I guess so...
in all my Texas, NM and OK time, never saw even one except in a cage.
heard them up close though, and I left. The .44 was at home; I was unarmed but for a Boy Scout knife.
I've never even hunted deer. A pal has a batch of Southern VA acreage and the invitation is open. I guess it's my time to give it a crack. Good excuse for a new or used slug barrel for the 870.