KY Bear down, fresh meat!

[koger]

First off, no I did not kill it. A neighbor out by our other farm, killed a #464 brute bowhunting this evening, and gifted me all the fat and a whole ham! To say I am stoked is a understatement. I had 4 buckets full of fat to render down tommorow, and a great big ham to cut into steaks and roasts. He gave the rest of the meat away to his grand parents, he and his family wont touch the stuff, I love it,much better than venision, and I dearly love that stuff.

[white eagle]

I to got a bear this season and cherish the meat so much
we like it better than venison, and we love our venison just like it that much
What are you going to do with the rendered down fat?
I got some off mine but I didn't do the butchering so I didn't get as much as I possibly could have
took the skull in to have it beetled and just finished fleshing the hide and sent that to the tannery
didn't know Kentucky had a black bear season and a population large enough to hunt
well learn something new every day
congrats to your friend and enjoy the meat

[koger]

I cut the fat up, an run it thru a grinder, makes rendering it down much faster and easier. When rendered down, it looks like clear honey, when you jar it up, and turns white when it cools down. The cooling down part seals the lid, with a vacum. It is good for 2-3 years, it is hands down the best cooking oil i have ever used, and also the best grease to use in baking. Anything you use it in baking, fluffs up about 2x normal, and is sought after by professional bakers. Best fish and potatoes I have ever eaten was fried in it. You can also use it for chapped hands, leather conditioner, and patch lube for ML rifles. I can put a dab the size of a dime on one hand, and rub into both palms, will cure chapped or cracked hands quickly. Also great in a pot of beans, dump a tablespoon in a whole pot. Our county has a very high population of bears, last year they ate so much corn crops out by our place, they gave the owners permission to shoot them on sight in the field. They killed 12 in 2 days. They ate about 40 acres up, and the year before that they ate 5 acres of our field corn. This gets expensive, since we average about 160 bushels per acre, @ $5.85 per bushel, that really hurts the wallet.

[ChristopherO]

That's really a big windfall to gain all that meat and fat. Never had bear, yet.

[Markopolo]

awesome!!!! makes great BP Lube also... and good waterproofing...

[smithnframe]

So…….the guy that killed didn’t keep any of the meat?

[badwolf]

Mix it with beeswax and waterproof your boots. Congratulations

[sharps4590]

Good for you and your buddy!!! I'll take bear over a lot of wild ungulates.

[versa-06]

Had a neighbor hunting my property told me he saw a good bear, I told him if he killed it I would like to see it & try some, he doesn't like bear meat. He did, gave away the meat, & I found out about the kill from another neighbor 3-weeks later or so. Then I found out He shot another the next year, Didn't tell me or show me. Property is posted now, He's mad. Oh Well. I hope to get one this year, not many around.

[Kylongrifle32]

That is a brute. Congratulations to your friend. Glad he could share the harvest.

[roverboy]

Wow, never thought about being a lot of bear up toward Monticello. I know there's a few around the Cumberland County area. That's where I'm from.

[memtb]

Bear meat can be great.....but, can be pretty bad! I’m glad that your ham is great! We’ve had 3 spring bears......all great! My wife’s one fall bear.....inedible! :sad: Glad your buddy got a good one! ;) memtb

[GregLaROCHE]

+1 to black bear meat. I tried a piece from a big old problem brown bear once. It was terrible. I never tried it again.

[Jedman]

I killed a couple back in the early 80’s with a bow before they quit allowing baiting in the spring ( Ontario, Canada ). The meat was great, I would rate it closer to good beef than venison.

Jedman

[Texas by God]

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[koger]

Smith n Frame, he did not, he gave some away to his grandparents, me and another neighbor. The young feller lives to hunt, eats everything else.. I ended up with 6 packs of burger, 6 huge roasts, and 2 huge packs of top Sirloin that I will use to make pepper steak when my daughter and her family comes in. I rendered down 10 pints of fat, and probably have 30-40 more pints to render down.

[Dinny]

Sam - you can send some of those bears up here to southern Indiana. Heck! I'd come to you if there was a way I could hunt there.

Congrats on the good meat and fat you scored. I'm jealous.

Dinny

[Gone_rabid]

Man I’m jealous! I’ve been once in West Virginia and saw nothing. No one want to go with me to try again.

[versa-06]

I'm jealous 2. Be nice if a herd of them would come into my neck of the woods, we have very few here in the south west portion of Va.

[FergusonTO35]

Bears are quietly setting up shop here in the Bluegrass. My county (Madison) now has a regular season and a bear was spotted hanging out at UK in Lexington last year.

[white eagle]

Around here it takes anywhere from 6-10 even 11 years to get a
black bear tag
this past season was my 3rd season and I hate to think of how old
I will be when I get another tag

[koger]

I finished rendering the lard yesterday, ended up with 20 pints and 8 quarts total. Had bear stew for supper tonight.