Bear Fat.

[Mort Scott]

I shot a good bear this year. Rendered out the fat. Willing to share with members if you want to make bear fat lube.

 

[BillinOregon]

Mort: You are a good man. Welcome at my fire.

 

[jamesthomas]

Good job!:bow: how much did you get off him? would'nt mind about 1/2lb. Been bear hunting once this year to get myself no luck so far maybe going again end of oct.E-mail me and we'll set it up,and thanks for sharing, Good folks on this forum!

 

[R.M.]

Way to go Mort. Got any pics. We like photos here.
That's quite an offer. I think I'd like to try rendering some. PM me, and we'll work something out.
Again, we like pictures. :wink:

 

[Mort Scott]

Send me your address and I'll send you some. Mort

 

[Mort Scott]

Send me your address and I'll send you some. Mort

 

[jamesthomas]

E-mailed ya! thanks much!

 

[LeMat1856]

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that's impressive.

out of curiosity, what did you use for the takedown ? a blackpowder rifle ?

~d~

 

[R.M.]

Mort, the package arrived last night. Thank you so much. That was such a generous thing to do. Now, off to make some grease. :hatsoff:

 

[rabjr]

Kudos to Mort. :thumbsup:

If you guys mix a grease right, then you'll experience what I have been when it comes to hunting. Just remember when used as a patch lube this is more for hunting than range work, unless you swipe the bore after every shot like I do.

 

[Billnpatti]

The pkg of bear grease arrived last evening. Thanks for your generosity. Now, I'm looking for a really good recipe for lube using bear fat.

 

[brokenspoke]

If a man had to buy already rendered bear grease what should he expect to pay?

 

[rabjr]

I have seen a site one time that sold it, I can't swear to the amount or price but I think it was a pint for $15.00 or $17.00 bucks around that. I ran low one time and thought about it but it was no where as clear as mine is so I passed.

 

[rabjr]

A quick search I found some here,
http://www.eidnesfurs.com/misc.htm

 

[brokenspoke]

So I am assuming it is legal to buy or sell? I didn't know if there were any laws pertaining to selling it or not. Any special permits needed?

 

[paulvallandigham]

Swampy: If any oil is not as clear, run it through coffee filters to remove the impurities. I did this with vegetable oil I used for frying, that came out dark. I wasn't expecting much more than removing the large chunks of burned matter in the oil, but the oil came out of my strainer CLEAR.

I have used cheesecloth, and old , clean, T-shirts to filter oil in the past, but tried the coffee filters, as I have so many of them, and someone suggested it to me for this purpose. Mine are the kind for drip coffee makers, which look like paper cereal bowls. I have to punch or cut a hole in the bottoms to fit them on my perculator coffee pot. In a strainer, I just put one or two filters, and pour in the oil. Because of the viscosity of oil, it drips through the filters slower than would water, but I just put the container that caught the oil and the strainer above it in my kitchen sink, and went about doing other chores as the oil slowly dripped on through, adding more of the " dirty " oil to the filter until It was all gone. I was impressed with the filters, to say the least. The oil was as CLEAR as the oil in the factory bottle still left there.

I have since used up that oil, and over the weeks it took to use the oil for other cooking needs, there was NO evidence of spoilage( bacterial growth on the surface of the oil, indicating that the filters had removed ALL organic substances from the oil. Again, I was Impressed with those filters. They also can be used as hot pot holders, in camp, and to clean your windshild instead of using rags. :thumbsup:

 

[rabjr]

So I am assuming it is legal to buy or sell? I didn't know if there were any laws pertaining to selling it or not. Any special permits needed?

You cannot sell bear fat from a bear. Just transporting fat from a bear from N.Y to here, we had to have a written permission slip. I think it contained the hunters name, tag # and date not sure what all else.

Once it it is rendered into oil, everything is fine, you can sell it to anyone.

 

[rabjr]

Swampy: If any oil is not as clear, run it through coffee filters to remove the impurities. I did this with vegetable oil I used for frying, that came out dark. I wasn't expecting much more than removing the large chunks of burned matter in the oil, but the oil came out of my strainer CLEAR.

I have used cheesecloth, and old , clean, T-shirts to filter oil in the past, but tried the coffee filters, as I have so many of them, and someone suggested it to me for this purpose. Mine are the kind for drip coffee makers, which look like paper cereal bowls. I have to punch or cut a hole in the bottoms to fit them on my perculator coffee pot. In a strainer, I just put one or two filters, and pour in the oil. Because of the viscosity of oil, it drips through the filters slower than would water, but I just put the container that caught the oil and the strainer above it in my kitchen sink, and went about doing other chores as the oil slowly dripped on through, adding more of the " dirty " oil to the filter until It was all gone. I was impressed with the filters, to say the least. The oil was as CLEAR as the oil in the factory bottle still left there.

I have since used up that oil, and over the weeks it took to use the oil for other cooking needs, there was NO evidence of spoilage( bacterial growth on the surface of the oil, indicating that the filters had removed ALL organic substances from the oil. Again, I was Impressed with those filters. They also can be used as hot pot holders, in camp, and to clean your windshild instead of using rags. :thumbsup:

Paul, I know all this. My oil is clear as water when I render it. When I see it in a white plastic container and its a light brown color, that tells me they didn't take the care I do in rendering it. I clean mine and make sure theres no meat or blood in the rendering process just pure fat. I wouldn't say they do that when its a brown color.

This is mine when I'm done with it.

 

[410-er]

How much oil can I expect to get from about a 5 gal bucket of fat?The local butcher is going to save some for me.He said to render it in a crockpot on high for about 6-8hrs.Anyone else ever do it this way?

 

[rabjr]

How much oil can I expect to get from about a 5 gal bucket of fat?The local butcher is going to save some for me.He said to render it in a crockpot on high for about 6-8hrs.Anyone else ever do it this way?

On high? sure if you want bear Crisco. :shocked2: Bear fat needs to be rendered on a low heat, under 200 degrees. Think I did mine at 175. If you do it in water it has to be just under a boil. You want oil, if you do it wrong, you end up with a white Crisco like stuff. Still usable but it ain't oil.