I was watching an excellent brown bear hunting video from the great state of Alaska.

The nimrods were hunting in the fall with the rivers full of salmon and brown bear were everywhere chasing up their vittles.

At one stage they filmed a fair sized bear that was trailing about ten feet of tape worm. Not surprising, of course, but mighty unsettling to see.

Eventually they whacked a big old boar and saved the back straps and one entire hind quarter to eat.

I could only stare in awe and perhaps astonishment.

You cook it well done and you're good. Personally as a you stated I'd prefer the fish and chips anywhere than brown bear.

Mark

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Eventually they whacked a big old boar and saved the back straps and one entire hind quarter to eat.

Not my idea of a good eating bear.

But how do you cook the tapeworm?

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Originally posted by chuck375:
But how do you cook the tapeworm?

Just like Calamari, cut in rings & deep fry!

My Uncle Mike used to go to Horsefly Lake every evening and catch 10 northern pike. He would then go back to his place and feed them to his pigs.

His kids snarled at him, 'Don't ever give us one of your pigs!'

I doubt if they would have accepted a loin from that old fishy tasting brown bear.

You just can't please some folks, I reckon.

I've shot a couple of dump bears in my time, eating them never entered the equation. My dad actually smoked one of the hams, Baeren Schinken, apparently a German delicacy. I declined.

Grizz

Yep I think I will stick with a cold Alaskan Ale and the halibut chunks at Humpy's!

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Yep I think I will stick with a cold Alaskan Ale and the halibut chunks at Humpy's!

For me, a diet Coke and Humpy's Halibut Fish and Chips. YUM!

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Originally posted by bwanamrm:
Yep I think I will stick with a cold Alaskan Ale and the halibut chunks at Humpy's!

OMG!!! It's been years since I ate at Humpy's!!

Alaska Amber Ale and I prefer the Halibut burger !!!!

Working on a brown bear hunt for 2025 so at least there is hope of seeing Humpy's again :-)

Had some excellent crab legs and beer in a micro-brewery in downtown Anchorage, damn if I can remember the name.

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Originally posted by Scott Powell:

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Originally posted by bwanamrm:
Yep I think I will stick with a cold Alaskan Ale and the halibut chunks at Humpy's!

OMG!!! It's been years since I ate at Humpy's!!

Alaska Amber Ale and I prefer the Halibut burger !!!!

Working on a brown bear hunt for 2025 so at least there is hope of seeing Humpy's again :-)

Humpy's is in the Anchorage airport now so you can hit it pretty easy. Show up an hour earlier for your flight or stay an hour later after your flight.

Sushi joint further down the hallway is pretty good and the eatery across the hall from Humpy's is good too.

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Humpy's is in the Anchorage airport now so you can hit it pretty easy. Show up an hour earlier for your flight or stay an hour later after your flight.

We always get Humpy's right at the airport just before we leave for the lower 48. And, a box of fresh, hot Cinnabons upon arrival to take and share with the grandkids! Thanks for the other recommendations.

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Originally posted by chuck375:
Had some excellent crab legs and beer in a micro-brewery in downtown Anchorage, damn if I can remember the name.

If it was a relatively large place, probably Glacier Brewhouse. They brew some excellent beer.

Humpy's in the Airport has been shut down, just an FYI...

Salvaging the tallow for baking is awsome, pure white and the best for pie crust, Tortillas, et al from a black bear, and the back straps are like sirloin of beef...Im talking a young bear preferable on milk ready to wean by his mama..Big boar? probably not! but big bull beef is pretty damn bad on the plate....

I wouldnt worry bout the tape worm unless you intend to eat it, Ic pass on that, but all herbavores have them at one time or another..encluding what you get to eat all wrapped in styroform and plastic at the store!! go figure!

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Originally posted by A7Dave:

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Originally posted by chuck375:
Had some excellent crab legs and beer in a micro-brewery in downtown Anchorage, damn if I can remember the name.

If it was a relatively large place, probably Glacier Brewhouse. They brew some excellent beer.

That's it! Thanks much!

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
Salvaging the tallow for baking is awsome, pure white and the best for pie crust, Tortillas, et al from a black bear, and the back straps are like sirloin of beef...Im talking a young bear preferable on milk ready to wean by his mama..Big boar? probably not! but big bull beef is pretty damn bad on the plate....

I wouldnt worry bout the tape worm unless you intend to eat it, Ic pass on that, but all herbavores have them at one time or another..encluding what you get to eat all wrapped in styroform and plastic at the store!! go figure!

THANX Ray!------I think that now I'm going to have Cheerios for supper!

Hip

A not well known tip that defies all that's holy!

Your game meat is gamey try this: frozen from the freezer, thaw in bowl of hot water, water gets bloody (gamey taste comes from the blood) squeez the meat dry it with a paper towel. slice in 1/2" to 3/4" slices, trimmed of fat and silverskin, salt to taste and heavy peper and fry in olive oil or your choice of oil(meat has taken on a grey color btw) removal of the blood takes away the gamey taste and you can add Pico de gallo ( chilli ) gravy or suit your taste...works even on rutting elk and deer when all else fails, try it before quoting all that french chef crap!! Its a ranch women recept going back to the late 1700s and early 1800 handed down through the ages in a few famlies..Mine was one of those familys, some even mix coke, beer, vinegar in the water but that changes nothing its just a process of getting the blood out..

Enjoy Hip!!