How to Butcher a Bear

1. Skin your bear so that you are left with a headless and paw-less carcass covered in layers of white fat. Lay the bear carcass out on your large table or suspend the bear from its hind legs about 3 feet from the ground using your chain, hook, and upright. There are about 2,500 black bears in the northwestern part of New Jersey, and on December 8, 2014, <a href="http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/bearseason_info.htm" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">hunters ventured out</a> into the wilds of the country’s most densely populated state to kill them. Since the hunts began in 2010, 1,599 bears have been “harvested,” representing almost half of the population that lived in New Jersey before hunting began. Another 250 or so will likely end up dead this week, meaning most of the 6,000 or so participating hunters will go home empty-handed. <a href="https://davelevitan.medium.com/how-to-butcher-a-bear-d30e4b80c486">Learn More</a>