Black bear in Louisiana

We have had a bear season for 4 yrs now in Oklahoma, but only in 4 or 5 counties. They started out with a 20 bear quota, archery only. in 09 they only killed 18 all season. In 2010, they got 32 on the first day, so season was over. In 11, I think they got like 28 the first day. In 12, they had an archery season, and actually opened up a muzzleloader season as well. Not sure about the harvest number from this past year though.

I do know that there are more and more showing up all the time, and far away from the counties that have seasons open. Ive got a friend who live back in the woods in a non season county, and he has several run in with bears. From tearing up his deer feeders to getting in his chicken house one night and puttin a whoopin on two solid bulldogs. He talked to the GW after the chicken house run in, and GW said if its messing with the livestock he could take a bear. He hasnt had that happen again yet, but sees tracks on his property pretty regular. And Ive seen plenty on trail cam pics on forums and FB from a lot of other counties.

It sure would be cool if we got a good enough population of them up here to open up a dog hunting season. Or itd be cool if my dogs trashed on one during a hunt some time. They aint trash broke to a bear so I couldnt be too hard on them, lol. I just hope they wouldnt try and catch! Treeing a bear or big cat is one of my bucket list items.