White - tail deer were also exterminated from the area , as they were from the entire state , by about 1900 .
The populations of bison , elk and cougar that attracted the earliest settlers to Smoke Hole have long since gone .
White - tail deer were also exterminated from the area , as populations were from the entire state , by about 1900 .
The populations of bison , elk and cougar that attracted the earliest settlers to Smoke Hole have long since gone .