Chester Veach was on his first ever deer hunt when he killed what would become the largest nontypical buck ever tagged in the state.

Most whitetail bucks reach their prime antler growth potential between ... like those where Heffelfinger manages mule deer and Coues deer. “We have two different weather regimes here,” he notes. “With ...

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 ...

Slightly more than half of deer hunters in North Dakota filled their tag in 2024, unchanged from the previous year.

The target resembles a large whitetail buck and comes with universal scoring ... including elk, axis deer, mule deer, and more. After familiarizing myself with the app (which takes about 10 ...

In Wyoming, 14% of all deer and elk tested last year were positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), the Wyoming Game 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 ...

It’s still a little early for biologists to read the tea leaves and know how the 2024-25 winter survival will affect this fall’s hunts, so stayed tuned for more on that down the road.

Hunter success for antlered white-tailed deer in 2024 was 49% and 44% for antlerless whitetails. Mule deer buck success was 80% and 78% for antlerless mule deer. Hunters with any-antlered or any ...