Mule Deer Articles

Matt Addington captures two incredible deer photos — one whitetail and one muley — and explains the background story behind each one.

On many spot-and-stalk bowhunts in the West, the animals bust you time and time again, sometimes never giving you a decent shooting opportunity. On this Wyoming muley hunt, everything comes together for Levi Morgan on stalk No. 1.

Trekking across remote mountain country with your camp on your back offers a serious hunting edge. Here are some tips for planning a successful bivy adventure.

Tips for planning DIY bowhunts for spring black bears, early fall mule deer, late-season elk and winter Coues deer.

A big summit and its slopes held two mature mule deer bucks day after day, and the author finally connected with one of them on day No. 8 of his DIY public land Colorado bowhunt.

Here’s what influencers and podcasters aren’t telling you.

Bowhunt long enough and you WILL miss. Period. How you deal with it is critical to your future success in the field.

While all bowhunting trips are adventurous, not all are pleasant. And some are downright dangerous.

While stalking late-season mule deer across the ice-coated prairies, the author’s plans change when he encounters a mature, wide-racked whitetail.

Waiting in ambush is the No. 1 hunting technique for whitetails, but it can also be tremendously effective for mule deer when the conditions are right.

A hunter waits for a bedded muley to stand, and finally it does, offering a broadside shot. But what happens next is far from clear.

Putting a tag for a second species in your pocket on an out-of-state combo bowhunt is exciting, but consider the following points before supersizing your hunt.

Shooting tips for keeping it together during bowhunting’s moment of truth.

The setting is a water source in the Colorado wilderness, and two youth hunters are hiding in a pop-up blind. What happens in the hour before dark has to be seen to be believed.