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.

Caption Mule deer in Wyoming have a shaggy appearance as they seek to recover from the long winter months on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. A 14-year study in Wyoming’s Atlantic Rim region ...

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 state of Utah is currently auctioning off hundreds ...

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 ...

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

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.

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.