While everyone else is hunting the whitetail rut, you can put a tag on a great mule deer buck in these four keys places. Here's how.

Idaho has some of the most pristine wilderness in the country, largely undisturbed for generations. And as unchanging as the ...

While there are slight variations, the continent’s two main deer species–whitetails and mule deer–rut basically the same. The breeding peak for each species is roughly late October through ...

Nov. 17—Signs of the "rut" have emerged in northwest Montana as the general hunting season winds down with less than two weeks remaining. The general deer and elk hunting season concludes Nov ...

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 hunters hoping to take trophy bucks during the breeding season will often tell you that Thanksgiving is the peak of the rut.

Changes to hunting regulations meant to lessen pressure on mule deer bucks during the rut have been outlined by a group of hunters seeking to change regulations for the 2026-27 seasons.

Tomorrow I’m going to hunt below camp and see if it will change my luck.” Normally mule deer are nocturnal and are seen moving about only in the early morning and late evening. But during the rut ...

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 ...

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