For these numbers, we have included all deer species. That includes white-tail deer, mule deer, black-tail deer, and a handful of rare deer species. Alabama’s deer are all white-tails.

Traditionally ungulates were considered even or odd-toed hoofed animals, however, as genetics demonstrated new relationships between species, the number of animals who qualify as ungulates expanded.

The hunters harvested 5,794 deer – 4,884 white-tailed deer and 910 mule deer – for a success rate of 26%.

CWD is a neurological disease that is fatal to white tailed deer and other similar species like mule deer, elk and moose.