Is This A Bear On This Covington, Louisiana Trail Cam Pic?

I fellow I work with showed me these two images on Monday after having checked the trail cams on his lease near Covington, Louisiana. He asked me what I thought this animal was. It didn’t immediately jump out on me, but when I saw the curved legs and back, the first thing to pop into my mind was “BEAR”. That was exactly what he thought it was too.

Although he didn’t feel like these images would stand up in court, I did show them to one of my editors, and he mentioned that a Louisiana Black Bear had been spotted around the Tammany Trace not too long ago. Apparently, it was scaring joggers and bike riders by showing up along the trail.

What do you think? Is this a bear or not?