His First Bear

[LD375]

Man, that's one nice Grizzly!...It gets me pumped up just looking at the pic, very nice!

Lou

 

[SJB358]

Ah. Okay. Makes sense. Brining it should help I hope.

 

[sask boy]

Boy what a difference between a black & a grizz .
I am really looking forward to trying some Black Bear meat. You are telling me the hams & back straps is delicious so that is what I am going to harvest!!
Not sure if I am going to bloody the Ackley or the Whelen :mrgreen:.

Blessings,
Dan

 

[DrMike]

Boy what a difference between a black & a grizz .
I am really looking forward to trying some Black Bear meat. You are telling me the hams & back straps is delicious so that is what I am going to harvest!!
Not sure if I am going to bloody the Ackley or the Whelen :mrgreen:.

Blessings,
Dan

Dan,

We're required to recover the entire bear when we shoot a black bear; it is considered game meat. All of it should be quite tasty if it was taken off of an area that is primarily vegetation.

 

[sask boy]

My understanding here you do not have to recover the meat. I will be in a stand with bait around 30 yards away. I am not sure what all will be in the bait barrel. I am going to harvest the hide as you can sell them to the a fur buyer and he only lives a few miles from the farm. I am hoping the bear has not just ate from the barrel but has also had plenty of grass and other greens as well.
I will just have to see how he tastes & go from there.
I have been told by you Mike that Bear brats are delicious so I may try one hind quarter made into sausage. I believe that I have access to a smoker. My have to call upon you for the brine ingredients in order to smoke the other hind quarter.

Blessings,
Dan

 

[6mm Remington]

Dan I have had smoked bear roast, steaks, and burger and it all has been excellent eating. IN particular that bear roast cooked in a smoker was absolutely fantastic. I have heard what they eat can make a big difference but so far I've been luck. I sure hope to get one this spring or next fall.

 

[DrMike]

Teriyaki roast, burgers, meatloaf, steaks and especially ribs from bear are all delightful, Dan. I wouldn't waste any of the meat, especially if they've been grazing. Oat fed bears in the fall are excellent. Dandelion fed bears in the spring are also quite good.

 

[sask boy]

Thank you guys for the education on Black bears. I believe that I can find one or two wandering the farmlands and they would definitely be eating last fall's crops. I believe that I will use the Ackley just to get used to it :mrgreen:!

Blessings,
Dan

 

[Woodycreek]

Congrats to Jason and Jonah! I'm packing my bags and on the way to Scotty's house :lol:

 

[DrMike]

Come on over; bears are moving now (at last).

 

[Woodycreek]

Hopefully you can shoot one in the lips this fall :wink:

 

[DrMike]

I won't know if I got a draw until mid-summer. If I get my draw, I'll sure give it a mighty try.

 

[DrMike]

Thought I'd share a couple of pictures of the AccuBonds recovered from Jason's grizzly. He was shooting 200 grain AccuBonds from his 30-06. Muzzle velocity was ~2700 fps. The bear was shot at ~40 yards.

The bullet on the top weighed 150.64 grains (75% weight retention) and expanded to 0.548 inches. The bottom bullet weighted 141.32 grains (71% weight retention) and expanded to 0.520 inches.





Pretty good performance, I'd say.

 

[gerry]

It doesn't get any better than that, talk about a fantastic all around load for the Peace. As JD says mice to moose......

 

[sask boy]

Those are definitely both nice trophies. The bullet performance from the AccuBond is what we have all come to expect :wink: they are top shelf in my books. I have been using Nosler products for over 40 years :mrgreen: to date they have not let me down!!!

Blessings,
Dan

 

[DrMike]

Consequently, we smoked about six hams off of the grizzly last evening. Three were infused with a jerk preparation and the rest were infused with a garlic preparation. I smoked them in my Bradley smoker with hickory. They were done to perfection about eight this morning, and they tasted very nice. Fascinating, if you've never tried grizzly, I recommend marinade and smoking. Jason has a few others that he brined that we'll smoke later this week.

 

[SJB358]

Awesome!

 

[Rem Jim]

2 REAL NICE ! Bears - Congrats :grin: to everyone involved in this team Bear deal ! :wink:

Cheers RJ

 

[sask boy]

That is great news DrMike. I sure hope that Jason and his family enjoy the meat as well.
I believe it is a great thing too use all that you harvest!!
Thank you for the post.

Blessings,
Dan

 

[nvbroncrider]

That's awesome the bullets look like all the ones i've pulled from jugs.