Yet, despite a series of downward revisions in mule deer population objectives by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, herd numbers remain about 125,000 below the goal. CPW’s most recent population ...

GRAND JUNCTION — In the face of continued decline in the mule deer population throughout much of Colorado and the West, wildlife managers, sportsmen and conservation organizations are in search ...

Fly-over surveys, fawn-to-doe ratios, hunting data and on-the-ground observations are used to track population trends. In 2011, Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists estimated 22,700 mule deer ...

Fly-over surveys, fawn-to-doe ratios, hunting data and on-the-ground observations are used to track population trends. In 2011, Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists estimated 22,700 mule deer ...

The state estimates more than 400,000 mule deer live in Colorado, which the Parks and Wildlife Commission says is about 80 percent of the target population. Colorado allows people to hunt mule ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has introduced proposed deer herd management plans for southwest Colorado that reflect stable or even growing deer numbers in some areas but continuing population ...

Over the past decade, Kauffman and others have used GPS to map migrations including the second-longest known in North America, a 300-mile (500-kilometer) round-trip journey mule deer make each ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife data also show a statewide deer population decrease since 2005 by about 36 percent. Across the West, deer decreased by at least 10 percent. “Mule deer are an ...

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved a plan to euthanize mountain lions and black bears to help boost the state's shrinking mule deer population.

During the 1960s and 1970s, western Colorado’s mule deer population was strong. But as the population grew and outdoor recreation boomed, the mule deer population has steadily declined ...