an open fire.

 

[TJE]

Oh Yeah!...specially when cut from the 'smoked and cured Hams'!!

Black Bear steaks do roast well on an open fire.

 

[old digger]

Well it won't be long before they come out of their dens, boars earlier, then the sows and cubs.

 

[TJE]

Well it won't be long before they come out of their dens, boars earlier, then the sows and cubs.

You bet old digger And damn skinny & hungry too! haha!!

 

[DizzyDigger]

IIRC, Black Bears are the #1 predator when it comes to killing Elk calves each year.
Apparently the bears come out of hibernation, head for some fields to load up on grass,
etc. to get the stomach juices working again, and then they start looking for some
meat to fill a very empty hole.

If you're in the timber country and working a single spot, stringing a bunch of cans
together (lot's of 'em!) and running those strings to surround your area about 50'
off. If the bears take off when they hit the cans, great, but if not at least you won't
be surprised at 0300!

 

[old digger]

I took a six and a half cinnamon bear up in Saskatchewan sixteen years ago. I was a spring hunt and he had no rubs on him yet. Sure would like to get another one.

 

[kuger]

IIRC, Black Bears are the #1 predator when it comes to killing Elk calves each year.
Apparently the bears come out of hibernation, head for some fields to load up on grass,
etc. to get the stomach juices working again, and then they start looking for some
meat to fill a very empty hole.

If you're in the timber country and working a single spot, stringing a bunch of cans
together (lot's of 'em!) and running those strings to surround your area about 50'
off. If the bears take off when they hit the cans, great, but if not at least you won't
be surprised at 0300!

.......partially true......bears systems cant handle meat for the first month or so out of hibernation,and is the reason they are so commonly seen grazing on grass.Wolves are quickly taking the role of #1,if not far surpassed by now

 

[TJE]

I took a six and a half cinnamon bear up in Saskatchewan sixteen years ago. I was a spring hunt and he had no rubs on him yet. Sure would like to get another one.

Alberta & Saskatchewan sure do have alot of bears, and maulings along with a few fatality's every year!

 

[TJE]

I took a six and a half cinnamon bear up in Saskatchewan sixteen years ago. I was a spring hunt and he had no rubs on him yet. Sure would like to get another one.

I found 'spring' bear meat the best old digger, mild and way less fat!

 

[old digger]

Alberta & Saskatchewan sure do have alot of bears, and maulings along with a few fatality's every year!

Really, are they that fearless of humans?

 

[TJE]

Really, are they that fearless of humans?

Yeah, 'blacks' have more maulings and deaths of humans than any other bear.

 

[old digger]

I found 'spring' bear meat the best old digger, mild and way less fat!

I know I am probably wrong here, but I did taste some of that bear meat and it was just not right. I have heard that bear meat from a late fall hunt tends to be a slightly greasy tasting.

 

[releventchair]

When a bear treats a human like a bear,well we,re a bit more fragile. Get them used to a scavenging routine then interfere we are just competition. Or wander into their feed,cubs or wrong day just be in the way... history in michigan has at least one that killed. I had wanted to hunt them,won,t now. after losing a leg way high i risk being the joke when buddy takes off running!.

 

[TJE]

I know I am probably wrong here, but I did taste some of that bear meat and it was just not right. I have heard that bear meat from a late fall hunt tends to be a slightly greasy tasting.

No, you may be right of the taste old digger. I've noticed eating wild meat all my life that the animals diet because of where and what part of the country they live (farmland, heavy bush..and many more "little" things) from before and after harvesting your meat will change its flavour. Not just bear meat, but deer, moose, elk...all wild meat.

 

[old digger]

When it comes to processing my game I am very particular. As with deer, I remove and seperate all the sinew an tendons as this greatly reduces the gamey taste. If done this way on a younger deer, you can not in some instances taste any of the wild flavor.