Bears in Butler County

I was told by a hunter that has property close to me that they have been seeing Black Bears on there land ,I have no pictures of any on my 1260 acres is there anyone that hunts
close to the Greenville area next to Pigeon Creek with any pictures of Black Bears

G/H hunts around there, I think.

Never seen or heard of any in Butler.

Anything is possible, but I hunted butler county several years ago, never saw or heard of any bears,I saw more black coyotes/coydogs there than any where I ever hunted.

I have hunted in several parts of Butler County near Greenville for the last 40 years and have never seen or heard of any bears. Lots of coyotes in recent years though.

You are correct Bill, but no bears yet. Plenty of yotes as mention earlier.

Not likely but not impossible. Seems like there was a bear found in tree in Lowndes county around Letohatchee a couple of years ago.

Dr. B

the one in lowndes co.was in a tree of the guy who oversee's the property we just lost in davenport,but i have personaly seen a bear in castleberry al, which is in conecuh co. just below butler.about 8-10 months ago.

One was also run over in Monroe County if I remember right in recent history and I know one was run over in Covington County near River Falls in the last year or two. They roam a lot, especially the young males....so I don't doubt it is true.

Talk to the local coon hunters. If they have good dogs they will know what's around as far as bears and big cats. It's hard to break a dog off something tey rarely run. I grew up in upper East Tennessee/SW Virginia, they old man that got me into coon hunting took a lot a lot of ridicule in the 80s for saying he treed a bear, now they are very very common around there. The coon hunters will know first about bears and cats. That's is why as a former avid coon hunter, I cannot allow myself to believe big cats are around, a coon dog would have done put one in a tree by now.

One hot hit at the Franklin exit on 85 last year

Lived in Butler Co. for years and never saw one but about 2 years ago just down the road in Connech County a large Bear was killed on I65 by a truck driver.

I know only a creek seperates the property and I have had this land for 15 yrs and have cameras everywhere and so far no bears plenty of yotes and (few who shouldn`t be there)

Press Release
November 15, 2012

Biologists Studying Alabama’s Black Bear Population