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http://www.fieldandstream.com/articles/hunting/big-game/elk/2009/01/state-sate-elk-hunting-report
Deer? Texas by far the largest with over 4 million, approximately twice that of any other state. Colorado: approximately 700,000 (source).
Texas is home to the most white-tailed deer of any other U.S. state or Canadian province with an estimated population of over four million. Notably high populations of white-tailed deer occur in the Edwards Plateau of Central Texas. Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Indiana also boast high deer densities. (Wiki.)