Here’s a look at how the big three of North American deer species—deer, elk, and moose–go about rutting. The Whitetail and Mule Deer Rut. Bucks should hitting rubs and scrapes hard today.

I don’t blind call to mule deer, like I may for whitetails, and I use my optics to find rutting bucks. Whitetail bucks chase single does in thick cover, but rutting muleys will gather a harem of ...

If the “mule deer vs. whitetail deer” game were about who would win in a fight, muleys might take the prize. Mule deer will get a little bigger than whitetails, especially leading up to the rut. Mule ...

As we have discussed here before, the term rut is used to describe the mating season for the various members of the deer tribe, that is, the family Cervidae. This includes whitetail deer, mule ...

The Sunflower State has white-tailed and mule deer in considerable numbers, both of which experience rutting season. It’s the rare time of year when deer are less skittish, so they venture out ...

Bucks in the rut! Our intern Chloe West was driving down La Plata County Road 213 last night and saw a large herd of mule deer crossing. Then, she captured this video of two bucks clashing in ...

Bucks in the rut! Our intern Chloe West was driving down La Plata County Road 213 last night and saw a large herd of mule deer crossing. Then, she captured this video of two bucks clashing in ...

Bucks in the rut! Our intern Chloe West was driving down La Plata County Road 213 last night and saw a large herd of mule deer crossing. Then, she captured this video of two bucks clashing in ...

The mule deer was likely in rut when it smashed into a Colorado Springs home on Tuesday. Credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Author: Jennifer Campbell-Hicks ...

Bucks in the rut! Our intern Chloe West was driving down La Plata County Road 213 last night and saw a large herd of mule deer crossing. Then, she captured this video of two bucks clashing in ...