Wildlife departments have hard time tracking numbers. Know FL season last year they killed more bears than department thought was in the state! MO DC went from denying there were bears in state just a couple of years ago to now having a limited hunting season this year! With all the trail cams out there they just couldn't deny how many there were. especially when they showed up repeatedly in suburbs of STL. New buddy of mine is the guy who goes out and traps problem animals for MDC and says lots more than folks think.