I wonder if that holds true for bear? I've only had bear once and it was extremely greasy. (This bear was brought to me by a Colorado hunter, not local obviously)
As an aside...two things I don't want to see on my property, A bear or an alligator.
Yes, it matters with anything. It's not altogether the adrenaline in the system... The rut in a buck or a bull will make for gamey meat too - Put the two together, like what happens with a poor shot at a buck and a long runout, and the time tracking... So he got hot before he died, and laid without draining him for hours... Well I can purely predict that's not going to be meat you'll want to eat.
Might could grind it into sausage.
Bear is the same thing. And yes, it's greasy. Maybe the worst that way, though a coon is about as bad. But bear is pretty desired, because you get serviceable grease for waterproofing and conditioning leather... Not to mention lard much like a pig for cooking. It has been said that our pigs have teeth and claws...
Grease is hard to come by if you're up in the bush... It was worth the time and trouble to take a bear, just for the lard. And of course, you'd eat it too - I don't particularly like bear unless it is spit roasted so the grease drips off it, or in a stew or proper roasting pan... Let it go cold and take the grease off it, it ain't so bad.
