Re: Indegenous Wildlife ca. 19th century America
Speaking for Indiana:
Many people have wondered why there is a bison on our Stae Seal (in fact, my fiance had to argue with a teacher during her last semester in college that bison were indeginous). We certainly had them here in our early Statehood. By the 1860's they, like the peoples we were named after, were all but gone.
Most Indiana game present today were present then as well. By 1957 we had hunted the White tail deer to extinction...let me assure you that this is no longer a problem here. Quail, coyote, grey squirrel, crow, blue birds, Jays, martins, starlings, grackel, pigeons, chipmunk, rabbit, muskrat, possum, raccoon, and many more all still abound (a few of the above routinely are found in my garage).
Three off the top of my head that we have had fair success in bringing back in recent years (would have been common in s. 19):
Bobcat: You can hear them scream out at my parents house now, they sound like an evil woman.
Turkey: So successful that we have two hunting seasons now.
Pheasant: Not doing quite as well with these, mostly in Northern Indiana, which any true Hoosier will tell you is full of fake Hoosiers that trace their lineage to PA and OH...Gads!!
Wolves only live in Wolf Park in Lafayette, though they did roam free at one time.
Bill Young would be profoundly better at discussing this than I. I may have eaten nearly every living creature, but Bill has likely killed one.
Speaking for Indiana:
Many people have wondered why there is a bison on our Stae Seal (in fact, my fiance had to argue with a teacher during her last semester in college that bison were indeginous). We certainly had them here in our early Statehood. By the 1860's they, like the peoples we were named after, were all but gone.
Most Indiana game present today were present then as well. By 1957 we had hunted the White tail deer to extinction...let me assure you that this is no longer a problem here. Quail, coyote, grey squirrel, crow, blue birds, Jays, martins, starlings, grackel, pigeons, chipmunk, rabbit, muskrat, possum, raccoon, and many more all still abound (a few of the above routinely are found in my garage).
Three off the top of my head that we have had fair success in bringing back in recent years (would have been common in s. 19):
Bobcat: You can hear them scream out at my parents house now, they sound like an evil woman.
Turkey: So successful that we have two hunting seasons now.
Pheasant: Not doing quite as well with these, mostly in Northern Indiana, which any true Hoosier will tell you is full of fake Hoosiers that trace their lineage to PA and OH...Gads!!
Wolves only live in Wolf Park in Lafayette, though they did roam free at one time.
Bill Young would be profoundly better at discussing this than I. I may have eaten nearly every living creature, but Bill has likely killed one.
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