For the curious. Humans have harvested bear meat since time began, both First Nations and non First Nations here in North America. Bears are in the pig family, meat is same as pork but more lean. Bears also reproduce like mice, never a shortage. Also take note, meat eating non hunters PAY OTHERS to kill, butcher and package their meat. Hunters do it themselves. Hunting is not a statement or a contest, it is a natural act used for sustenance.

To find bear: 1. Put down phone 2. Go outside 3. Look around

I just wanna say anyone that thinks Steve is full of carp hasn't watched many of these videos. The amount of game and much up close proves he's the real deal No amiture gets footage like he has...Period. Keep rockn the mountains Steve

Always good content and information on all topics that you cover, speaking the truth with no bullshit! You’re the man! Thanks!

I wish I was young enough and well enough just to walk over this beautiful landscape and see all these beautiful animals! Thank you for sharing!

Man, I love this guy! You are the Man Steve!

Thank you for these tips. I just retired at 63, moved into the boreal forest, and am going for my first ever hunt in Northern Ontario (with a mentor). Nervous and excited at the prospect of harvesting a bear this fall.

Love your content Steve, including all the Sasquatch stuff!

Nice to see you still hunt . With all this other stuff going on in your life . Love every bit of it . Thank you . N.h.

Thank you Steve. Good luck this year.

Yes heads up on the nature of nature. Applies to all aspects and levels of life. Steve is a natural.

Love the videos! You are an excellent storyteller!

Yup, sit and glass. The more you tromp around, the more you spread your scent. Great tips, Steve.

I am just watching this video in germany as a 17 year old boy in quarantine XD

Hey Steve love the content. ALL OF IT. I love your no BS attitude. Could you do some gear reviews please. I think you would be great at it.

Good morning everyone, hope all safe and not sick. Love the suppot that your fans have for your knowledge,integrity and empathy..thankyou for what you do.

The Vegan Invasion is confused how they've landed on a hunting channel. They have so many questions.

Awesome video Steve. You sure are right about bear population, the breed like mice. The Smoky Mountains are overrun with them. They walk thru neighborhoods and even have come into manufacturing plants here In Maryville Tn.

Finally some hunting content !!

Thanks for the great pics. Love the cubs! Not a hunter, have no problem with it for feeding a family. Grew up with hunted foods.

Love seeing any wildlife. Saw a bobcat this week.

Still a little early here in cold Manitoba for hunting bears but soon. Need the green grass to grow, that's the first thing they need to eat. Then the hunger pangs drive them. Here we can bait, don't need a camera. Just look at the size of the scat, it will tell you all you need to know. I know, why not a camera. I've seen to many cameras ripped off the tree played with on the ground. Do your homework and spend time in the bush is the only way to find what your looking for.

This video was incredible helpful. Thank you sir

So glad for your broadcasts 👍.

I don't know if you have a podcast, but you need one lol. I'd subscribe

They put it on the ballot (I think in the 90s) & the city folks out numbered those of us with a brain. No more spring bear hunt in Colorado.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Steve.....

Great info you gave out enuff info that anyone should be successful bear hunting !

Spot on advice , I’ve seen biggest boars mostly always just before last light !!

Finally a hunting story

No bears here in Kansas, that sucks, so I do appreciate tales from the bear guides!

Can’t wait! Middle of may I’m going

I like the old hat. Very cool. Seen it in a few other pic's too. Just different, very nice.

It's hard to hunt bears here in my state of Florida it's on my bucket list at the top love your channel keep it up there you go !!

I am not a bear hunter but I love to have more knowledge on many different species and how to hunt them. Adam Wahl

By using some of your helpful tips, I hope hunters have a plentiful harvest.

Awesome Steve, spot on!

Good morning Steve!!

My wife and I took a drive a couple of days ago for some early scouting. We only seen 1 bear on our outings. But he was a large chocolate coloured grizzly with nice silver tips on his back. We will get out for a serious hunt once it warms up a little. And we’ll take a bear or two for the freezer. Maybe a grizzly but definitely a black bear. The meat is always delicious.

Thanks for that use full information! Jack

You got that sound down perfectly!! Excellent! And spectacular view.

