Identify my Honey Island Swamp Monster

I hit the Pearl River WMA with a friend to go snake hunting (catching, not shooting ) around Honey Island Swamp one day last week. We were on the opposite side of the main road from the shooting range and walking one of the trails. Heard something trudging through the heavy brush/trees about 40-50 yards away. It was making about as much noise as you could intentionally make in the brush, and there was brush movement above head height. I figured in that area it would be either a hog or a deer - but would a black bear be possible in that area (couldn’t find any errant trash bags)?

I’m no hunter, and though I’ve spent plenty time in the woods catching snakes, it’s usually small patches of woods near neighborhoods - not the deep woods - so I don’t have many encounters with big critters. The few hogs I’ve seen in my lifetime seemed quicker to get away and didn’t seem to create the high brush movement. The few deer I’ve seen have also been quick to get away and much more stealthy. This seemed like it either wasn’t in a hurry to get away or just didn’t give a frick that we were close by and just trudged along on its way. I almost wanted to head in its direction to investigate but didn’t since all I had on me was a Bowie knife. Not ruling out a Squatch, but it would have been a teen, not a full grown adult.