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Hognum P.I.

How much meat can I expect to get after having it processed?
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DeltaBoy

October 20, 2009, 09:29:32 am #1 Last Edit: October 21, 2009, 01:05:09 pm by DeltaBoy
120-150 pounds

Sorry I did it first time in my head only.
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Hognum P.I.

Really!  Wow.  I would have expected only about 1/2 due to how much fat there is an a heavier bone structure than deer. Thanks.
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deshahawg

Do you have any pictures of it before you shot it. I've been getting a lot of pictures of bears on my game cam, but haven't seen any hunting yet.

kodiakisland

Quote from: pig_sooie27 on October 19, 2009, 04:38:30 pm
How much meat can I expect to get after having it processed?

You won't come close to 180-230lbs of meat off a 300lb anything, much less a bear.
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kodiakisland

Here is a chart for you for estimating the weight of your bear in the field.  So few bear are actually weighed and usually don't come any where near the guessed weight.






Chest Girth*   Body Length**
                < 66"    66" - 78" > 78"
29"               88       XX          XX
30"               97       XX          XX
31"               105      XX          XX
32"               115      XX          XX
33"               124      XX          XX
34"               134       XX         XX
35"               145      160         XX
36"               156      170         XX
37"               167      180         XX
38"               178      190         XX
39"               190       210        232
40"               203       220        248
41"               215       235        263
42"               228       255        278
43"               241       265        295
44"               256       285        312
45"               270       300        330
46"               284       315        348
47"               299       330        385
48"               315       350        365
49"               330       365        404
50"               347       385        424
51"               363       400        443
52"               380       420        464
53"               398       440        486
54"               415       460        507
55"               433       480        529
56"               XX        500        551   
57"               XX        520        574
58"               XX        540        598
59"               XX        565        623
60"               XX        585        647
Dressed weight will be 16% less than live weight.

XX - indicates unknown combination
* - Girth is taken around the middle of the bear.
** - Length is taken from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail.

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deshahawg

If I get close enough to run this test I hope he's already dead.

I've got some pictures of him next to a tree so I might acutally be able to get close to knowing his height.

kodiakisland

I hope you get to measure one out, and hopefully it takes three people to do it.  If you can roll him around by yourself, he's not that big, but if it takes three of you, you know you got a good one.

Good luck
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kodiakisland

pig_sooie
Here is a website that shows the expected amount of meat from different animals.  Bear is not included, but it does give you an idea of how much to expect.  50% of live weight would be a great yield for processed meat, but its probably more like 30-40%

http://www.countryhomemeats.com/slaughter_and_processing.htm
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deshahawg

I can't believe I haven't seen one. In late sept and early october I was getting pics of them everyday.

jep_hog_fan

70 pounds of guts, 25+ hide, 20 pounde head, all the bones. I'll guess about 125.


Hognum P.I.

Thanks for the info, guys.  It was actually shot by a buddy up around Shores Lake in the Ozark NF so I don't have any pics.  I'm just helping pay for the processing.  The processing plant charges $.40 a lb and said the total would be $75, so I guess we got about 190 lbs dressed weight. Means he must have weighed closer to 250 live.
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kodiakisland

It all depends what you consider dressed weight.  The chart I posted that showed dressed weight to be 16% less than live weight is assuming dressed weight to be gutted, skin on.  I think butchers measure dressed weight with the skin off.  If that was the case, then it was probably around 275lb or so.
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VBRazorback

pig sooie have there been a lot of bears seen in that area?

Hognum P.I.

VBR.  He saw 3 that day, and I know of 2 others that were shot close to there at Redding Campground.
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edgrover

Shot my first Black Bear last Wednesday. It was a boar. I put the hide w/head in a tote and weighed it. Minus the weight of the tote, it weighed 80 LBS. I took the carcass in to get processed. The butcher weighed that @ 185 LBS. I'm guessing the guts weighed maybe 40 LBS for a total of 305 LBS. When I get the meat back from the butcher I'll post the weight.

DeltaBoy

WOW your dug up an old one.
If the South should lose, it means that the history of the heroic struggle will be written by the enemy, that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers, will be impressed by all of the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision.
-- Major General Patrick Cleburne
The Confederacy had no better soldiers
than the Arkansans--fearless, brave, and oftentimes courageous beyond
prudence. Dickart History of Kershaws Brigade.

edgrover

Weighing all the boxes of meat, I had 123 pounds. After some figuring with weight of boxes/ packaging and added fat and cooked off weight for sausage and snack sticks, I figure 115 lbs, or 37.5% of live weight.

kodiakisland

Quote from: edgrover on November 05, 2017, 11:42:06 am
Weighing all the boxes of meat, I had 123 pounds. After some figuring with weight of boxes/ packaging and added fat and cooked off weight for sausage and snack sticks, I figure 115 lbs, or 37.5% of live weight.

That's a good yield.  I like black bear meat.  I wish we could hunt them in the spring here.  I think it's better with less fat in it.  Enjoy.
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BroyledNutts

Quote from: Hognum P.I. on October 19, 2009, 04:38:30 pm
How much meat can I expect to get after having it processed?

Thank you and kudos for actually using the bear you killed ...

Three and Snout

Quote from: BroyledNutts on November 14, 2017, 02:30:50 pm
Thank you and kudos for actually using the bear you killed ...

Exactly.  If you aren't going to eat it, don't kill it.

kodiakisland

Why wouldn't you eat a black bear?  Very good meat.

But, lots of people don't eat the deer they kill either.

Anyone here need extra coyote meat?  I've got all I need.  Willing to share.
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Hudge

I would say 30-40% of the original weight of the bear is what you'll back. I live in AK and last year we started baiting them. My buddy shot two blackies off the bait, before the brown bears took over. After May 30 we can't shoot brownies over bait in our area, and when it does open back up, we don't have to keep the meat either. I'm not big on not keeping the meat, but after having 20+ different brownies on our bait station, they need thinned out to help the moose herd.

Großer Kriegschwein

Quote from: kodiakisland on November 14, 2017, 07:43:28 pm
Why wouldn't you eat a black bear?  Very good meat.

But, lots of people don't eat the deer they kill either.

Anyone here need extra coyote meat?  I've got all I need.  Willing to share.

I donate all of mine. I drop it off at the butcher for processing, call the Chief of Police and ask him who needs help. He picks it up and delivers it.

Same with any hogs and most of the catfish I catch after I restock my freezer. I end up giving away 500-600 lbs of catfish a year prolly. Would be more, but I stop running trot lines after I fill the freezer. I will find space for buffalo ribs and bream though (my two favorites other than walleye and sauger but there aren't any of those in Louisiana)

I don't share ducks, dove, quail or pheasant though.
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DeltaBoy

It always great to share.
If the South should lose, it means that the history of the heroic struggle will be written by the enemy, that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers, will be impressed by all of the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision.
-- Major General Patrick Cleburne
The Confederacy had no better soldiers
than the Arkansans--fearless, brave, and oftentimes courageous beyond
prudence. Dickart History of Kershaws Brigade.