Rocky Mountain Mule Deer doe (female) and buck (male) |
Rocky Mountain Mule Deer, young buck (male) |
Rocky Mountain Mule Deer, young buck (male) |
Two older bucks, Malheur NWR, central Oregon |
Older buck grown new antlers |
Tail color pattern |
Rocky Mountain Mule Deer doe (female) |
Rocky Mountain Mule Deer doe (female) |
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Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado; summer pelt |
Doe with two fawns (Zion National Park) |
Doe with two fawns (Zion National Park) |
Fawn (Zion National Park) |
Fawn (Zion National Park) |
Lactating doe with udder (Zion National Park) |
Lactating doe with udder (Zion National Park) |
Mule deer shed antler: fork and fork again |
Mule deer shed antler: fork and fork again |
Mule deer shed antler |
Mule deer shed antler |
Mule deer track in mud |
Mule deer track in wet sand |
Mule deer track in wet sand |
Tracks are heart-shaped with convex sides |
Typical pile of scat where a deer was spending some time |
Typical pile where perhaps a deer was lying down |
Tends to have a nipple on one end and a dimple on the other |
dimple on one end |
Small Ponderosa Pine with Mule Deer rub (cleaning antlers) |
Small Ponderosa Pine with Mule Deer rub (cleaning antlers) |
Small Ponderosa Pine with Mule Deer rub (cleaning antlers) |
Mule deer in Ruby Marsh, northeastern Nevada |
Heading for the hills! Mule deer in Ruby Marsh, NE Nevada |
Mule Deer at Red Rock Canyon NCA © 2011 Bill Raufmann |
Pahranagat NWR, southern Nevada |
Pahranagat NWR, southern Nevada |