By the end of the 19th century, when the tanning industry had clear-cut hemlocks from Catskills forests, and abandoned farms left big expanses of pasture, there were no wild turkeys in the mountains, and deer had nearly disappeared.
By the end of the 19th century, when the tanning industry had clear-cut hemlocks from Catskills forests, and abandoned farms left big expanses of pasture, there were no wild turkeys in the mountains, and deer had nearly disappeared.