Mule deer numbers have declined across much of their habitat in western North America. The drop seems to have been especially steep in the late 1980s and early ’90s, possibly because of the ...

Sheep Mountain is home to big mule deer, but it's too rugged for most hunters. That's why my buddies and I decided to tackle it. By Jim Carmichel. Published Jun 5, 2025 10:36 AM EDT. ... All I Wanted ...

One 1989 book, “The Deer of North America,” estimated the rate of albinism in mule deer at 1 in every 500,000 deer. An Outdoor Life article on albino whitetail deer put the number at 1 in ...

It's estimated more than 3,000 elk are in the area during the mating season, which is prime time for elk watching and the major draw for more than 70,000 visitors to Rocky Mountain National Park ...

In most parts of the country, the deer rutting season hits hard around November. Bucks are chasing does, running through the woods and open spaces, and making themselves unusually visible. Alabama ...

Rut is a mule deer buck s Achilles heel, he says. Many states, such as Wyoming, don t allow deer hunting during the rut. The Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, ...

The world record for typical mule deer belongs to Doug Burris Jr. who bagged his buck in Dolores County, Colorado, on the third day of the 1972 season. It scored 226-4/8 Many have tried, but all have ...

Elk, mule deer and pronghorn antelope often have well-defined routes between summer and winter ranges that they may only use a few days or weeks a year as they pass from one to the other.

If you live west of the Mississippi and he hunts elk, mule deer, and antelope you might consider going with the 6.5 PRC or .300 Winchester Magnum. If he’s an old school dude, then get him the 30-06 ...

Pronghorn and elk also used the 2,036-acre property, which is slated for development into a world-class shooting operation, and is expected to draw gun enthusiasts from far and wide. Mule deer crucial ...

In response to the 2025-26 Big Game Season Setting process, Fish and Game’s Panhandle Regional Supervisor Carson Watkins said, “We’re very grateful for the constructive engagement of the ...