The nation’s largest mule deer herd, located in northwestern Colorado, has decreased over the past decade by more than two-thirds — to 32,000 at latest estimate, down from 105,900 in 2005.

This is the time of year when Jeff Yost didn’t envy the wildlife officers working in the Denver metro area. Yost worked as a ...

Getty Authorities are looking for a mule deer buck that seriously gored a 67-year-old woman in Colorado over the weekend. The victim was attacked by the animal outside her home in Silver Cliff on ...

A mule deer entangled in a wire tomato cage for weeks was freed by wildlife officers, Colorado officials reported. People near Hotchkiss had reported seeing the entangled doe for about a month ...

There are two main types of deer native to Colorado: mule deer and white-tailed deer. The rut of both species typically peaks in mid to late November and can extend into late December in some areas.

Wildlife officers shot the deer with a tranquilizer dart so the cage could be safely removed. Photo from Colorado Parks and Wildlife via X A mule deer entangled in a wire tomato cage for weeks was ...