Mule Deer Falls in the Streets of Butte, $1k Reward for Information Offered
A 5 x 5 mule deer buck laid in the streets of Uptown Butte, Montana Monday morning sporting a fresh bullet wound to his side. Law enforcement officers found the buck early Monday morning collapsed by the gutter on North Main Street east of the Original Mine Yard. As it is illegal to discharge […]
Mule Deer Populations Rebound in Southeastern Montana
Four years ago mule deer numbers in some areas of Montana had declined by as much a 55 percent, prompting the elimination of all mule deer doe B tags across the state in 2014. Fast forward to 2016 and things are looking much better for mulies in the southeastern region of the Big Sky […]
Utah Green-Lights 4k Additional Deer Permits, New Cow Elk Hunt for 2016
With populations on the rise, the Utah Wildlife Board recently approved the addition of more than 4,000 general buck deer permits for the fall of 2016. The state also has approved a cow elk hunt, offering over 12,000 permits to private land hunters. With the total number of deer in Utah increasing for the […]
North Dakota’s Mule Deer Populations on the Rise
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently released the results from its annual spring mule deer survey earlier this month and populations are growing to the tune of an increase of 21 percent. The annual survey takes place each spring and is used primarily to assess the abundance of mule deer in the badlands. […]
University of Wyoming Launches Study of Mule Deer and Elk Interactions
In an attempt to gain a better understanding of the decline of mule deer populations across the West, biologists from the University of Wyoming have launched a new research project. Titled the Deer-Elk Ecology Research Project, or D.E.E.R. project, this fast-paced study will see researchers capture and collar 50 female mule deer and 35 […]