Occurs nearly throughout the contiguous U.S., north into the border regions of Canada from British Columbia to New Brunswick, and south in Mexico locally to Michoac\u00e1n and the State of Mexico.<\/p>

Reintroduction and game management programs have resulted in widespread population increases and a general range expansion\u2014such that it now occurs in some parts of the western U.S. and Canada where it was not known to be native.<\/p>

Introduced populations are established in Hawaii (from Molokai to the Big Island), New Caledonia, New Zealand (North and South Islands), and locally in southern Australia (mainly on islands in Bass Strait and Kangaroo Island.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t