Just Lucky

[jdtuttle]

Hope it works this time!
Went deer hunting & came home with a bear. 32 yds with bow double lung shot. She went 50yds. Dressed out at 330lbs. Right place right time. An old hunter once told me.
"You'll know it was meant to be when they come in & you take em home"
Jim

[Roxie]

Wow!!  Jeff is gonna be green with envy!   

[Norm]

Wow, nice bear Jim!

Now excuse my ignorance since we have no bear in Iowa to speak of. Is the meat worth eating, and do you have the pelt tanned?

[Warbird]

Very nice!  Do you plan to save the skin?  I would really like to have a bearskin with the skull, claws, and all.  Costs a good deal to have it done right, though.

Norm, most folks don't like bear meat but cooked properly, it is edible.  Cooked right, it can even be good.  A lot of the flavor depends on the bear itself.  Up here, "berry bears" are sought after.  The bears who spend most of their time eating berries apparently have a much sweeter taste, as opposed to the bears who eat nothing but roots, salmon, and the like.

[jdtuttle]

I haven't eaten any yet. But I'll let you know. I printed out several recipes & will try it in a week or two. I'm having a shoulder mount done & they wanted $100 square ft to tan so I didn't keep the rest. Keeping the claws though.
Jim

[isawlogs]

 Norm , I dont want to answer for Jim , but I like the meat , if prepared right ,are is delicious , lip slappin' good. That hide would make a fine rug . Jim How wide was the head on her , great looking bear , and yes not only Jeff could envy that bear .  ;) 8) 8) 8)

   Jim wrote same time as me , it takes too long to rewrite  : :-\ :D :D

[jdtuttle]

The taxidermist sends the skull to DEC (Department of Enviromental Conservation) They measure the skull and take the milk teeth for aging & return it with the information. I'll let you know when I get her back.
Jim

[thecfarm]

Just lucky,yea right.Takes no skill at all to shoot a bear with a bow.  :D  I had bear meat once.Some guy at work brought it in for a Christmas party.I liked it.

[SAW MILLER]

I got one in 06 and took a crock pot full of roast to a church carry in.There was'nt enough left to make a good sameech and everyone said it was good.I like it but it was a young one bout 150#

[cheyenne]

Super nice bear. Bear meat is my favorite, Just have to get all the sinew & fat out when preping it. I have a hind quarter smoked & just shave off strips to eat for months it's great....Cheyenne