Four mule deer were shot in separate incidents and left to waste. Now, IDFG conservation officers are now asking the public for information about the shootings.

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 ...

Mule deer populations briefly rose during the 1990s to almost 275,000 but then declined again after 2000. In 2022 the population estimate was 162,600 animals. Within the population, ...

Of the samples tested, 19.4% came back positive in hunter-harvested mule deer bucks, 29.2% in hunter-harvested white-tailed bucks and 2.3% in … 18% of mule deer in northeastern Montana have ...