Resources and fact sheets
Mule deer management plans
- Statewide management plan – PDF (7.1 MB)
- Unit 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 – PDF (2.9 MB)
- Understanding Mule Deer and Winter Feeding – PDF (2.6 MB)
- Highway Effects on Mule Deer Movement and Survival – PDF (2.8 MB)
- Competition between Mule Deer and Elk – PDF (2.5 MB)
- Carrying Capacity — How Many Deer Can We Have? – PDF (2.8 MB)
- Understanding Mule Deer and Antler Point Restrictions – PDF (2.8 MB)
- Antlerless Mule Deer Harvest – PDF (2.8 MB)
- Illegal Harvest and Mule Deer Populations – PDF (2.6 MB)
- Urban Mule Deer Issues – PDF (2.6 MB)
- Translocation of Mule Deer – PDF (2.7 MB)
- Disease and Parasite of Mule Deer – PDF (2.5 MB)
- Understanding Mule Deer Migration – PDF (2.6 MB)
- Fertility Control and Mule Deer Population Management – PDF (4.7 MB)
- Mule Deer Shed Antler Hunting – PDF (2.8 MB)
- Winter Range Disturbance – PDF (2.6 MB)
- Mule Deer and the Effects of Fire – PDF (1 MB)
- Mule Deer Nutrition – PDF (1 MB)
- Mule Deer Management and the Public Process – PDF (4.5 MB)
- Pinyon-Juniper Management for Mule Deer – PDF (1 MB)
- Habitat Conversion by Wildfire and Invasive Species – PDF (4.3 MB)
- Managing Hunting for Opportunity or Mature Bucks – PDF (820.97 KB)
- Encountering Newborn Deer Fawns – PDF (254.84 KB)
- Mule Deer and Wild/Feral Horses and Burros – PDF (2.4 MB)
- Assessing Mule Deer Harvest – PDF (1.2 MB)
- Historical and Current Mule Deer Abundance – PDF (4.5 MB)
- Mule deer: Changing Landscapes, Changing Perspectives – PDF (3.8 MB)
- Mule Deer and Movement Barriers – PDF (1.8 MB)
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.