[Trteamer]

First of all, it is illegal to waste the meat, so your trophy hunter argument does not hold water. The money paid for the license is used to fund research and game management in order to ensure the populations remain stable. Just because you don’t like hunting does not matter, what matters is that the bear populations remain within their carrying capacity.

A good bear roast can taste just like prime rib. Honestly. No one wants to eat a sick mangy bear. Do you?

[Krankor]

So you’re saying if you see a sick bear suffering in the woods and you put it out of its misery, the government makes you eat it? And I’m sure that jerk that killed the first pizzly did it for the meat (I saw the documentary about it, and the guy is a jerk) Again, read what I wrote. If your purpose in killing an animal is to get a trophy, then that’s despicable.

[txhurl]

In settling Texas Black Bear was the preferred haul as the meat could be smoked to last a long way, and the paws were a delicacy, but most important was the gallons of fat to fry the cornbread and cornstuffs. Not to mention the decoration

Texans ate corn pone, bread like crazy, all three meals. Guess because it's quick to fix, takes little fire energy and gets that blood sugar pumping.