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

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 ...

Those two deer, and the doe’s two fawns and a yearling doe, had been milling about a wooded hilltop 50 yards away while working toward a picked cornfield.

As spring thaws the Central Cascades, a herd of roughly 250 elk are embarking on their seasonal migration between winter and summer range. From lower elevations around Lake Billy Chinook, these elk ...