Shed hunting is the pursuit for antlers cast off by members of the deer (cervidae) family, including whitetail and mule deer, elk, caribou, and moose. Every year in late winter or early spring, bucks ...

I’ve been hunting in the woods lately, but without a firearm or a bow. Vernal pools are boiling with mating wood frogs. Honking geese fill the skies. Trees have not yet begun to bud so the sun is warm ...

Granby, Colorado, isn’t a particularly notable mountain town. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a lovely place, but its history is textbook West. Like so many of the towns scattered throughout the Rockies, it ...

Big game animals are dropping their antlers across the West. Moose and whitetails have been shedding since January, followed by mule deer in February and elk through March. Shed hunters in the region ...

Mule deer hunters have reason to be optimistic about this fall, and cautious about the future. Mule deer harvest increased by 30% last fall over the 2023 season, and signs look promising that we could ...

Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission will decide Sept. 12 whether to make major changes to the boundaries of some mule deer hunts in Eastern and Central Oregon starting in 2026, and to reduce the ...

At first glance, North America’s two main deer species—the whitetail and the mule deer —can look very much the same. But there are important differences, and being able to spot them will not only help ...

Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission will decide whether to make major changes to the boundaries of some mule deer hunts in Eastern and Central Oregon starting in 2026, and to reduce the number of ...