Mule deer are tough to pattern, but when hunting the West, especially in lower country with more open terrain, I have had incredible success hunting them from a tree stand with archery gear.

A lone mule deer that was found blind and emaciated in Custer County, Idaho, this summer had the plague, the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine announced Sept. 18.. The Idaho ...

A mule deer wanders the South Cuyama Oil Field, February 16, 2001, near New Cuyama, CA in Santa Barbara County. Rangers in Idaho helped a mule deer free itself from a trash can lid stuck ...

If the “mule deer vs. whitetail deer” game were about who would win in a fight, muleys might take the prize. Mule deer will get a little bigger than whitetails, especially leading up to the rut. Mule ...

Mule deer faces are gray, sometimes very light-gray (at least in the fall), while whitetail faces are tawny or brownish, with white typically found around the eyes, nose, and mouth.

California wildlife officials have confirmed the state's first case of COVID-19 in a wild animal, detected in a mule deer killed in 2021 in El Dorado County.

While the mule deer has 99 problems, it’s too early to tell if the whitetail is one, at least in a direct competition, though there has certainly been pearl clutching on the matter.

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The 56,000 or so people who hunt mule deer east of the Cascades each year, whether they carry a rifle or a bow, could see a major change in the boundaries of many hunt areas in 2026. This fall’s ...

Reports of groups of up to 10 mule deer in Southeast Alaska near Skagway have been received by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and there is evidence that fawns are being born here. Studies ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is developing a new Statewide Mule Deer Management Plan and is looking for public feedback through a series of workshops. “It’s a challenge to assess the current ...