Louisiana is set to expand its second black bear hunting season in two generations ... Today black bears roam the deep woods of the Tensas National Wildlife Refuge, Upper Atchafalaya Basin and ...

including taking a bear during a closed season and failing to comply with hunting regulations,” the state says. The bear was larger than average for females in Louisiana, which typically range ...

Louisiana is expanding black bear hunting just one year after its first season in decades, more than doubling the number of hunters allowed to participate and more than tripling the number of ...

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission passed several amendments to the 2025-26 hunting regulation notice of intent, including adjustments to the West Zone and East Zone duck hunting seasons.

Louisiana's black bear became part of American culture when President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot one that had been trapped and tied to a tree.