I know that Big Thicket has a bunch of animals and I wouldn't be surprised at all if a bear or two live there. I know some have even been seen just over In Louisiana, but that was a few years back. That Thicket is really big and as it's name says thick with lots of plant life and animals we don't see much. I was reading some things about it the other day and it's just amazing how many trees and ferns and other plants including a bunch of flowering plants.

My house is a few blocks from woods, but only a few. I know this is not a big subdivision I live in and on the other side some have shot deer right there. Heck deer all over here and even a few wolves. I have only seen a couple in the last 10 years here, but know of a few that have been shot.

The last time I had a lease to hunt on I saw the big cat tracks in mud near my blind, right at a cross road and we are talking about dirt roads here that are just on the property. Of course big cats like that have a roaming radius of like 50 miles so they cover a lot of land. When you think about that it's amazing. I mean Lufkin is about 65 miles from me and since one or more are running around here and if their area was like mid way they would still cover all that distance and more.

I also like that every once in a while Wood Ducks will roost in the trees were I can see them out my back deck at the edge of my property, looking kind of in the direction of the lake. Is there a more beautiful bird than a Wood Duck? I just don't know that there is even though I have some more favorites that look pretty awesome too.

Check this out...
The Big Thicket region is home to an impressive array of approximately 1,300 species of tress, shrubs, vines, and grasses. By virtue of its diverse habitats, which range from sand hills to swamps, Big Thicket hosts a wide array of wildlife. About 60 mammal species are found in the park, in addition to almost 90 reptile amphibian species, more than 1,800 invertebrate species, almost 100 fish species, and 175 bird species.

Another description form another site...
Major North American biological influences bump up against each other here: southeastern swamps, Appalachians, eastern forests, central plains, and southwest deserts. Bogs sit near arid sandhills. Eastern bluebirds nest near roadrunners. There are 85 tree species, more than 60 shrubs, and nearly 1,000 other flowering plants, including 26 ferns and allies, 20 orchids and four of North America's five type of insect-eating plants. Nearly 300 kinds of birds live here or migrate through. Fifty reptile species include a small, rarely seen population of alligators. Amphibious frogs and toads abound.

How about that?

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