bear oil

[TNtrapper]

Howdy all! Any of yall know a good source for bear oil? Sure aint none of them critters left here in this part of the state!! Thanks.......TN

 

[musketman]

I found this for you...
[url] http://www.ilwifurco.com/bearoil.htm[/url]

 

[shmrck1]

MM,
Interesting site! Thanks for the link.
snake-eyes :hatsoff:

 

[rabjr]

:shocked2: Wow 25 bucks an ounce.....I just put up 20 ounces.

 

Lietzau Taxidermy in Cosmo, MN 320-877-7297

 

[gmww]

:shocked2: Wow 25 bucks an ounce.....I just put up 20 ounces.

Gads zooks. The guide I use in Canada has a couple of gallons of bear oil. He's from Russia and takes a table spoon of the stuf to help digestion. :shocked2:

If I go hunting bear again, I'm going to keep the fat and boil it down for sure.

 

[TNtrapper]

Hey thanks Musketman! Dang expensive stuff!We had a black bear that made the local paper here last week. Seems it was released in Arkansas with a radio collar on......they tracked it all the way here and caught it at our local CO-OP. Man I wish I had saw it first!!! :nono: Dont know what I would have done with that radio collar though?????

 

[gmww]

Dont know what I would have done with that radio collar though?????

Send it on a North bound train! :rotf:

By the way, what do you use bear oil for? Lube?

 

[TNtrapper]

Yep...Its a good PC way to keep the rust off yer longarm. For 25.00 though...the ol ballistol sure looks like bear oil...dont it.... :hmm:

 

[rabjr]

PM me with yer address TNtrapper. I can send ya enough to keep your lock lubricated for awhile anyway, if you really would like to do it with bear oil. :v

 

[gmww]

So what's the propper way to get bear oil? OK no funny comments. Boil the fat? Or?

 

[rabjr]

Not sure this is proper but it's how I do it.
[url] http://www.nimrodsplace.com/lewisandclark25[/url]

 

[gmww]

I appreciate the link. It looks easy enough. I might go bear hunting again up in BC, Canada next spring. It's usually 100% success rate in getting a bear. Usually everyone gets one. The fat is tossed. I think I'll bring an extra cooler just for the fat.

I wonder if the bear grease could be warmed up and patches stirred in to make lubed patches. :hmm:

 

[rabjr]

I wonder if the bear grease could be warmed up and patches stirred in to make lubed patches.

Thats how I lube my patches. :v

 

[Scota4570]

I thought it was illegal to sell any part of a game animal.

 

[Rebel]

No, i know you can sell deer and elk antlers and stuff made from them. And there are other things too i'm sure. You just need to sure what is legal in your area, as well as Fed. laws pertaining to such items.

 

[paulvallandigham]

The antlers sold are usually sheds, and are not taken as part of sport hunting. The prohibition grew out of the concern to end commercial hunting of all kinds back at the turn of the 20th century, and before. At the same time, closed seasons were imposed on one species after another, in an attempt to preserve the wildlife in the various states. In Illinois, the last whitetail was killed in the 1930s, and they were reintroduced to the state in the early 1950s. Ironically, Black bear still existed in the state will into the 1950s, but were shot out and remain an endangered species in Illinois until recently, when the State finally admitted that we have blackbear again living in the Shawnee National Forest in far southern Illinois. Its believed that they came over from Missouri, or Kentucky, or possibly Indiana. I know people who spotted bear in the shawnee and took rangers out to see them back in the mid 1980s. There are attempts being made to re introduce to some eastern states, and I understand that Pennsylvania is one of those states. Illinois farmers voted the proposition down overwhelmingly, as they don't want to have to deal with the crop destruction that having such large animals would bring with them. We all hope that the poachers don't find our few black bear, and shoot them for gall bladders, and other parts to be sold as aphrodisiacs in the Far East. I understand that Viagra, and other erectile disfunction medicines have greatly reduced if not eliminated the demand for animal parts for this purpose in Asia. Who would have thought that the little blue pill would be the salvation of Rhinos in Africa, and black bear here in the USA!

 

[rabjr]

Just for the record, I don't sell bear oil. If I have extra, I either give it away or trade for something on the other guys trade blanket. Just did a little trading with TNtrapper, the way it should be done. :thumbsup:

 

[gmww]

How do other animal oils fair? I get some fat deer over here. I was thinking maybe doing the same with deer oil.

 

[29caliber]

I live in Southern Illinois and there is no bear season here. I contacted a taxidermist who does bear hides from other states and he gave me the scrapings from a couple of hides which contained fat, meat, etc. He assured me that no salt had been used on the hides. Using low heat on the electric stove, I rendered several quarts of bear oil and grease from this. It was necessary to let it set for several weeks in the jars to let the oil separate from the more grease-like precipitate. A turkey baster was then used to remove the oil. Rendering bear fat has a strong odor and it was necessary to open the windows in January. Next time I'll do this when the wife isn't home! Tom