Mule Deer

Every fall we have the great privilege of taking hunters from across the United States on once in a lifetime hunts. Many trophy bull elk call southern Colorado home. For one lucky Eastmans’ Bowhunting journal subscriber a hunt for rutting bulls in Colorado with Guy Eastman filming the whole experience …

Most of us started hunting when a relative or friend invited us to come along for the first time. If we were to narrow that down even further to the relative that was most likely to take us hunting it would probably be a father, or a father figure. It …

This is an update to the Colorado MRS and Dave Hoshour’s Hidden Gold Article from December There have been several changes so far in 2017 for returned and reissued licenses. Some were announced well after the original announcement. Changes published after the Colorado MRS was written are indicated by NEW …

Eastmans’ Hunting Journals founder Mike Eastman heads to the arid sagebrush hills of southwest Wyoming on a hunt that has been a tradition for many years. The goal is to harvest a trophy mule deer buck that has it all. Eastman is a connoisseur of all things mule deer, and …

The Idaho Deer application deadline is June 5th. If you have put off your research, I’ve put together a little last minute cheat sheet to get you up to speed. The past winter was hard on the deer herds. Snowfall in most areas was well above average. Fawn mortality has …

With the wrath of the worst winter in nearly 40 years finally behind us, the Wyoming deer herd has suffered tremendously, particularly on the Western side of the state. The regions of G, H and K have taken the brunt of the winter losses. Along with that historic limited quota …

As a certifiable mule deer nut you can only imagine how green with envy I was when Dan Pickar sent me pictures of Guy and himself looking over Frank Cheeney’s now world record typical mule deer buck. This buck is everything that mule deer nuts like myself fall asleep thinking …

The Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) announced drastic tag cuts in some deer and antelope hunts in eastern Oregon. Cuts range from 25% to 50%, averaging 40% for deer in the affected units and 36% for antelope. All told, there are twelve 100 Series deer units affected with …

Alert! If you applied for deer in the Gunnison area, GMUs 54, 55, 551, 66 or 67 – listen up. The Gunnison office of Colorado Parks and Wildlife Dept. (CPW) just announced the following mule deer tag reductions: GMU 54 – 54% GMU 55 – 85% GMU 551 – 65% …

There is little doubt that killing an iconic mature mule deer buck in the high country of the West is a dream that every big game hunter has. However, from the deserts of southwest Wyoming to the badlands of North Dakota there is quality low country mule deer habitat that …