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	Mule Deer (DesertUSA)
		Mule Deer are usually a dark gray-brown, with a small white rump patch and a small, fl-tipped tail.
		Mule Deer antlers are normally smaller and branch to form 2 equal forks, while the male White-tailed Deer has forward curving antlers with a number of points (tines) branching from the main beam.
		Mule Deer moves between various zones from the forest edges at higher elevations to the desert floor, depending on the season.
	www.desertusa.com /feb97/du_muledeer.html (1687 words)

	Mule Deer
		The mule deer evolved in the dry, rugged badlands and mountains of the west.
		Other characteristics that distinguish mule deer are the large size of their ears (for which they were named), their overall shape and large size, the form of the antlers and the tail.
		Mule deer are found in the West from Canada to Mexico and in a variety of habitats from the high mountains to the plains and deserts.
	www.nps.gov /wica/Mule_Deer.htm (546 words)

	Deer - The Animals of British Columbia, Canada. Deer in BC
		The whitetail deer resides in the lower south-east corner of the province.
		Although the deer is a good swimmer and runner (reaching speeds of 35 mph) it falls prey to a number of animals including the cougar, domestic dog, wolf, coyote, lynx, bobcat and bear.
		The key difference in distinguishing the gallop of the white-tailed and mule deer is while the mule tends to bound as if on springs, the white-tailed deer "rocks" by swinging its hind feet ahead of the front ones.
	www.bcadventure.com /adventure/wilderness/animals/deer.htm (413 words)

	Mule Deer Arizona Mule Deer Hunting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mule deer are not limited to any one type of terrain, being found from sparse, low deserts to high forested mountains.
		The mule deer is the larger of Arizona's deer.
		Deer permit numbers gradually increased after 1972, leveling off at around 70,000 per year between 1976 and 1982, when hunters took more than 12,000 mule deer, approximately 75 percent of the total deer harvest.
	www.gf.state.az.us /h_f/game_mule.shtml (958 words)

	Mule Deer Hunting Guides and Outfitters in New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Texas and more.
		Mule Deer are usually a dark gray-brown, with a small white rump patch and a small, fl-tipped tail.
		Mule Deer antlers are normally smaller and branch to form 2 equal forks, while the male White-tailed Deer has forward curving antlers with a number of points (tines) branching from the main beam.
		The Mule Deer is slower and less colorful than the White-tailed Deer, but its pastel, gray-buff color provides a physical adaptation to the desert environment which disguises it from predators like the Cougar, the Coyote and the eagle who will swoop down on a fawn.
	www.worldclassoutdoors.com /mule_deer_hunting.htm (1685 words)

	Whitetails.com Mule Deer Species Information
		Mule deer occupy to some extent almost all types of habitat within their range but, in general, they seem to prefer the more arid, open situations in which sagebrush, juniper, pinyon pine, yellow pine, bitter brush, mountain mahogany, and such plants predominate.
		Deer are more prone to feed on dark nights and are relatively quiet and bedded down when the moonlight is intense.
		In spring and summer, mule deer tend to feed to a greater extent upon green leaves, green herbs, weeds, and grasses than they do upon browse species; the reverse is true in fall and winter.
	www.whitetails.com /deer_info/species/mule.cfm (592 words)

	SDNHM - Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
		The mule deer is generally four to six-and-a-half feet in length and three to three-and-a-half feet high at the shoulder.
		Mule deer mate in November and December with the antlered males fighting for possession of the females.
		Mule deer live for about ten years in the wild but have been known to live up to twenty-five years in captivity.
	www.sdnhm.org /fieldguide/mammals/odoc-hem.html (247 words)

	Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mule deer of both sexes normally do most of their feeding in early morning before sunrise or in late afternoon and evening after sundown.
		On the other side of the ledger, there is some competition between mule deer and livestock on the range, particularly in spring and early summer.
		Genetic analyses indicate that these hybrids are more characteristic of white-tailed deer than of mule deer; thus, it appears that hybridization may be one factor contributing to the displacement of mule deer by white-tailed deer in this region.
	www.nsrl.ttu.edu /tmot1/odochemi.htm (1413 words)

