I have never researched but does anybody know what deer populations were like way back them. I know my grandfather used to tell me that in the early to mid 1900's you would go years and never see a deer in the part of Indiana he grew up in. Turkey's will likely be the same way. There was a time were wild turkeys in east central Indiana were unheard of, now most counties have them.

I too have seen images of hunters with a deer cape on their back trying to sneak into a herd.