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

Even a quarter-mile distant, the buck looked huge. His long body stood out black against golden aspens and, when he raised his head, the massive antlers glowed in the first sun of morning. “Just look ...

I’VE GOT a shoulder mount of a fine 4×4 mule deer buck on my wall, and if I look at him from just the right angle, I’ll swear that he’s wearing a slight smirk. Shooting that buck was like backlashing ...

We awoke to a howling wind beating against our uninsulated 14-foot enclosed trailer. As I sat up, my breath hung in the air like a fog. I fumbled around for a lighter to spark the propane buddy heater ...

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department contracted with HDNR Consulting LLC, a Colorado firm, to conduct a human dimensions survey of Badlands archery and gun hunters. The North Dakota Game and Fish ...

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 ...

Statewide, east and west river archery and muzzleloader deer licenses could change from “any deer” to “any buck deer,” and ...

Clark "Bart" Bartkowski's mule deer hunt of a lifetime happened this year after drawing one of the coveted mule deer permits for the East Fork of the Bitterroot. The decision nearly 20 years ago that ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Missouri Breaks hunters need to carefully check regulations since opportunities to tag mule deer ...

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 ...