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re: Who All Seen the Broadmoor Black Bear Say YEAH!!!

Posted on 5/30/25 at 4:02 pm to
Posted by Kjnstkmn
Vermilion Parish
Member since Aug 2020
21862 posts
Posted on 5/30/25 at 4:02 pm to
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This post was edited on 5/30/25 at 4:03 pm
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
20717 posts
Posted on 5/30/25 at 4:05 pm to
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where in Louisiana would be natural bear habitat that it would make it to Baton Rouge?


My guess is he was probably living around the Comite River. There are plenty of woods along that river north of Greenwell Springs all the way to Hooper Road.



Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
110887 posts
Posted on 5/30/25 at 4:06 pm to
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Dumb question...where in Louisiana would be natural bear habitat that it would make it to Baton Rouge? The Atchafalaya area?


Do they come across the new bridge or old bridge? Is it BR traffic dependent?
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
92093 posts
Posted on 5/30/25 at 4:07 pm to
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Do they come across the new bridge or old bridge?


they use the new loop, Bear Loop I believe it's called
Posted by MNCscripper
St. George
Member since Jan 2004
11901 posts
Posted on 5/30/25 at 4:25 pm to
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Dumb question...where in Louisiana would be natural bear habitat that it would make it to Baton Rouge? The Atchafalaya area?


All along the Mississippi River

Have seen them in Pointe Coupee & West Feliciana Parish
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
177245 posts
Posted on 5/30/25 at 4:25 pm to
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Dumb question...where in Louisiana would be natural bear habitat that it would make it to Baton Rouge? The Atchafalaya area?

Mississippi has bears in the southwest part of the state. It probably wandered down from there.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
92093 posts
Posted on 5/30/25 at 4:26 pm to
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Mississippi has bears in the southwest part of the state. It probably wandered down from there.


Posted by jflsufan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2013
5173 posts
Posted on 5/30/25 at 4:36 pm to
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apture and transport to Siegen and I-10 chaos ensues.


The bear will be calling from a pay phone to bring him back to the woods. The woods have rules. Siegen has no rules.
Posted by slidingstop
Member since Jan 2025
2283 posts
Posted on 5/30/25 at 4:40 pm to
poor thing will get hit by a speeding Charger or Altima before he gets caught.
Posted by ellesssuuu
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2016
3178 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 8:40 am to
Is bear still in the tree?
Posted by Demonbengal
Ruston
Member since May 2015
5561 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 9:45 am to
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proof La needs more than 10 bear tags


I laughed when they said 10 tags. I think those are all just in parishes along the Mississippi too. The amount of encounters in union parish, west Carroll, and morehouse is unreal.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
72346 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 10:19 am to
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now it's showing up in the Broadmoor/Sherwood area


It's in that bear's best interest to get himself caught and relocated.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
75064 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 1:35 pm to
The state mammal of Louisiana is the Louisiana Black Bear. There used to be so many black bears in the state that it had it's own recognized subspecies.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53508 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 1:48 pm to
They've come back in big numbers since they outlawed hunting them years ago. I think they can be hunted again, but in very small numbers.

We had some pics of one in our neighborhood 4-5 years ago posted on Nextdoor. We aren't too terribly far from where they caught this one. I saw one up in Pride (15-20 miles north of BR) on my grandparent's land years ago.
This post was edited on 5/31/25 at 1:50 pm
Posted by uaslick
Tuscaloosa
Member since May 2011
1293 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 1:51 pm to
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bear traipsing around the Baton Rouge area


A traipsing black bear is harmless. But when they start slinking, watch out!
This post was edited on 5/31/25 at 1:52 pm
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
58141 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 2:30 pm to
I can fix him.
Posted by GruntbyAssociation
Member since Jul 2013
9686 posts
Posted on 5/31/25 at 2:38 pm to
Damn porch pirates!!
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
20717 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 5:45 pm to
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Workers with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries say the bear was captured using a tranquilizer. It will be taken to a medical facility to be checked out before eventually being released back into a wooded area in the central part of the state, the workers said.
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
14028 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 6:28 pm to
Then at the same time, there was the 9 foot gator on Mollylea in Broadmoor. Saw it on channel 9. That’s scarier than the bear
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122093 posts
Posted on 6/1/25 at 6:48 pm to


Yeah!
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