Mule deer are generalist foragers when it comes to their dietary habits. Currently, 788 species of plants have been identified as common food sources that vary through the seasons.

Fences that impede mule deer — big-eared cousins of whitetail deer — or pronghorn antelope can be deadly. Roads, such as Interstate 80 from Wyoming to California, also hold up and kill ...

Mule deer in open country tend to funnel toward solitary trees or a stand of trees, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. If you plan to ambush deer with a rifle, there is little to it.

The chance to hunt a single mule deer buck this fall on Utah’s Antelope Island had just been sold for $500,000, which is $90,000 more than the previous record price, set in 2016. The Expo crowd barely ...

If the “mule deer vs. whitetail deer” game were about who would win in a fight, muleys might take the prize. Mule deer will get a little bigger than whitetails, especially leading up to the rut. Mule ...

There’s something wildly beautiful and majestic about deer. These beautiful mammals exist in nature with so many interesting ...

A mule deer buck walks through the Red Desert during the fall migration, heading south toward Rock Springs near the Big Sandy River. A comprehensive study was published recently showing mule deer ...

The mule deer — whose population now stands at about 2,400 — is the most destructive invasive species left on the island, situated 22 miles south of Palos Verdes Peninsula.

And the nation’s largest mule deer herd, located in northwestern Colorado, has decreased in the past decade by more than two-thirds — to 32,000 at latest estimate, down from 105,900 in 2005.

A mule deer doe in McCall with a trash can lid stuck on her neck. The distressed deer was first spotted by passers-by in Idaho. Zenger/IDFG "Late last week, Fish and Game's McCall office received ...

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 ...