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Louisiana Wildlife Commission approved a 10 tag black bear hunting season for December of 2024. Three public hearings remain to be had this month.

Feels odd to put this into words, but we’ve had this feeling during the past couple of days that a heretofore unimagined, tragic, major international news event was about to

Lake Charles, La - The Louisiana Black Bear, once endangered has reached a population now, that officials say is healthy enough to be hunted.

EL DORADO – Hunters in Arkansas’s Gulf Coastal Plain and portions of the Delta in south Arkansas are gearing up for bear hunting’s sophomore season this weekend. Bear hunting season …

Due to the current population of Louisiana Black Bears the LDWF has just announced the first Louisiana Black Bear Lottery Hunting Season in 2024

After being on the threatened species list, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries (LWDF) will have a lottery hunting season next year for black bears.

Due to the current population of Louisiana Black Bears the LDWF has just announced the first Louisiana Black Bear Lottery Hunting Season in 2024

BATON ROUGE - Since being placed on the threatened species list in 1992, the Louisiana black bear population has gone from fewer than 400 to an estimated 1200.

The Times of Houma Thibodaux

According to official estimates, there are roughly 1,200 black bears in the Mississippi Delta and the Atchafalaya Bison alone.