[Ray76]

I’ve been told bear meat tastes horrible.

[Wingy]

I’ve been told bear meat tastes horrible.

I've heard it both ways. I've never had any bear meat, so I can't say for sure, but what I've been told is that bear meat is very fatty and if not cooked correctly, will be very 'gamey'. If cooked with the right seasonings, and very slowly at that, I've been told that it can be tasty indeed. If you want to broil or fry a steak, you're better off with deer, elk, or cattle, but not bear.

YMMV

[riverrunner]

You been told wrong a good bear roast is better then beef IMHO. We are talking black bears now Just had one a couple of nights ago. Bear like deer, elk or other meet is very dependent on animal and how it was taken care of after it was killed and what they have been feeding on.

I prefer bears less then 300lbs 200 to 250 seem to be a very nice size.

I have eaten a 100lb bear it was very good but less meat. I have eaten meat from a 500lb bear. It was a bit tougher and a little more gamey but not bad.

Big boars are harder to make into good meat then young boars or sows. There is a reason that farmers and rancher castrate boars and bulls and sell them before they get to old or big.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Save the bear meat for when you are so hungry the next door neighbor is starting to look tasty. :-)