Resources and fact sheets
Mule deer management plans
The Western Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA)
WAFWA Mule Deer Working Group publications
The DWR is active in the Western Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies and in the Mule Deer Working Group.
- Relationships among Mule Deer and Their Predators
- Understanding Mule Deer and Winter Feeding
- Highway Effects on Mule Deer Movement and Survival
- Competition between Mule Deer and Elk
- Carrying Capacity — How Many Deer Can We Have?
- Understanding Mule Deer and Antler Point Restrictions
- Antlerless Mule Deer Harvest
- Illegal Harvest and Mule Deer Populations
- Urban Mule Deer Issues
- Translocation of Mule Deer
- Disease and Parasite of Mule Deer
- Understanding Mule Deer Migration
- Fertility Control and Mule Deer Population Management
- Mule Deer Shed Antler Hunting
- Winter Range Disturbance
- Mule Deer and the Effects of Fire
- Mule Deer Nutrition
- Mule Deer Management and the Public Process
- Pinyon-Juniper Management for Mule Deer
- Habitat Conversion by Wildfire and Invasive Species
- Managing Hunting for Opportunity or Mature Bucks
- Encountering Newborn Deer Fawns
- Mule Deer and Wild/Feral Horses and Burros
- Assessing Mule Deer Harvest
- Historical and Current Mule Deer Abundance
- Mule deer: Changing Landscapes, Changing Perspectives
- Mule Deer and Movement Barriers
Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative
watershed.utah.gov
The initiative is committed to finding and implementing solutions to problems facing Utah's landscapes.
Deer-related Wildlife Board meetings
- You can watch Utah Wildlife Board meetings about deer hunting (typically April or May and December).
A program to control coyotes and other predators
Antler gathering ethics course
- From Jan. 1 to May 31 each year, shed antler and horn gathers must possess an antler-gathering certificate. To obtain this certificate, take this online ethics course. You may print the certificate at the end of the course.