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, ...

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 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 ...

Thirty-one years ago, 1,321 mule deer were shot by hunters in Hunting District 502 — a record high. The district extends south from Billings with the Crow Reservation to the east and the Clarks Fork ...

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 ...