“Packing the Truck to Hunt the West”

What should you put in your truck? What might you need in Idaho or Montana or Wyoming that you don’t need in Connecticut?

MDF VOLUNTEERS IN THE FIELD

The wildfire smoke cleared and the sky was blue along the Crooked River drainage for the Eagle Rock/Sanford Creek mule deer winter range protection volunteer work day.  Thanks and congratulations go out to all of you, the Prineville BLM staff/volunteers, the Mule Deer Foundation and Oregon Hunters Association – Ochoco Chapter volunteers that were on hand to accomplish the long-awaited project intended to protect our wintering mule deer in the region.

Wild Louisiana Shrimp & Garlic Annatto Butter Tacos

Summer and Shrimp, like Peanut Butter and …..You get the point. This is a great way to change up “taco Tuesday”

Habitat work in Montana’s Premier Mule Deer Unit

The Mule Deer Foundation’s habitat improvement project in Montana’s Mule Deer unit 270.

“Decoys for Mule Deer?”

Deer Decoys have been in use for over 6,000 years, since the first humans started creeping up on herds of Bison wearing animal skins. As a species we have always been interested in ways to lure animals closer to us, and increase our chances of success.

Public Land Prospectors in the Snowy Range

How Public Land Prospectors are adding an extra layer of complexity to the Mule Deer Foundation’s habitat work in the Snowy Range of Wyoming”

Mule Deer Foundation Press Release!

The Mule Deer Foundation steps up to help ranchers and mule deer impacted by recent wildfires in NE Wyoming 

Mule Deer Foundation Volunteer Highlight.

In the MDF Volunteer Spotlight segment the Mule Deer Foundation would like to call attention to a specific MDF volunteer, and bring their efforts to the forefront of our messaging. These volunteers are pivotal to the Mule Deer Foundation accomplishing our mission and it’s important that we recognize them as often as we can.

“Archery Deer on the Great Plains”

The plains appear tame as a saddled horse and wild as a mustang in the same instant. Looking out over rolling hills and grazing deer everything seems possible and notching your tag appears a certainty. Hours later on your tenth blown stalk of the day, out of water, and running from a rattling sound under a rock, you are suddenly surrounded by the wild land Hugh Glass crawled across after being mauled by a grizzly 200 years ago.

MDF public land habitat work inspiring private landowners to do the same

The Mule Deer Foundation is working with USFS on public land to improve Mule Deer habitat. The East Deer-Lodge Valley Landscape project has been ongoing for 10 years and wraps up this September. The total management area is 47,000 acres. The project area is 40,000 acres.

MDF Employee Spotlight

In the MDF Employee Spotlight Segment the Mule Deer Foundation would like to call attention to a specific MDF employee, and bring their efforts to the forefront of our messaging. These staff members are pivotal to the Mule Deer Foundation accomplishing our mission and it’s important that we recognize them as often as we can.

Atlas of Ungulate Migrations

The new world Atlas of Ungulate Migrations features Wyoming’s own Red Desert to Hoback mule…