Louisiana black bear hunting season successfully concludes with massive 696-pound male harvested

[375 Ruger Fan]

Louisiana black bear hunting season successfully concludes with massive 696-pound male harvested - Louisiana Sportsman

The first Louisiana black bear hunting season in more than 35 years successfully concluded Dec. 22 and included a 696-pound adult male bear.

www.louisianasportsman.com

 

[gillettehunter]

10 for 11 is a very good success rate. Great to see Louisiana back hunting black bears. Several big ones but that 696 pounder is a huge one!
Bruce

 

[Altitude sickness]

That would be a huge Grizzly

 

[analog_peninsula]

Fabulous black bear. You won’t see that everyday.

 

[Tundra Tiger]

Cool story. I wonder what the population is currently and what the minimum count needed to be at to establish a season.

 

[sgt_zim]

Louisiana black bear hunting season successfully concludes with massive 696-pound male harvested - Louisiana Sportsman

The first Louisiana black bear hunting season in more than 35 years successfully concluded Dec. 22 and included a 696-pound adult male bear.

www.louisianasportsman.com

Was just about to post this story.

Here i was thinking we didn't have anything but over-sized trash pandas in this state. Guess I thought wrong.

They need to open it next year into Concordia, Point Coupee, and West Feliciana, maybe even the north end of West Baton Rouge parish.

 

[Red Leg]

This is a great success story. Growing up in South Louisiana during the late fifties, sixties and early seventies, black bear were about as rare as Sasquatch. Back in the seventies, an old trapper duck guide friend of mine told a story of the year he took three in the Atchafalaya Basin. Had to have been in the late twenties.

And yes, that was huge animal.

 

[cajunchefray]

Fabulous black bear. You won’t see that everyday.

And it’s awesome taken by a Purple Heart Veteran.

 

[R eight]

Link won’t open for me . I get this

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

And it’s awesome taken by a Purple Heart Veteran.

Interesting article about the guy who took the big bear, Deron Santiny.

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