Montana’s either-sex, either-species deer tag can dismay resident hunters. But with a guest from out state, it can also be a ...

Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission will decide Sept. 12 whether to make major changes to the boundaries of some mule deer hunts in Eastern and Central Oregon starting in 2026, and to reduce the ...

Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission will decide whether to make major changes to the boundaries of some mule deer hunts in Eastern and Central Oregon starting in 2026, and to reduce the number of ...

Three years after a brutal winter crushed mule deer populations in the western Wyoming mountains, the herd is bouncing back — ...

The Settlemire family’s 2025 Wyoming deer hunting season kicked off with quick success and venison headed for the freezer.

Granby, Colorado, isn’t a particularly notable mountain town. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a lovely place, but its history is textbook West. Like so many of the towns scattered throughout the Rockies, it ...

Mule deer hunters have reason to be optimistic about this fall, and cautious about the future. Mule deer harvest increased by 30% last fall over the 2023 season, and signs look promising that we could ...

This story, “I Work for My Bucks,” appeared in the October 1962 issue of Outdoor Life. I had caugt two fleeting glimpses of the big buck. The first was when he went sailing in long bounds across a ...

At first glance, North America’s two main deer species—the whitetail and the mule deer —can look very much the same. But there are important differences, and being able to spot them will not only help ...