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re: Have you ever seen a Louisiana Black Bear in person?
Posted on 6/14/26 at 6:42 am to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 6/14/26 at 6:42 am to SaintlyTiger88
I’ve got one on my property I have gotten on game cams but never seen him.
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Posted on 6/14/26 at 7:10 am to SaintlyTiger88
Dead on the side of I-20 near the river.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 7:16 am to SaintlyTiger88
Yes, years ago I saw one dead on the side of the road near Winnsboro, LA. The sun was just starting to rise that day and I wasn't sure what it was until I actually pulled over and stared at it for a few minutes. I'm still not sure what caused it to die, but there it was.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 7:18 am to SaintlyTiger88
I've seen one before on my grandparents land in Pride. It wasn't very big, but still an interesting sight.
This post was edited on 6/14/26 at 7:21 am
Posted on 6/14/26 at 7:18 am to SaintlyTiger88
I saw one after crossing into Louisiana from Mississippi on Highway 65 headed south.
It was standing up next to a tree.
It was standing up next to a tree.
This post was edited on 6/14/26 at 7:19 am
Posted on 6/14/26 at 7:21 am to SaintlyTiger88
Decades ago they shipped in bears to rebuild the Louisiana population that had disappeared. Most all of the bears we see here are carpetbaggers.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 7:29 am to SaintlyTiger88
Years ago when I spent a lot of time on Weeks Island, they were numerous and a nuisance.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:19 am to SaintlyTiger88
Yes they are becoming quite prevalent in north Louisiana
Posted on 6/14/26 at 8:24 am to SaintlyTiger88
I saw a sow and 2 cubs up in a pecan tree munching on green pecans in Bayou Cocodrie NWR near Ferriday a couple years ago. Heard the crunching, thought it was pigs that I could shoot. First ones in my 50+ years in Louisiana. I can’t believe there are enough to hunt, as much time as I’ve spent in the woods.
Saw a small black bear in Yosemite NP in 2017. Just saw a 300#er in Maine at Acadia NP, while driving.
Saw a small black bear in Yosemite NP in 2017. Just saw a 300#er in Maine at Acadia NP, while driving.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:08 am to SaintlyTiger88
Used to see one all the time when Catholic High had a live mascot.
Rest in Peace, Blackie.
Rest in Peace, Blackie.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 10:10 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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I saw a buncha dead ones on the side of I49
Posted on 6/14/26 at 12:58 pm to BR92
I think that was proven to be just guy in a bear suit.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 1:15 pm to SaintlyTiger88
In the mid 90s, a couple friends and I were brushing a duck blind in the marsh in St. Mary Parish. We noticed 2–3 dark colored animals in the distance, but could not identify what they were. We cranked up the airboat and went to investigate. When we got about 50 yards away, we saw that it was two cubs and a mama bear. She stood up to make herself tall and intimidate us. It worked, we turned around and got the hell out of there. It was a cool experience!
Posted on 6/14/26 at 1:33 pm to Recognizable Poster
"A grizzly". Worked in Yellowstone National Park during my college days. Five of us crammed in a small Chevy, driving down the main 2 lane road in the Park, close to midnite. A huge grizzly passed us on the shoulder. We were going 35 MPH. The grizz loped past us, leaving us in the dust. Hard to even imagine an animal that big being so fast.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 1:38 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Yeah in Covington a few years ago
Posted on 6/14/26 at 1:43 pm to The Boat
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Decades ago they shipped in bears to rebuild the Louisiana population that had disappeared. Most all of the bears we see here are carpetbaggers
From Minnesota IRRC. There was still a remnant population in the Atchafalaya Swamp so most of the ones now probably have at least some native genes.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 2:16 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Yes, saw several near Lake Bruin in Tensas Parish.
Posted on 6/14/26 at 2:29 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Co worker actually told me a story yesterday that he ran up on two in St. Francisville one evening.
Not sure if it was a Black bear but one was in the trees in Baton Rouge/Broadmoor a little over a year ago. People at the Methodist Church were filming it and it obviously made the news.
Not sure if it was a Black bear but one was in the trees in Baton Rouge/Broadmoor a little over a year ago. People at the Methodist Church were filming it and it obviously made the news.
This post was edited on 6/14/26 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 6/14/26 at 3:43 pm to The Cool No 9
Yes. They look like hogs in the summer down here, skin showing through their thin coat. Act like them too, will pat down a half acre of corn and just sit there and eat. Love to bite holes in poly pipe too
Posted on 6/14/26 at 4:50 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Black bears in Louisiana are pretty famous actually. President Theodore Roosevelt made two trips to hunt them. The first time, his aides couldnt scout one out for him, so at the end of the hunt they tied a bear to a tree and he refused to shoot it
This story led a shopkeeper in NYC to produce "Teddy" bears in honor of Roosevelts kind gesture
This story led a shopkeeper in NYC to produce "Teddy" bears in honor of Roosevelts kind gesture
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The name teddy bear comes from Theodore Roosevelt who was often referred to as "Teddy". The name originated from an incident on a bear-hunting trip. There were several other hunters competing and most of them had already killed an animal. Roosevelt's attendants clubbed and tied a black bear to a tree. They called Roosevelt to the site and suggested that he should shoot the bear. Roosevelt refused to shoot the bear.
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Morris Michtom saw the Berryman drawing of Roosevelt and was inspired to create a small soft bear cub, and put it in his candy-shop window in New York City with a sign reading "Teddy's bear". The toys were an immediate success
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