[hellinahandcart]

Bear is, like, pioneer food. If you managed to kill one, of course you'd use the meat and the pelt. :D

Most people haven't eaten it, but most people these days have never had venison either.

I got out my Joy of Cooking, it recommends putting bear meat in an oil-based marinade for at least 24 hours and then preparing with any pot roast or beef stew recipe. So it doesn't sound too tender.

[mbynack]

"The National Park Service has thumbed its nose at federal law by allowing the trophy hunting of bears without studying the potential impacts to the environment, to the bear population, and to rare species such as bald eagles," Markarian said.

I'll never forget the time I accidently shot a bald eagle after mistaking it for a grizzly bear.