Bear meat

[fishy steve]

Your comment is just for arguments sake,right? There are very few people that would describe Bear meat as "delicious",especially "dump" Bears that feed exclusively on garbage. We don't eat Coyotes,either,but,still use the pelts. Why are Bears any different? I'm not being critical,just askin'.....

well im one of those few people who describe it as deliscious, as stated earlier in thread, i will pick it over any other meat, wild game or farm raised... but just as hunter john, i dont shoot large animals, i take smaller sized ones, and i hunt far from dumps in a area that is loaded with berries, acorns, and beechnuts... and i also say that if the meat cant be consumed, why shoot it... i will only shoot something i plan to eat, with the exception of nuiscance animals around the farm...

[fishy steve]

LOL. A few years ago my sister got ahold of a book about how our food, particularly meat is processed. No more burger, no more sausage, she will only cut her own steak from a chunk of tender loin or strip loin, whole chicken on the menu etc... Yes, ignorance is bliss

a point to ponder... we live very much off what i hunt or farm, which is basically bear meat, deer meat, grouse, chickens, turkeys, and getting into meat rabbits now, grow our own veggies. we do still buy lots of stuff from the grocery store, not that self sufficient, but my wife used to get severe migrains all the time, last few years, since we really havent boughten any store bought meat, she very rarelys gets them and her high blood pressure is no more.... could be a coincidence, im not sure, but i think there is definately something to be said about it...

[oaknut]

My buddies son was having constant night terrors. I remembered an article about preservatives in bread (whole wheat being the worst) so buddy started buying fresh bread from a local bakery. After three days the night terrors turned to nighmares and after day seven no more problems.

[JoePa]

Topher - people in the southern part of the states do eat raccoons - some eat possums - I was watching the Yukon Men series on TV and they trapped a lynx - they ate it - in some cultures people eat cats - some dogs - horses - some Chinese eat everything that walks, crawls, flies or swims - heck you can eat anything if you want to - I think a person is raised eating certain things and they are pretty much programed to continue eating the same things -

[greatwhite]

Horse was quite popular at one time in Quebec. My parents use to eat it back in the seventies it was cheaper then beef and healthier. I would love to try it someday.

Topher - people in the southern part of the states do eat raccoons - some eat possums - I was watching the Yukon Men series on TV and they trapped a lynx - they ate it - in some cultures people eat cats - some dogs - horses - some Chinese eat everything that walks, crawls, flies or swims - heck you can eat anything if you want to - I think a person is raised eating certain things and they are pretty much programed to continue eating the same things -

[Greenhorn]

In NS and I think NB you can keep and sell the Gall bladder as well. I think only in Ontario you cannot.

The selling,barter or trade of bear parts is prohibited in Canada and the USA.
i like a little bear fat and prefer spring bear hunts. Less fat and weight to handle.

[greatwhite]

In NS yes you can. NB might have changed since I lived there last.

Additional Information:

1. If you are a non-resident hunter, you can only hunt for bear if you are accompanied by a licensed guide, or by a resident^* of Nova Scotia who is over 19 and who has received a Guide Licence.
   * "resident", at any time, means a person permanently or ordinarily resident in the Province for the two months immediately preceding that time, and includes
   
   1. an officer of the diplomatic or consular service of a foreign country stationed within the Province,
   2. a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or the Canadian Armed Forces stationed or born in the Province,
   3. a person born in the Province and the owner of real property in the Province;
   
   
   
2. Anyone exporting bears or bear parts out of Canada has to have a CITES Export Permit.

The selling,barter or trade of bear parts is prohibited in Canada and the USA.
i like a little bear fat and prefer spring bear hunts. Less fat and weight to handle.

[greatwhite]

A gall bladder seal is 6 bucks. Also you can still snare bears in NS. I just check the NS hunting regulations.

The selling,barter or trade of bear parts is prohibited in Canada and the USA.
i like a little bear fat and prefer spring bear hunts. Less fat and weight to handle.

[greatwhite]

Yes you can still sell the Gall Bladder in NB.

Eligibility

A CITES Export Permit is required to export any part of a black bear, bobcat or otter (including hides and pelts) outside of Canada. Persons in legal possession of black bear, bobcat or otter may be eligible for a permit. International export of a variety of other animal and plant species or their parts may also require a CITES permit.

[x_xeon_x]

Topher - people in the southern part of the states do eat raccoons - some eat possums - I was watching the Yukon Men series on TV and they trapped a lynx - they ate it - in some cultures people eat cats - some dogs - horses - some Chinese eat everything that walks, crawls, flies or swims - heck you can eat anything if you want to - I think a person is raised eating certain things and they are pretty much programed to continue eating the same things -

Bingo. I think a great deal of Western civilization has forgotten what they're actually capable of eating, which is just about anything on this planet. Why? Because we've never gone hungry for more than a day or so and we can pick and chose what we eat based on our cravings.

If we fed coyote, merganser, squirrel, skunk, opossum, raccoon, porcupine, neighbors cat ect meat to people living in third world countries, they'd certainly say it was good. Same goes for us if we got fed the same meat prepared properly, cooked and seasoned how we liked it, but was told it was chicken.

Bears are delicious. Their meat has a bad reputation, but so does Spruce Grouse and Lake Trout. It's all about individual tastes and how the meat is prepared.