Don't forget tanning/skull cleaning/sausage making. Bears get expensive...
Montana spring bear
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Don't forget tanning/skull cleaning/sausage making. Bears get expensive...
174in
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LOL I have to get one first but yeah that could be costly.I plan on doing the skull and if it is a nice colored bear that isnt rubbed I might have a rug made or someting.As for the meat I think I would keep a couple roast and try some for bear burger the rest would be sausage.Does bear burger stay moister than deer burger or is it dry?
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Most of your spring bears will be pretty lean as far as bears go. The meat tends to be moister than venison IMO. My plan when I process my bears is pretty much the same as yours. One recipe my family really enjoys from the bear burger is barbecue meatballs with pineapple chunks stirred in and served over white rice.
Bear meat also makes good summer sausage.
Bear meat also makes good summer sausage.
It's pretty equal to deer or elk with 10% suet added. It comes with it's own fat though, never heard of anyone adding fat to it.
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irrellevent to recipes but I feel like the Bear ID test is a joke and maybe should be altered in some way shape or form. The damn test practically gives you the answers and it allows MR. Big City to come hunt a bear when he cant tell the difference between a sow with cubs and a boar which i feel is the more important issue
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I think it was estimated a few years back that hunters harvested about 1% of the black bear population in MT...who gives a rip if they shoot a few sows...
I might be wrong here, but I think the purpose of the test is to show that Mr Big City correctly IDed Mr Grizzly so when he later shoots Mr Grizzly he can't claim in court he didn't know the difference.....
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That is the point of it
174in
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Right now I am planning on taking my 25-06 with nosler accubonds or partitions,unless my 7mm-08 is finished getting built by then.Think uninsulated boots will be fine for the temps that time of year?Any other must have gear?.So far I have been recomended to be in shape,have good glass,and rain gear.
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Be extra prepared for the rain, the Flathead can be a soaker that time of year
Gaiters, Permethrine spray, tick picker, electrician's tape, and a headlight you trust with extra batteries.
Snowshoes can help, but aren't necessary.
Busting through spring drifts is the easiest way to get your pickup stuck, do yourself a favor and start walking when you hit the drifts.
You don't need insulated boots.
Snowshoes can help, but aren't necessary.
Busting through spring drifts is the easiest way to get your pickup stuck, do yourself a favor and start walking when you hit the drifts.
You don't need insulated boots.
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Randy is right on the gaiters, you don't need insulated boots. And I promise you, you won't be the first one through the snow drifts. These cab crazy people up here will already have been there if they can.
My game cart is in Eureka, if you need one for getting one down some gated road, I am sure I could get it to ya if you are hunting up in 103. Or just skin, bone, and pack.
I like waterproof gloves of some sort, the snows we get that time of year are heavy and wet.
My game cart is in Eureka, if you need one for getting one down some gated road, I am sure I could get it to ya if you are hunting up in 103. Or just skin, bone, and pack.
I like waterproof gloves of some sort, the snows we get that time of year are heavy and wet.
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Don't forget the Permethrin. Sounds like you got everything else pretty well covered.
drahthaar
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You guys keep mentioning this stuff. Is it for ticks? I really haven't had any trouble with ticks in the Flathead area. Get one every once in a long while. The worst place I have got them is near the Koocanusa Reservoir, in the buck brush.
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I got into them pretty good near Canyon Cr while bear hunting in the spring of 2009.
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Down here in Sanders Co I won't go in the woods anymore in the spring unless I've treated my clothes with the stuff. A couple of years ago I stopped counting after I pulled over 70 ticks off my clothes and body. None were attached but its a major pain having to strip down in the woods and look for ticks. They creep me out!
I don't think I've had any crawl on me since I started treating my clothes. You can get it a Walmart or about anywhere camping gear is sold. I think Repel is the Walmart brand.
One nice thing about it is that it is odorless when its dry. There is a slight smell when you first treat your clothes and it dries odorless. Also it lasts several weeks with one application.
I don't think I've had any crawl on me since I started treating my clothes. You can get it a Walmart or about anywhere camping gear is sold. I think Repel is the Walmart brand.
One nice thing about it is that it is odorless when its dry. There is a slight smell when you first treat your clothes and it dries odorless. Also it lasts several weeks with one application.
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I get the big bottles of it from REI, it's Sawyers brand i believe. Seems to work great.
drahthaar
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That is honestly terrible, never had anything close to that up here. In IA yes, it was that bad. Crawling around in that dry stuff next to Koocanusa I had 13 on me at one time, only time. I honestly don't remeber the last time I had a tick on me here in the Flathead.
