BILLINGS – Mule deer populations in Eastern Montana are showing strong signs of recovery based on post-hunting season surveys this winter.

Growing big bucks Wildlife biologists say that the genetics for a large-antlered mule deer are less likely to show up in Montana than in some other Western states to the south, like Utah or Colorado.

The world record for typical mule deer belongs to Doug Burris Jr. who bagged his buck in Dolores County, Colorado, on the third day of the 1972 season. It scored 226-4/8. Many have tried, but all ...

He secured permission to hunt the land but had just hours to set trail cameras before leaving on a Colorado elk and mule deer hunt. "There I was in Colorado and all I could think of was that buck ...

The world record for typical mule deer belongs to Doug Burris Jr. who bagged his buck in Dolores County, Colorado, on the third day of the 1972 season. It scored 226-4/8 Many have tried, but all have ...

Sheep Mountain is home to big mule deer, but it's too rugged for most hunters. That's why my buddies and I decided to tackle it. By Jim Carmichel. Published Jun 5, 2025 10:36 AM EDT. ... My First Buck ...

Mule deer numbers have declined across much of their habitat in western North America. The drop seems to have been especially steep in the late 1980s and early ’90s, possibly because of the ...

In several areas, though, Cambria County supports good-size deer herds. And our corn-fed farmland bucks sport bigger racks than those found in the heavily forested moun­tainous parts of the state.

A North Dakota couple has been fined and lost their hunting and fishing privileges after pleading guilty to illegally killing a trophy mule deer buck in southeast Montana. On Sept. 5, 2022, game ...

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— A North Dakota couple has been ordered to pay $8,000 in restitution plus $600 in fines, and sentenced to a six-month suspended jail sentence for illegally harvesting a trophy mule deer buck.