Bears spend a considerable amount of time foraging for food, using their keen sense of smell to locate food sources.

Diet

• The Louisiana black bear is omnivorous and typically feeds on a variety of food resources including nuts such as acorns, soft fruits such as blackberries and persimmon, herbaceous vegetation such as grasses and forbs, and animal matter such as ants and grubs, and supplemented by carrion or small animals.
• Natural foods, such as berries and acorns, comprise a majority of a bear’s diet.