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Wyoming mule deer

Mule deer herd estimated to have lost nearly 20,000 due to harsh 22-23 winter

• Numbers are expected to bounce back. The winter of 2022-23 was one for the record books with snowfall setting new standards in many places of western Wyoming. It was also a very difficult year for wildlife and mule deer…

Wyoming’s latest coyote-killing plan results from brutal 2022-’23 winter

• State wildlife officials propose — and commissioners approve — a $200,000 bump in funding to kill coyotes from the air on deer fawning grounds.   By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com Last winter killed most of western Wyoming’s mule deer.  That…

How to decimate a mule deer herd: A case study in Wyoming

  • East of the Bighorns, deer are being stressed and depressed by a dizzying array of factors, from drought to disease to energy development. Now, their numbers are plummeting.   By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com POWDER RIVER BASIN — The…

Game and Fish initiates long-term mule deer project as species declines

By Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — Seeking answers for declining mule deer populations, state wildlife managers and university researchers have begun a five-year project seeking more information on mule deer than ever before collected and…