Ah, it's an exciting time to be a deer hunter. Big bucks are coming out of hiding. The rut is on! But this year, I'll have to enjoy the breeding season for deer strictly as a voyeur. I can watch - and ...

More than 60% of residents who responded to the survey said they would rather hunt mule deer bucks every year, even though that might mean less of a chance of taking a mature buck, and they like ...

Mule deer hunters hoping to take trophy bucks during the breeding season will often tell you that Thanksgiving is the peak of the rut. Believe me, that’s not necessarily so. The peak of the rut ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced on Monday that the number of mule ...

Northwestern Montana’s Region 1 hunter success was running at 5.3 percent although hunter numbers were up slightly from last year. By last Sunday, 8,695 hunters had checked 341 whitetail deer, 71 mule ...

Montana’s chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers today announced that it raised a record $56,620 for mule deer conservation by raffling a single statewide deer tag. The winner is a Washington State ...

Bill McRae was a hunter, a wildlife photographer, and the optics editor emeritus of Outdoor Life. He died on Aug. 21 in Montana. You can read more about his life and legacy here. This story, ...