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I've never smoked bear meat but if I did, I'd treat it like very lean pork. It depends a lot on whether you want to slice it or pull it. Bear does need to be fully cooked as it may contain trichinae (trichinosis) as in some pork. Let us know what you decide.
Cheech, quite some time ago I helped a member through a bear meat smoke. He had excellent results. However it has been a long time since the posts were made and I cannot seem to recover them.
Please let me know what cuts of bear you have, whether the bear was taken in spring or fall, and I will help you get this done!
We just ate some yesterday. Fried it in the pan and added baked beans on top. They were great. We also made some into hot sticks and they were awesome.
One thing is for sure the method highly depends on the fat levels of the bear and what they were eating.. Since we have no spring bear hunting here in CO, all we get are fall animals.. Lots of fat.. Typically we just mix them with pork and make snack sticks.
Well we just go done eating some bear sausage and it's pretty darn good. I would think it is pretty easy to make some sausage just grab you some spices and grind and stuff till the cows come home or you run out of meat one.