SANTA FE, N.M. (CBS4/AP)-- A North Dakota man has been ordered to pay $74,000 in restitution for poaching a trophy mule deer buck in northwestern New Mexico. The state Department of Game and Fish says ...

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) announced Thursday that it has hired Demetrio Rubio as the Regional Director for Western Texas and Eastern New Mexico. Rubio brings over 10 years of ...

A mule deer doe that was living with a bucket lid around her neck for weeks in Southwest Colorado has finally been set free after state wildlife officers removed it earlier this week. The wildlife ...

Members of the public are advised to leave the animals alone unless they seem to be clearly hurt or in distress.

SANTA FE, N.M. A sickly mule deer that died in southern New Mexico last month was infected with chronic wasting disease, bringing to 12 the total number of cases reported in the state since 2002, ...

Everyone who’s familiar with the two most popular deer species in the U.S. has their own method of telling a mule deer from a whitetail deer. If you happen to live in an area where the two species’ ...

After recently taking in several deer fawns on the same day, a New Mexico wildlife rehabilitation center is warning people about what they may think is the act of “rescuing” animals. The New Mexico ...

Abstract: Wildlife enterprises are increasingly important to ranch income in the western United States. Habitat management practices that facilitate wildlife are needed for optimal management of ...