I can tell you that whenever we shot a bear, we had specific directions from my grandmother that she wanted the fat to render into lard for all her pastry making. She said it was the absolute best for that. She got her wish, cause we knew there would be pies, cookies and donuts forthcoming!

We often times made sausage out of the bear meat, but did corn some bear brisket as an experiment and it was excellent! From then on when we got a bear we'd make some corned bear brisket along with the sausage.

Cameron Hughes