One of the big mistakes beginning bear hunters make is not during the hunt, its when it comes time to clean the meat. Many people are familiar with cleaning deer meat and bears arent much different until it comes to the fat. Make sure and get rid of every single piece of fat off the steaks, bear fat isnt like deer fat and a very small amount will spoil a pan of meat. Theres a reason they used to save all the bear fat and render it down for oil, its just different from deer fat and makes for a nasty taste in the pan. Im so picky I used paper towels to pluck every bit of it off I can before freezing.

Awesome Steve Thanks.

Great footage!

Steve thanks for the video # ( no rant about Harry 's retractors )

Thank you for sharing this . I'm a noob so pardon my stupid question, but how do you watch your back while glassing if your alone?

Black bear definitely on the bucket list.

Steve: Thank you for your interesting and informative channel format. What size optics do you recommend for glassing all day long, 10 x 50's or greater?

Could the sunshine day activity be a lack of vitamin D from hibernation ?

Steve is 100% last season I went bear hunt here in northern BC and the sun was out all day didn’t see a bear at all but lots of prints and poop. Then by 6-7pm boom was like ever bear in the Forest was out. Can’t wait to get out this season.

Heads up on the app of yours. When I click on the video it plays the audio but not the video... I have an up-to-date iPhone 8+ for reference

We saw one while horseback riding, middle of the day in the middle of June.

Last year we saw 8 bears in a week. My buddy ended up taking one. Also saw a wolf and a cougar. Not too many deer and that figures right! Predator week.

fantastic info thanks!

Only shoot a bear that is uphill, on flat ground, or better yet, on a logging road on flat ground. Don't even think of shooting a bear that is downhill. A 300 lb. bag of Jello is hard to roll uphill.

Do not like hotdays,the first I heard many years, welcome in the club🥰🥰🥰💥

Good luck to everybody on there season this year hope you all get that big buck you’ve been telling your dad about for years

I had a friend here in oregon about 20 years ago. Vietnam vet. Recon guy. I asked if he had hunted bear. He said no. In fact he said not much hunting was interesting once you've hunted the ultimate game. Also, that when you skin a bear, it looked too much like a human. His words. I've been content not to hunt bear since hearing Deggo say this. I've taken elk, dear, and antelope in montana. Been happy with that.

We don’t have a Spring Bear Hunt in Washington state anymore. But fall bear opens up in like 3 1/2 weeks and I was wondering if you have any tips for hunting them on hot August days? I’ve never been bear hunting before so I want to have a starting point of where to look especially being in the cascade foothills

I'll be damned! A guide who gives a care bout us poors. I'm definitely downloading the ap. I build my own flintlock rifles and fowlers cause I can't afford a modern rifle. Ive made quite a few of 'em, but I've got one smooth bore and one rifle that I shoot constantly. Seems just about most of the elk I get it's cause I'm hunting grouse, then see, smell or just plain sense the elk and I ram a ball down on the shot and fill my elk tag. I'm disabled so gettin off the road ain't easy for me any more, so a grouse elk is always appreciated. Thanx for the knowledge. When I was learning blacksmithing everyone wanted to share their knowledge. It's nice to see some other highly skilled professions being shared. Again thanx.

Steve, thank you for sharing your bear hunting knowledge.I agree, I think that bear meat if prepared and cooked correctly taste a lot like pork. I also have to admit. that when I was in Korea as well as in Northern China, that I have eaten dog meat and that too can taste similar to some cuts of bear meat. I am sorry for all those that are offended or are going to get upset with me for eating dog but as they say, when in Rome, "do as the Romans do". I have been all over the world and to truly know and understand a people, I have tried to partake of the food of that country. Some good, some not so good, but at least I have tried to see for myself. Steve, stay safe out there, as always keep up the great work.

My best guess on why the bears are out in the sun is not because they want to be but because their metabolism is racing and they need to eat. I don’t hunt bear, but I’ve noticed this same pattern while fishing when the weather starts getting warm the fish need to eat, I can’t imagine it’s too different for animals

Tomorrow is opening day, I am not really expecting to see much for bears but I am really looking forward to getting out in the bush with my gear on again

Thanks. Appreciate the video.

Great video thank you.

It's very interesting to listen to your knowledge during these "stay in place times". Being past being active/old times is a joy. Thanks Steve.

