I understand that elk are at the top of the glamour podium in western American big game hunting, but that doesn’t stop me ...

Idaho has some of the most pristine wilderness in the country, largely undisturbed for generations. And as unchanging as the seasons, each fall, white-tail deer and mule deer go a little wilder than ...

When humans fall into a rut, it’s understood that our lives have become routine and boring. When a road becomes rutted, overuse in wet conditions have resulted in a dangerous drive. But if you’re a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lone mule deer buck stands on a snowy ridge. (Photo by Matt Kaminski / Adobe Stock) I’ve always been a big woods whitetail ...

Mule deer hunters hoping to take trophy bucks during the breeding season will often tell you that Thanksgiving is the peak of the rut. Believe me, that’s not necessarily so. The peak of the rut ...

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 ...

It was dark as a tomb as I slipped through the sagebrush and down a steep slope, my flashlight slicing through the black. The moon and stars were smothered by low, scudding clouds. Snow was in the air ...

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 ...

CHEYENNE — A measure to separate mule deer hunting licenses from whitetail deer licenses made it past a panel of lawmakers Tuesday. The Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources ...

The general deer and elk hunting season is down to the final week. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ game check stations in Northwest Montana have logged more than 9,000 hunters through the first five ...