When you think of Yosemite’s most dangerous wildlife, grizzlies or mountain lions might come to mind—but according to the ...

Mule deer bucks, especially during mating season, are prone to aggressive behavior, using their antlers to fight one another, ...

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

As you hike, you’ll spot mountain goats and roe deer and can call in at the villages where traditional ... Spend days walking ...

As mule deer populations continue to decline across the West, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) says it will use better data to manage its annual mule deer hunts.

SALEM — Due to effects from wildfires in the summer of 2024, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has reduced the number of tags for two mule deer hunts in the Murderers Creek Unit in Grant ...

Timely rains and above-average moisture are even more influential in arid regions, like those where Heffelfinger manages mule deer and Coues deer. “We have two different weather regimes here,” he ...

Statewide winter survival for mule deer fawns and elk calves has shown to be right in line with years past. Through the middle of March 2025, 67% of fawns and 93% of calves (with tracking collars ...

Big game hunters apparently got after it in the fall of 2024, accomplishing a statewide hat trick of harvest increases — the first time since 2020 — of elk, mule deer and white-tailed 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 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 hunts ...