The 56,000 or so people who hunt mule deer east of the Cascades each year, whether they carry a rifle or a bow, could see a major change in the boundaries of many hunt areas in 2026. This fall’s hunts ...

It was dark as a tomb as I slipped through the sagebrush and down a steep slope, my flashlight slicing through the black. The moon and stars were smothered by low, scudding clouds. Snow was in the air ...

Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission will decide whether to make major changes to the boundaries of some mule deer hunts in Eastern and Central Oregon starting in 2026, and to reduce the number of ...

Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission will decide Sept. 12 whether to make major changes to the boundaries of some mule deer hunts in Eastern and Central Oregon starting in 2026, and to reduce the ...

SALEM — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a series of online public meetings July 10 and 16 to explain and collect comments about significant proposed changes to mule deer hunting ...

For generations, hunters across Oregon have loaded up their trucks, headed to familiar spots in Eastern and Central Oregon, and chased mule deer through the same units their dads and granddads knew.

Wildlife experts have been predicting a mule deer extinction for decades. Luckily, no one seems to have told the deer ...