The author with a stud mule deer buck. “Mule deer are dumb.” I wish I had a dollar for every time I have heard that incredibly infuriating statement. My typical sarcastic response is something like, ...

The Boone & Crockett Club has been keeping meticulous records of the continent's most impressive big game animals for more than a century. In that time, thousands of mulie bucks have made the books, ...

I’ve always been a big woods whitetail hunter. I grew up in New England, where deer hunting meant tracking, still hunting, and roving through endless miles of mixed hardwoods and thick pine forests ...

It was more of an “I thought I saw it” than a real movement that drew my attention to some thick weeds and grass on the lip of a small terrace about 85 yards below. Through my 7X35 binoculars, I ...

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 major change in the boundaries of many hunt areas in 2026. This fall’s hunts ...

In the West, the general rifle season for mule deer occurs in October. Utah’s general rifle season begins Oct. 19, while units in southeast Idaho generally start on Oct. 10. Historically these seasons ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI)– The Idaho Department of Fish and Game released its 2025 Deer/Elk Hunting Outlook report earlier this week, and deer and elk populations should be strong across the state for ...