I went to the Sonora Desert to hunt giant mule deer. The deer were bigger, and the tracking conditions tougher, than I could have imagined.

I’VE GOT a shoulder mount of a fine 4×4 mule deer buck on my wall, and if I look at him from just the right angle, I’ll swear that he’s wearing a slight smirk. Shooting that buck was like backlashing ...

There’s no better time to tag a gagger mule deer. Here’s how to find and hunt them in four key western habitats If your wallet holds a western mule deer tag, you’re in for some great hunting this ...

Even a quarter-mile distant, the buck looked huge. His long body stood out black against golden aspens and, when he raised his head, the massive antlers glowed in the first sun of morning. “Just look ...

On that day two weekends ago, 13-year-old Lyndi Ishler of Petty Creek and 30-year-old Oby Schulz of Evaro each bagged magnificent trophy mule deer bucks. For Ishler, a seventh-grade student at ...