Show trend of big game population now on increase startling comparisons between human and animal populations are revealed in an analysis by the american wildlife institute of a big game inventory by the united states biological survey there are deer in michigan alone points out stanley T boggess who made the analysis tor for the institute there are 15 states in the union which have fewer than this number of human beings in general it is noted the entire trend of the big population is on the upswing it would be difficult to say just how many years it has been since the big game population of any given state exceeded the number of human beings in the same area the state which comes nearest this is nevada nevada s 91 people outnumber the big game reported in that state only by about 3 to 2 the five species of big game animals resident in nevada totals the state which comes nearest the proportions indicated by these figures is wyoming in that state nine big game species total more than this figure represents a sum equal to more than half of wyoming s reported population only two of the 48 states are with out deer according to this report A revelation which will be astonishing to some outside of pennsylvania is that the keystone state the second most populous in the union also ranks second in deer population with reported california leads the western states with deer the deer corn com prise more than four fifths of the big game of america outnumbering in population the great city of chicago in all there are 5 big game animals in america or less than one to every 25 persons re corded in the last census when one harks back to the mil hons bons of head of big game which roamed the country years ago these figures are but an insignificant remnant it is possible the ante lope and bison alone reached a fig ure over of the 15 species enumerated in the census only the deer seemed to have recovered to a figure appreciably near their original abend ance some of the species notably the big horn sheep are still on the decline A |