Mule deer 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.- Fact Sheet 1: Relationships among Mule Deer and Their Predators — PDF
- Fact Sheet 2: Understanding Mule Deer and Winter Feeding
- Fact Sheet 3: Highway Effects on Mule Deer Movement and Survival
- Fact Sheet 4: Competition between Mule Deer and Elk
- Fact Sheet 5: Carrying Capacity — How Many Deer Can We Have?
- Fact Sheet 6: Understanding Mule Deer and Antler Point Restrictions
- Fact Sheet 7: Antlerless Mule Deer Harvest
- Fact Sheet 8: Illegal Harvest and Mule Deer Populations
- Fact Sheet 9: Urban Mule Deer Issues
- Fact Sheet 10: Translocation of Mule Deer
- Fact Sheet 11: Disease and Parasite of Mule Deer
- Fact Sheet 12: Understanding Mule Deer Migration
- Fact Sheet 14: Fertility Control and Mule Deer Population Management
- Fact Sheet 16: Mule Deer Shed Antler Hunting
- Fact Sheet 17: Winter Range Disturbance
- Fact Sheet 18: Mule Deer and the Effects of Fire
- Fact Sheet 19: Mule Deer Nutrition
- Fact Sheet 20: Mule Deer Management and the Public Process
- Fact Sheet 21: Pinyon-Juniper Management for Mule Deer
- Fact Sheet 22: Habitat Conversion by Wildfire and Invasive Species
- Fact Sheet 24: Managing Hunting for Opportunity or Mature Bucks
- Fact Sheet 26: Encountering Newborn Deer Fawns
- Fact Sheet 29: Mule Deer and Wild/Feral Horses and Burros
- Fact Sheet 31: Assessing Mule Deer Harvest
- Fact Sheet 32: Historical and Current Mule Deer Abundance
- Mule deer: Changing Landscapes, Changing Perspectives
- Mule Deer and Movement Barriers
Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative
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.