Mule Deer Hunting

The best stories and tips on mule deer hunting in the West.

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A lone mule deer buck stands on a snowy ridge.
Hunting

Why Mule Deer Are North America’s Greatest Big-Game Animal

By Kubie Brown

Freel and Miller Drag a Buck
Hunting

Hunter Amnesia: What It Is, and How You Can Avoid It

By Tyler Freel

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Hunting

The Biggest Mishaps of My Deer-Hunting Career, by Jim Zumbo

By Jim Zumbo

Learning how to skin a deer is relatively easy, all you need is a sharp knife.
Hunting

How to Skin a Deer, Step by Step

By Natalie Krebs

Two hunters sit and pose in the bed of a truck next to a mule deer.
Hunting

An Old-School Western Mule Deer Hunt, in Memory of Two Midwestern Dads

By Andrew McKean

An illustration of a woman carrying a mule deer skull through the yellow aspens.
Hunting

My First Buck Was the Biggest Typical Mule Deer Ever Taken with a Bow. I Almost Discarded the Antlers

By Bill Barcus as told to Lee Kline

A buck in a field during the rut.
Hunting

When and How to Use a Grunt Tube to Call in Deer

By Charles J. Alsheimer, Michael Hanback, Natalie Krebs

An illustration of an old-school bowhunter glassing a hillside.
Hunting

A Dozen Blown Stalks: Teaching My Buddy to Bowhunt Mule Deer

By Brian Kahn

Three riders on the edge of a big canyon.
Hunting

Carmichel Hunts Mule Deer in the Legendary Arizona Strip

By Jim Carmichel

A Colorado bowhunter with mule deer buck.
Hunting

Velvet Mule Deer Buck from Colorado Could Be a New Archery World Record, but Questions Around the Hunt Remain

By Dac Collins

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Are You Stoked for Your DIY Western Big Game Hunt? Here’s What the Hunting Podcasts and Influencers Don’t Tell You

By Alex Robinson

Two old school hunters drag out a mule deer
Hunting

McRae in Montana: Two Botched Shots and One Chance at Redemption on Mountain Mule Deer

By Bill McRae

whitetail deer
Conservation

Are Chronic Wasting Disease Fears Making People Quit Deer Hunting?

By Christine Peterson

Jack O'Connor spots a giant mule deer in this black and white illustration.
Hunting

O’Connor in Arizona: Lost, Trigger Happy, and Tagged Out

By Jack O’Connor

montana mule deer
Conservation

Montana Police Chief Faces Felony Charges for Illegally Hunting on Tribal Lands and Tampering with Witnesses

By Alex Robinson

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Hunting

Decoying Prairie Bucks with Dad

By Derek Horner

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Conservation

Montana Raises Record Funds for a Coveted Mule Deer Tag — Through a Public Raffle

By Andrew McKean

Chronic wasting disease hunter head dropoff container
Big Game Hunting

Viral Articles Claim Two ‘Hunters Died After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison.’ Here’s What Really Happened

By Katie Hill

A buck lies half-submerged in half-frozen water.
Hunting

Question of Ethics: The Buck I Was Snow Tracking Suddenly Broke Through the Ice. Should I Shoot Him?

By Nick Fasciano

High fence deer could hold the key to CWD resistance.
Conservation

Here’s What Top Chronic Wasting Disease Researchers Can’t Say on the Record

By Andrew McKean