The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is closing 23,400 acres — about 36 square miles — of the Methow Wildlife Area for the third winter in a row to protect mule deer. The closures ...
When recreating in state-managed forests, rivers, lakes and other wildlife areas, how often do you stop to think about how ...
Washington is proposing an annual closure for a wildlife area in the Methow Valley in an effort to help mule deer. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a news release Friday that it ...
SPOKANE, Wash. — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will use helicopters to conserve the state’s mule deer population. In mid-January, professional crews plan to use helicopters to capture ...
Meeker-area hunting outfitter Shawn Welder had just come down from the high country in the Flat Tops in mid-July and was struck by the absence of something he would see as a teen when doing guiding up ...
A 67-year-old woman in Silver Cliff, Colorado, was hospitalized with bruising and a puncture wound after being gored by a mule-deer buck this weekend. Deer are in the middle of their mating season, ...
Under Washington state law, spotlighting is a gross misdemeanor punishable with a two-year suspension of hunting privileges. Spotlighting after a big game offense within the past 10 years is a felony ...
It’s no secret that mule deer face some serious challenges. Habitat loss, climate change, pressure from predators, chronic wasting disease, and a host of other factors are issues for the West’s most ...
Mule deer graze in sagebrush during the fall 2023 migration near the Prospect Mountains in western Wyoming. New UW research shows that cheatgrass and other invasive plants are threatening deer habitat ...
These two mule deer were spotted four miles north of Laramie. Holly Ernest, a UW professor of wildlife genomics and disease ecology, and Melanie LaCava, a recent UW Ph.D. graduate in the Program in ...
Aug 12, 2022 Aug 12, 2022 Updated Oct 2, 2023 Addressing the issue by separating the muzzleloader and archery seasons could be difficult, agency staff noted in a memo last fall on the issue. Both ...