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

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 ...

Due to effects from wildfires in the summer of 2024, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has reduced the number of ...

Sam Dwinnell, expedition leader, studied the behaviors, habitats, and life-histories of Wyoming Range mule deer from 2013-2020 as a research scientist with the Haub School. She has captured Canada ...

Winter survival is typically the biggest single factor affecting mule deer herds, and the long-term average is about 60% of fawns surviving their first winter, but during hard winters that can be ...

Tens of thousands of mule deer hunters, resident and non, are mulling choices for this fall’s deer hunts in eastern Oregon need to know significant changes are afoot for 2026.

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 ...

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

The items up for auction include hundreds of antlers from mule deer and elk, many of them still attached to the skull. Photos courtesy Utah DWR The ... back toward wildlife conservation.” One of the ...

"In this area, you have the most highly coveted mule deer hunt in the state of Oregon. The Trout Creek Mountains is a hunt that everybody strives for." The BLM described certain facets of the ...

The proposed changes are only for mule deer, Smith said. ODFW is not proposing to do the same thing for Rocky Mountain elk, at least for now, and hunts for elk, antelope, bighorn sheep and ...