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.- Relationships among Mule Deer and Their Predators — PDF
- Understanding Mule Deer and Winter Feeding — PDF
- Highway Effects on Mule Deer Movement and Survival — PDF
- Competition between Mule Deer and Elk — PDF
- Carrying Capacity — How Many Deer Can We Have? — PDF
- Understanding Mule Deer and Antler Point Restrictions — PDF
- Antlerless Mule Deer Harvest — PDF
- Illegal Harvest and Mule Deer Populations — PDF
- Urban Mule Deer Issues — PDF
- Translocation of Mule Deer — PDF
- Disease and Parasite of Mule Deer — PDF
- Understanding Mule Deer Migration — PDF
- Fertility Control and Mule Deer Population Management — PDF
- Mule Deer Shed Antler Hunting — PDF
- Winter Range Disturbance — PDF
- Mule Deer and the Effects of Fire — PDF
- Mule Deer Nutrition — PDF
- Mule Deer Management and the Public Process — PDF
- Pinyon-Juniper Management for Mule Deer — PDF
- Habitat Conversion by Wildfire and Invasive Species — PDF
- Managing Hunting for Opportunity or Mature Bucks — PDF
- Encountering Newborn Deer Fawns — PDF
- Mule Deer and Wild/Feral Horses and Burros — PDF
- Assessing Mule Deer Harvest — PDF
- Historical and Current Mule Deer Abundance — PDF
- Mule deer: Changing Landscapes, Changing Perspectives — PDF
- Mule Deer and Movement Barriers — PDF
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.