Sep 24, 2020
ODFW Wildlife Chief Doug Cottom and Deputy Kevin Blakely join us for a look at Oregon’s mule deer management to wrap up this four-part series about this iconic western species. From cutting junipers to managing invasive grasses to modifying regulations, mule deer management benefits from the information passed along...
Sep 17, 2020
Dr. Darren Clark is a research scientist who studies many different Oregon wildlife species, but one of the most significant in terms of challenges is the iconic mule deer. Declines in mule deer populations in Oregon make for a lot of questions about how to effectively manage them. Dr. Clark’s research at both...
Sep 10, 2020
Mule deer range is characterized by beautiful but unforgiving landscapes. Mule deer numbers have always been determined in the margins between ever-changing weather patterns, food sources and predator numbers. Today they face additional problems like loss of winter range, obstacles to migration, poaching and invasive...
Sep 3, 2020
Mule deer, or muleys, are one if, if not the most, iconic critters in western North America. They are synonymous with wide-open landscapes, canyons, mountains and nearly any landscape found here. When a number of mule deer populations across several states declined several decades ago, the Mule Deer Working Group was...