Things were opposite in the Southwest Region where despite a normal winter in Unit 39, which is one of the state’s ...

Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission will decide whether to make major changes to the boundaries of some mule deer hunts in Eastern and Central Oregon starting in 2026, and to reduce the number of ...

Hunting season started in August for some species but the heart of the annual event, the major rifle seasons for deer and elk, are still to come. The buck deer season for most units runs from Oct.

Rock Springs hunter Lori Dickinson said she feels blessed by how everything fell into place, giving her the opportunity to ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Winter is an extremely stressful time of year for mule deer in southeastern Idaho and is the single largest factor shaping deer numbers on the landscape from year-to-year.

A helicopter flies across the front of the Crazy Creek Fire on July 31, 2024. SALEM — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a series of online public meetings July 10 and 16 to explain ...

Last winter in Wyoming was so harsh that tens of thousands of deer and antelope perished. This season, thousands of hunters are voluntarily sitting out to give the herds time to recover. Wyoming is ...

The author with a stud mule deer buck. “Mule deer are dumb.” I wish I had a dollar for every time I have heard that incredibly infuriating statement. My typical sarcastic response is something like, ...

Keaton Weber, Game and Fish biologist in Wheatland, said the Mule Deer Monitoring Project is the first time Game and Fish conducted a collaring study on the Laramie Mountains herd. Weber also said ...

I’VE GOT a shoulder mount of a fine 4×4 mule deer buck on my wall, and if I look at him from just the right angle, I’ll swear that he’s wearing a slight smirk. Shooting that buck was like backlashing ...

A mild winter has helped stabilize the mule deer population in western North Dakota. The state Game and Fish Department's annual mule deer survey found numbers 1% higher than last year, though still 4 ...