I’ve always been a big woods whitetail hunter. I grew up in New England, where deer hunting meant tracking, still hunting, and roving through endless miles of mixed hardwoods and thick pine forests ...

Wildlife experts have been predicting a mule deer extinction for decades. Luckily, no one seems to have told the deer ...

On that day two weekends ago, 13-year-old Lyndi Ishler of Petty Creek and 30-year-old Oby Schulz of Evaro each bagged magnificent trophy mule deer bucks. For Ishler, a seventh-grade student at ...

BILLINGS — Most hunters would agree that hunting the rut for whitetails and mule deer is the perfect time to see big bucks. But the rut can be a most elusive thing. We know the breeding season in this ...

This story, “High in the Velvet,” appeared in the August 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. I SELDOM PLAN a hunt without knowing just what I’m letting myself in for. With this trip, though, I almost bit off ...

I’VE GOT a shoulder mount of a fine 4×4 mule deer buck on my wall, and if I look at him from just the right angle, I’ll swear that he’s wearing a slight smirk. Shooting that buck was like backlashing ...

This story, “Rookie Season: Brett Favre’s First Mule Deer,” was first published in Outdoor Life on Sept. 24, 2012. Granby, Colorado, isn’t a particularly notable mountain town. Don’t get me wrong, ...

CLYDE – Barney’s Carryout is carrying on the tradition of the old-time big buck contest with a photo on the winner’s board. The photos are done with cell phones today and not Polaroid cameras, but ...

Public land hunting removes every advantage except preparation. This mule deer hunt unfolds across distance, elevation, and ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Wildlife Board approved the big game hunting permit numbers for 2025, as well as a few other changes to big game hunting rules in Utah, during its public meeting on May 1.