Silvan wrote:
....
... I don't think deer used to roam the great plains, did they? ...

"...where the deer and the antelope play..."

Yes, they did (and do, particularly now that there's so much CRP grass
again). I saw three sets of twin fawns this spring/summer just on our
land, thanks to the bountiful(for us) rains this spring and again
starting in mid-June...