Billingsley area caught on a Moultrie cam. May not be but first I've heard of one being in Autauga, not surprising as I've heard of them being in Chilton county.

how close to big springs church?

Not sure, no idea on exact locale, I'm sure it'll come up in the hunting groups

It probably wondered over from bear creek swamp.

The Walls are family friends, never heard anything about a bear in the area but then again I don't.think I've ever asked. It's named that for a reason I'm sure

I mean, isn't the high school the Billingsley Bears??....shouldn't be a surprise!

That's better than what I had.

This time of year they can travel a hundred miles or more. No telling where it came from really.

He just wants a BBQ sandwich from Jim's.

My brother spotted on behind his fence in the Chesser park neighborhood in Chelsea a few weeks ago. I believe him bc hes been black bear hunting in WV 2 times,and knows what a bear is lol

get them in Perry co periodically but usually in Oct

I’ll be on the lookout, working in that area

That's what the Game/Fish folks told us 2 years ago when one partially destroyed my SIL's chicken coup across the road from me in here in Autaugaville. No pictures but by tracks and damage done they called it a bear hit. Not a peep since.

Dang right

Might be the same one on a game cam by Blue Girth Swamp in Dallas County.

It'll come up missing by or during deer season around these parts

We got em thick in the Brewton area. Taste's like chicken!

Got great trail camera pics of a resident black destroying my feeder in Union Springs last year. Dr. Richardson told me he had taken up residence 3 years ago across the little conecuh inverness swamp on his prop. Pics sent to me are like Sept 22. So 100% I have seen at 10 yards a vagrant florida panther that had traveled that corridor of swamp that is contigulous to Florida and gators out wazhoo now. Frikin big enuff that you do not have to travel to canada black bears. That is so cool but dang I am the slowest animal now in the woods. But with that said bears, mountain lions, gators, 40 pound boar coon and very full grown timber rattlers that have been seen all live on constant fear as a buddy and me must have seen the original ground dweller from Eden. We saw a moccassin that was so big that his tail tip was about the size of a framing hammer. At 30 feet he rose up easy 4 feet like a cobra and smiled at us with a gape. My hands are bigger then average NFL QB. His head made my hands look like a china dolls. Dear lord what a monster. Neither my buddy or me had a gun. He / she had made its point and lowered itself and went on it's way. Buddy and me were now gaping as much as GOAT MOC was. We both stood there half in shock and I told me buddy holy sh$t what does that beast eat... my buddy replied... deer!

What do they taste like?

i bet the stories yall tell after a hunt are awesome to hear!