New Bear Skin Rug Time In Aspen, CO.

[twyacht]

Seems the bears are getting too "friendly" in Aspen.

Wildlife officials giving some "good" advice???

"Be Mean to the bears"

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/bear-invasion-aspen-sees-tenfold-increase-bear-sightings/Story?id=8679626&page=1

quote:
They are now actively telling residents to be, literally, mean to the bears. Yell at them, throw rocks and if they charge you, stand up to them.

"You want to be as big, as large as possible, and you always want to fight back with a black bear," said Hampton. Black bears tend to be timid and are generally not aggressive.

HUH?!?!



Yeah, just stand up to him,,....

I'll do that with a back up,........ called a FIREARM!!!  of high caliber,..!!!

3 people already have been attacked IN THEIR HOMES,

just stand up to them.....sheesh,...

dolt,....

[Hazcat]

Stand up to them....

No problem.....as long as I have my .45 Redhawk filled with Buffalo Bore ammo. 

[MikeBjerum]

Black bears tend to be timid and are generally not aggressive.
 

And they're tasty too 

[Hazcat]

And they're tasty too 

Put a lot of meat in the freezer and get a rug for the price of a couple of rounds of ammo!

[fightingquaker13]

And they're tasty too 

Are they? The only omnivore I've eaten is coon and I will not be repeatinng that experience. It was a greasy gamey mess. Might have been the prep, but I'm not trying again.
FQ13

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[MikeBjerum]

Like all wild game it needs to be properly cared for and prepared.  However, even though it is a relative of pork, I would compare it to beef only sweeter.

[tombogan03884]

Like all wild game it needs to be properly cared for and prepared.  However, even though it is a relative of pork, I would compare it to beef only sweeter.

Bear is a relative of pork ? Do you mean the way the meat is handled or the animal ?
Neither cooking OR biology are real strong points for me.

[MikeBjerum]

Bear is a relative of pork ? Do you mean the way the meat is handled or the animal ?
Neither cooking OR biology are real strong points for me.

From my very young years I was told there was a connection; when we were raising hogs it would come up in research studies; and a fiend that is allergic to pork ended up in the ER with the same symptoms he gets from pork after eating bear meatballs .  However, I am not a genetic specialist and am only trusting others for the info.

[Timothy]

Bears closest relatives are "pinnipeds" aka, walrus, seals and sea lions.  Don't know where the porcine idea comes from.

[Pathfinder]

Bears closest relatives are "pinnipeds" aka, walrus, seals and sea lions.  Don't know where the porcine idea comes from.

That would explain why - with the only bear I've had was bear jerky - it was sweeter than beef, but also very oily, almost greasy. I've had other jerky from other beasties that were never as near greasy as bear.