In the mountain west, mule deer typically shed from January into March, but elk (which we will bring into the mix here because shed hunting for their antlers is so popular) shed later, typically ...

Whitetails, mule deer, elk, moose, caribou, and many other antlered animals across the globe are part of the same deer family, known as Cervidae. Male “cervids” (as well as female caribou) evolved to ...

In mule deer you might notice this decline when you see a large-framed mulie buck with crab claw forks where deep forks and long tines should be. Nutrition is key to antler growth, especially ...

With their iconic antlers and graceful movements, mule deer command attention in the wild. Learn what makes them the undisputed ‘Antler Kings’ of their habitat.

Mule deer antlers are dichotomous or bifurcated, the main beam branches into two and each of those branch again. The other deer in Colorado is the white tail. Their antlers have a single beam and ...

Chris Hickman and his son, Kelson, first saw the mule deer with the unusual antlers while they were hunting in the Geraldine area in 2015. The muley had what appeared to be at least a dozen velvet ...

Every year, antlers grow on the heads of deer, elk, moose, and other cervids faster than any other growing bone on the planet. This is a well known and documented fact that gives scientists and ...

Quite to my surprise. he informed me that the antlers were dimensionally equal to the largest typical mule deer known to exist — the Boone and Crockett record, belonging to Doug Burris, Jr. The main ...

Mule deer and other critters that live life in the harsh, Trans-Pecos environment need all the love they can get. Culberson County averages only about 12 inches of rain per year.

Colorado hikers can keep an eye out for antlers during ‘shed hunting’ season There are approximately 280,000 elk and 400,000 mule deer in Colorado, according to the state ...

For years, killing a whitetail or mule deer buck that still had velvet on its antlers typically meant a hunter had to travel to another state where the archery season opened in late August or very ...