	White-Tailed Deer and Mule Deer
		The 7 subspecies of mule deer are found from Central North America and Mexico westward to the Pacific Ocean.
		While mule deer are found in every county of South Dakota, most of the population is found from the Missouri River Breaks westward to the Wyoming border.
		White-tailed deer produce more fawns, are adapted to a wider variety of habitats, and are less vulnerable to hunter harvest than mule deer.
	www.northern.edu /natsource/MAMMALS/Deer1.htm (1063 words)

	MuleyMadness.com Mule Deer and Elk Hunting Haven
		Mule deer and Coues deer - Sonora Mexico
		Then look no further, you have found the right place for the foremost source for Mule Deer, Bull Elk, and other outdoor wildlife.
		Trophy Mule Deer and Elk pictures are also posted there by our viewers!
	www.muleymadness.com (210 words)

	Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
		The Mule Deer is so named because of its large prominent ears, which are reminiscent of those seen in mules.
		The Mule Deer is a social animal, living in small herds of typically 3 or 4 animals.
		Mule Deer are occasionally seen alone, and older males are more likely to become solitary in habits.
	www.worlddeer.org /muledeer.html (1043 words)

	Extension, Animal & Range Sciences
		The Rocky Mountain mule deer inhibits open woodlands, rangeland, rugged canyons and mountains, and rolling sagebrush country containing an adequate supply of food plants, interspersed with an escape cover of moderate to heavy timber, aspen groves, brushy draws, coulees and river breaks.
		Mule deer are scattered throughout the entire state with populations existing in each of the 56 counties.
		Mule deer in Montana occupy varied habitats and thus eat a wide variety of forage foods - the leaves, needles, succulent stems, fruits and nuts - from trees, shrubs, forbs, domestic crops and grasses.
	www.animalrangeextension.montana.edu /articles/Forage/Animals/Mule-deer.htm (782 words)

	Shrub-Steppe Series: What About Mule Deer? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mule deer are prevalent in the Mid-Columbia Basin.
		Today, mule deer also are valuable for their natural beauty, which symbolizes to some our western heritage and environmental health.
		Mule deer are considered to be browsers rather than grazers, and thus, rely on shrubs as a primary energy source.
	www.pnl.gov /pals/resource_cards/Mule_Deer.stm (886 words)

	Mule Deer
		Mule deer are a widely distributed big game animals in Alberta and biologists estimate their population at around 133,000.
		The mule deer’s propensity for open areas lends them perfectly to spot-and-stalk hunting and in the prairie, parkland, foothills and mountain zones, this is the preferred method.
		Mule deer are not as flighty as whitetails and even archers have an excellent opportunity to sneak within bow range of a bedded muley.
	www.apos.ab.ca /pages/muledeer.htm (1008 words)

	Coues- Mule Deer Hybrids
		In the case of whitetails and mule deer, courtship and breeding behavior is different enough that body language and scent cues given off by a female mule deer during rut are not "understood" by a male whitetail and vice versa.
		The metatarsals on mule deer sit high on the lower leg and are 3 to 6 inches long and surrounded by light brown fur.
		Early explorers, Lewis and Clark noted in their journal “the fl-tailed fallow deer are peculiar to this coast and are a distinct species, partaking equally of the qualities of the mule deer and the common deer [whitetail]”.
	www.coueswhitetail.com /coues_biology/hybrids.htm (2461 words)

	Deer - Colorado Division of Wildlife
		Mule deer bound with stiff-legged gait, the tail held down; white-tails move with a graceful lope, the flag-like tail held erect.
		Both species of deer are four to six feet long and stand three feet or more high at the shoulder.
		Deer are frequent traffic casualties, and mountain lions, coyotes and packs of feral dogs prey upon them.
	wildlife.state.co.us /WildlifeSpecies/Profiles/Mammals/Deer.htm (243 words)

	Deer Scram® Deer Repellent Learning Library: Get Rid of Mule Deer
		Mule deer move between various zones, from the forest edges at higher elevations to the desert floor, depending upon the season.
		As the scent of death reaches the deer, a genetic biological defense mechanism to flee from predators is triggered.
		Deer Scram is an all-natural, biodegradable deer repellent that guarantees pesky white-tailed, fl-tailed and mule deer will stop feeding on your prized gardens, shrubs and trees for 45 to 60 days per application.
	www.deerscram.com /Mule_Deer.asp (1587 words)

