They shared the footage of the fawn running on the district's official Facebook page, coining the deer as "the rarest of rare." A black-coated mule deer indicates melanism, a genetic abnormality ...

Winter survival is typically the biggest single factor affecting mule deer herds, and the long-term average is about 60% of ...

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.

“We very rarely see elk populations affected by a hard winter. But we see that fairly often with mule deer,” said Fish and ...

As mule deer populations continue to decline across the West, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) says it will ...