A big buck presumably will come ... you can’t pattern them consistently.” Blacktail behavior varies by geography, Haugen said. “Your coastal deer act very different from your valley floor ...

By keeping their borders open, they could provide sustainable habitat for the wildlife—namely, blacktail deer, or coastal mule deer ... The first buck I spotted was at the opposite end of ...

DEAR JOAN: A few weeks ago as I was driving south on Pleasant Hill Road near Green Valley Drive in Lafayette and I saw a very small buck ... mule deer. They’re also known as coastal blacktail.