Black Bear?

[jlacorte2]

I hunt WNF by the Gallia/Lawrence County line. I went down today to check a few of my cameras since I won't be able to get back down there for a few weeks and I have a picture of what I think might be a black bear. The pic isn't great quality and the animal is right up against the camera. I believe you can see the ear on the left side of the picture and the nose down at the bottom right. What are you guys thoughts?

 

[Bigslam51]

Chupacabra

 

[Quantum673]

Saskwatch

 

["J"]

Could it be a hog???

 

[tracker 6]

bear

 

[RedCloud]

Bearsquachacabra. Beat that!

Honestly, it looks like a bear to me.

 

[huntn2]

Looks like a bear

 

[Lumber head 75]

You have yourself a bear.

 

[Boarhead]

Bear.

 

[ajupsman]

We have black bear here in NH and that's definitely a bear. It's not uncommon to get up close pictures of them. For some reason they find trail cameras interesting. I've got many pictures over the years of them checking out my cameras.

 

[Riverdude]

Mountaineer or Coonie. mischeif.gif ( That's for some of us old timers )

Seriously I would say Bear.

 

[PA Bandit]

Gets me kind of excited to do some PA Bear drives....hopefully it will be me dragging out a bear this year instead of one of the other guys in the group.

Honestly beats hunting over bait by light-years and I would recommend to anyone who has never tried.

 

[bowhunter1023]

Yet another bear the DNR will deny exist in Ohio...

 

[antiqucycle]

game warden in disguise.

 

[Big_Holla]

I'd guess black bear too or perhaps a dog? Wish the picture got bigger when I clicked on it.

 

[Quantum673]

Was finally able to zoom in. I would say definitely a bear.

 

[cotty16]

[video=youtube;OBJ-MpPBDug]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBJ-MpPBDug[/video]

 

[Riverdude]

^^^^^^ Classic. rotflmao

 

[jlacorte2]

Thanks for the replies guys. What's the chances this thing is still in the area? They cover a pretty big area, correct? Only pic I have of it. Also when I walked up on the trail camera, the clips were unbuckled and the camera was on the ground. Nothing stolen, nothing broken.

 

[ajupsman]

Thanks for the replies guys. What's the chances this thing is still in the area? They cover a pretty big area, correct? Only pic I have of it. Also when I walked up on the trail camera, the clips were unbuckled and the camera was on the ground. Nothing stolen, nothing broken.

Yup bears will do that. I almost guarantee he knocked it down. I've had cameras dragged off before and found 20 or 30 yards from the tree.