The Catalina Island Conservancy says its deer-hunting plan is necessary to replenish the native vegetation on the island. However, as one might expect, the plan is facing criticism.

Invasive mule deer are pushing native plants to the brink on Catalina Island. Officials want to hunt animals from helicopters.

Some residents of Santa Catalina Island, California, oppose a plan to use helicopter-mounted sharpshooters to curb the deer population that is devastating ecosystem.

Mule deer face a lot of challenges, but groups like the MDF are supplying money, manpower, and science to help this Western icon thrive.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a series of online public meetings July 10 and 16 to explain and collect ...

Mule deer were introduced to the island in the early 1930s with a goal of increasing wildlife and as a hunting resource.

The contours of the island were also seen as prime ground for hunting, and 18 mule deer from California forests were introduced nearly a century ago.

Historically these seasons extended into November when the rut was in progress. Hunting mature mule deer bucks when their minds were on does made them more susceptible to being harvested.

A Week In Hunting Camp: The Mule Deer Highway Every trip to camp starts with the drive—with slowly leaving your day-to-day life in the rearview and dreaming of what’s ahead ...

CHEYENNE — A measure to separate mule deer hunting licenses from whitetail deer licenses made it past a panel of lawmakers Tuesday.

Tens of thousands of mule deer hunters, resident and non, who are mulling choices for this fall’s deer hunts in eastern Oregon need to know significant changes are afoot for 2026. The changes ...