Gentleman's Pursuits on MSN

Montana's deer crisis: A fight for fair hunting

In the heart of Big Sky Country, where wide-open spaces have long drawn hunters chasing the thrill of a big mule deer buck, ...

I Took Brett Favre on His First Mule Deer Hunt

Marvin Heemeyer briefly put Granby on the map back in 2004, but for reasons the local chamber of commerce would probably just ...
Outdoor Life

Most of My Buddies Weren’t Tough Enough to Hunt Velvet Bucks at 13,000 Feet

This story, “High in the Velvet,” appeared in the August 1970 issue of Outdoor Life. I SELDOM PLAN a hunt without knowing just what I’m letting myself in for. With this trip, though, I almost bit off ...
La Grande Observer

Aiming for a high-country archery buck

At the start of 2023 I made it a goal to kill a high country archery mule deer, and I knew I had a lot of work ahead of me going into the summer. I started my summer scouting around mid-July and was ...
University of Wyoming

Invasive Grasses Threaten Mule Deer but Strategic Action Can Turn the Tide, UW Research Suggests

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 ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

This Utah city is building a ‘luge’ to guide wildlife through its fast-growing neighborhoods

Editor’s note • This story was originally published by High Country News. Eagle Mountain • Every spring, around 2,000 mule deer traipse through Utah’s Cedar Valley, a broad, sage-dotted flatland some ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Mule Deer 101 one of many summer seminars

No matter what Alice Cooper might have suggested, school's not out for the summer. The über-scary heavy metal rocker might never be a deer hunter but even he would learn a thing or two during the ...