IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Despite deer and elk harvest numbers dropping across the board, numbers have shown to be relatively on track with historic 10-year averages for mule deer and elk.

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IDAHO COUNTY, Idaho — Two mule deer have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease, marking the first time the contagious prion illness has been confirmed in Idaho. The bucks were killed by hunters ...

California wildlife officials have confirmed the state’s first case of COVID-19 in a wild animal, detected in a mule deer killed in 2021 in El Dorado County. The infected deer was killed by a hunter ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Starting this Wednesday, four winter range closures take effect across the Deschutes National Forest to provide critical habitat for deer and elk, officials said Monday. Beginning ...

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 ...

The changes are aimed at reducing hunting pressure on public land and bringing the state’s flagging mule deer population out ...

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 ...

New USU research tracked movements of mule deer during drought and found that when water content in plants drops, deer will abandon their natural habitat for irrigated croplands.