Yeah I apologize for leaving Maryland off my eastern states list!
And why wouldn’t they be back or their numbers increasing? The deer population and other prey is exploding, the predator population will respond likewise. Whether this is a growth in a survivor remnant few or immigrants from the West or Florida what does it matter, they’re back!
Someone will probably have to be killed before it’s acknowledged.
Our deer population is for crap.
They’re dying from that ‘mad deer’ disease spreading down from PA and lots of hunters go to WV and VA to hunt, now.
The massive herds I used to see all the time are now a scattering of does, here and there.
Frankly, I’d be nervous about eating MD venison.