Black Bear in Ruston

[Choudawg86]

http://www.knoe.com/Global/story.asp?S=8583622

pretty wild

[JAY]

Yeah, the brickyard is right behind the intersecion of mississippi and bernard. i got a call at 8:30 that they were closing up out there so they could go see it.

you might be from ruston if........

[PawDawg]

Endangered species? Right!

We had one roaming the 'hood in Indian Lakes a while back too. Saw in the paper last week that they estimate between 500-600 are in the area. Sounds low to me. Folks in the Tensas Refuge area consider them a menace.

[SkeeterDawg]

Must be the same bear that was spotted in Wylie Hilburn's yard in Choudrant yesterday.

[Dwayne From Minden]

Springhill has had one for several years now -

But he is more high-class - he strolls right down town and helps himself to unfinished cokes and chips in the local trash cans.....

[Choudawg86]

has anyone seen a white jack russell terror with a black ear and eye, he came up missing this morning . . . .. .

[Choudawg86]

Must be the same bear that was spotted in Wylie Hilburn's yard in Choudrant yesterday.

bet he was coming to ruston to get tickets for the Tech/Miss State game . .

[SkeeterDawg]

Apparently, this one is a peeping tom, he was spotted looking into a window at the Fairfield Inn this morning.

[Bigdog13]

We just got back from the Smoky Mountain National Park and they are all over that area. I think it is cool. Lately the ones from Louisiana have been migrating back into East Texas. I hope they continue to populate the North La. area and continue to flow back into East Texas. The bears in East Texas were hunted out years ago and were basically gone from Texas except in the Big Bend area so it's nice to see them back. The elk are actually making a comeback on their own down in SW Texas. I saw a bunch when we were hunting for mule deer a year ago. It was very cool.

[Choudawg86]

We just got back from the Smoky Mountain National Park and they are all over that area. I think it is cool. Lately the ones from Louisiana have been migrating back into East Texas. I hope they continue to populate the North La. area and continue to flow back into East Texas. The bears in East Texas were hunted out years ago and were basically gone from Texas except in the Big Bend area so it's nice to see them back. The elk are actually making a comeback on their own down in SW Texas. I saw a bunch when we were hunting for mule deer a year ago. It was very cool.

with corn being $8 a sack, i kinda hope they stay where they're at and out of Lincoln parish. I'll feed the deer and turkeys but be danged if i want to feed a bear trying to fatten up for the winter.

[SkeeterDawg]

It's like trying to fill up a 400 pound coon in your corn pile!

[SkeeterDawg]

Now he is headed west, down the tracks, look out Arcadia!

[Choudawg86]

Now he is headed west, down the tracks, look out Arcadia!

was just told that they had "lost it". maybe its in the woods so folks will leave it alone for a while.

[Brian96]

was just told that they had "lost it". maybe its in the woods so folks will leave it alone for a while.

How do you lose a bear in downtown Ruston?

Also, the e-mail from Tech said it was headed east along the railroad tracks.

[JAY]

How do you lose a bear in downtown Ruston?

Also, the e-mail from Tech said it was headed east along the railroad tracks.

I was told it was headed east so it could get back out into the woods, but they put the word out that it went west so no one would look for it. it was moving along the side of the tracks, hopefully it didnt try to cross 167.