Danny Santiny said he'd never seen a Louisiana black bear in the wild before harvesting a trophy during the state's first ...
Louisiana's fabled black bear became part of American culture in 1902 after President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot one that had been trapped and tied to a tree by members of his hunting party.
A retired combat soldier and Purple Heart recipient is credited with taking down “the largest (bear) ever harvested in ...
That’s nearly 300 pounds more than “average” for male black bears in Louisiana, the state says ... Mississippi River about a 140-mile drive north from Baton Rouge. Santiny told McClatchy ...