Great to see some hunting content. Thanks for the tips

Will the public ever see the rest of the Patterson/Gymlyn film. What are your thoughts?

Steve what do you think of. Tod. Standing have you see his Visio on big foot Lmk thanks. I believe Dean Cowhig

Does not work that way here for glassing we have no hills or mountains

I signed up for the Blacktail Hunter app last fall and checked out the free content. Great videos.... too good in fact. What kept me from becomming a paying customer was being unable to watch the videos in a low bandwidth setting instead of always high resolution. Internet here in the Charlottes gets spotty at the best of times and i usually drop the quality of the YT vids i watch to save on bandwidth. Is there a way I've missed to lower the video quality? If i had that option you would get my full subscription. Thank you. Ps. Do you ever get up to this neck of the woods?

Great stuff.

If there is bear, there is usually sasquatch. Love those berries!

Still hanging around the den sites here on Manitoulin Island. .

Thx Steve ❤️✌️

1:57......bear beaver sighting!! I've had good luck very early morning, just as the sun is coming up, and very late in the day as late as hunting hours allow.....the rest of the day....go do something else! You basically have 2-3 ours of hunting morning and evening. The rest of the day? Stay on a bait if you have nothing better to do. Glassing early spring grassy meadows is a little different story. I've seen them out all hours of the day, but it's right on the snow line as the first grass is turning green.

Soap made with just a bit of rendered bear fat is NICE! No more than 10% or it will be too greasy

Spring season ends on the 30th for me up in 7a

I'm really glad I stumbled upon your channel! I used to disagree with hunting game like bear. I understand now that if the hunting is done in the name of stewardship and the animal is taken for its hide and meat I'm cool with it. I just can't stand it when people kill for killings sake. You kill it, you eat it.

Love ya brother. You won't catch my ass out in the woods after dark. I'll take my grandparents advice

In Washington the meat is so greasy. Is that why heat makes them more active?

Where do bear go to die? I've never found a dead bear in the bush. Do they make it to their Den, and die there?

Hi Steve! Unfortunately due to the Unconstitutional lockdown here in Washington State, the woods are closed and we cannot go hunting or fishing!

Steve: How much did that 8' boar weigh, and do you personally have anything in Boone and Crockett?

Here in Minnesota our bear season starts in September

Hi, do you think it is a good idea to use a 150gr 308w for bears?

Are your binos Swarovski? And are they x 50mm 's?

no hunting or fishing in WA! Apparently C-vid 19 may be carried by animals in the wild, or some other stupid reason.... Maybe next year for Spring Bear hunts?

Optics, optics, optics! Quality glass is really important. Don't go cheap, one of those things where you get what you pay for. You see what Steve has around his neck. There is a reason!

Awesome video!How much did that 8 footer weigh?

thanks agian steve!!

Nope. Closed here in wa state. Cant even head up a local logging road to sight in or do some shooting without risking getting a ticket. Lakes are closed to. Flippin sucks!

I've never eaten bear and don't live in a part of the country that has bears so I'm curious about how they taste? Steve says it's the same as pork so does that mean there is such a thing as bear bacon?! Are the hams cured the way pork hams are?

Good Truth,Safe Travels, Be Well 🏹

You sasquatch people need to move along and not even watch the hunting videos (which is what this channel started off as). No need for the stupid comments, it's legal and its neccesary to hunt predators just the same as deer species. Just look at the channel name and you should be able to figure out that there is hunting content on the channel.

Do you ever use bear calls I have had quite some success with that

What kind of binoculars do you use? And what power?

Never hunted bear before so what do you do with the meat? Bear burgers? Bear gumbo? Bear tacos?

Bears are not part of the pig family. Bears come from the Ursidae family, while pigs are part of the Suidae family. Both bears and pigs have the same infraclass, Theria, which includes all mammals the have placentas such as tigers and horses. Bears or the Ursidae family are close relatives of dogs, seals and skunks because they are all in the Carnivora order. The Ursidae family consists of five genera, including Ailuropoda, Helarctos, Tremarctos, Melursus and Ursus. The four species in the Ursus genus include American black bear, brown bear, polar bear and Asiatic black bear.

Howdy Steve