We have the largest herd of elk east of the Mississippi here in E. Ky, 50,000 the experts say. Maybe the Yellowstone elk moved?
Before Daniel Boone went to KY to help settle it with soldiers from the American Revolution, who got land as their reward, that was Kentucky County, VA....then it became Kentucky the State. It had originated as the Indian Hunting Grounds filled with game, that was why the Indians fought so hard for KY even after the government decision......it’s a natural habitat for those elk and other game.