The decoy didn’t hinder my draw, and my arrow passed through the buck’s vitals. The author with the Mule Deer Stalker decoy and a 4×4 buck taken in South Dakota. Derek Horner I was impressed ...

If you’ve never been mule deer hunting on the prairie or in the mountains, then you should start making a plan to do it right now. Why? You know those dreams in your head of wide, forking ...

On average, mule deer stand between 31 and 42 inches at the shoulder and weigh between 121 and 331 lbs. Male mule deer are usually larger than females. Elk vs. Mule Deer: Antlers ...

It wasn’t a ghost that Nels Houghton first saw while jogging in the early morning near his home a few months ago, but the albino mule deer fawn proved just about as elusive. Houghton would only ...

The Idaho government said in a statement: "Trash can lids make awkward necklaces for deer. A mule deer doe in McCall with a trash can lid stuck on her neck. The distressed deer was first spotted ...

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. The infected deer was killed by a ...

A recent report by Western wildlife agencies found mule deer declining in four states, including Wyoming, and one Canadian province. Montana’s population was reported as stable, although certain ...

Park officials in Yosemite are warning visitors about what they say is “one of the most dangerous animals” in the park — and the unlikely culprit has neither fangs nor claws. Mule deer ...

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 ...

The Catalina Island Conservancy scrapped its plan to eradicate the mule deer population on Catalina Island with a helicopter marksman after receiving strong opposition from residents and LA County ...

A plan by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to increase the mule deer population statewide has been approved, setting the stage for sweeping changes to the way they are managed.