	Mule Deer - Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
		Mule deer can be identified by their tails and antlers.
		Mule deer have the same acute senses of smell, sight and hearing as have white-tailed deer.
		Mule deer are found throughout the province, but are most plentiful in southern and western Alberta.
	www.srd.gov.ab.ca /fw/hunting/mule.html (331 words)

	WDFW - Fish & Wildlife Science
		The collared deer are monitored weekly to track movements, determine habitat preferences, calculate population densities, measure herd boundaries and home range sizes, and learn rates, patterns, and causes of death.
		The deer are weighed and measured, and blood and fecal samples are collected for laboratory assessments of disease exposure, trace element levels, DNA and parasite loads.
		Deer monitoring is conducted by graduate students from the University of Washington, Washington State University, Central Washington University, and University of Idaho.
	wdfw.wa.gov /science/articles/mule_deer/index-wsu.html (1141 words)

	Open-Country Mule Deer Hunting
		The white-tailed deer they hunt are creatures of habit, and putting a single hunter into a tree next to a cameraman is fairly easy to manage.
		Mule deer hunters in the wide open spaces of the West work with an entirely different set of issues, most of which are not friendly to videotape sessions.
		If you've hunted mule deer in the millions of acres of public land we enjoy in the Pacific states, you've probably encountered mule deer that bypassed good cover in a wind-sheltered draw to bed out in the middle of flat country where their rack stuck up out of the brush like a signal beacon.
	www.gameandfishmag.com /hunting/mule-deer-blacktail-deer-hunting/gf_aa096704a (2594 words)

	ADW: Odocoileus hemionus: Information
		The white tails of most mule deer terminate in a tuft of fl hairs, or less commonly in a thin tuft of white hairs.
		Mule deer in the arid southwest may migrate in response to rainfall patterns.
		This initial bounding, combined with release of metatarsal scent that inhibits feeding, is highly advantageous in that, by alarming others, it causes other mule deer to bound off as well, reducing the conspicuousness of the deer who bounded off first.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Odocoileus_hemionus.html (2215 words)

	Mule Deer
		Mule deer are brownish-gray in color with big ears (9 inches or so) like a mule's, and a white rump patch.
		Mule deer browse on mesquite leaves and beans, catclaw (thank goodness someone eats that stuff), jojoba, buckbrush and fairy duster and graze on a variety of grasses.
		Mule deer breed in December and January and the one or two fawns are born the next summer (about a 7 month gestation).
	www.toddshikingguide.com /FloraFauna/Fauna11.htm (218 words)

	Mule Deer -- MonsterMuleys.com
		Mule deer originally received their name because of their large ears, which resemble that of a mule.
		Mule deer return to their summer ranges as soon as the snow starts melting and temperatures begin to warm.
		Mule deer bucks in full velvet are an awesome site, and often look much larger than they really are.
	www.monstermuleys.com /muledeer.html (1165 words)

	Mule Deer in Kansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mule deer are gray in color and have a short, fl-tipped tail and large ears.
		Mule deer range from central Mexico through the western half of the United States into western Canada and southern Alaska.
		Mule deer are primarily browsers feeding on shrubs and tree twigs usually at dusk and dawn.
	www.gpnc.org /deermule.htm (174 words)

	Your Guide To Paunsaugunt Mule Deer
		Utah's Paunsaugunt Plateau, which is in the southwest corner of the state, has attributes that will make any serious deer hunter salivate, not the least of which is that a lucky hunter who draws a permit to hunt there is virtually guaranteed a shot at a mule deer buck whose rack sports a 24-inch spread.
		The cross section of a deer's tooth is similar to looking at the cross section of a tree, counting the rings to determine the age.
		Mule deer have rings in their teeth that they accumulate each year they live.
	www.rmgameandfish.com /hunting/mule-deer-blacktail-deer-hunting/RM_1205_02 (745 words)

	White-tail and Mule Deer News
		Mule Deer: Mule deer herds must be documented free of clinical signs consistent with neurologic disease for a period of ninety (90) days prior to import.
		Mule Deer: The herd must be documented free of clinical signs of neurologic disease for a period of ninety (90) days prior to import.
		Concerns regarding translocation of arterial worm are currently alleviated by the CFIA prohibition of live mule deer from the United States.
	albertadeer.com /news/importproto..html (2170 words)

	Mule Deer
		Mule deer are “mule-like” in that they have large ears that seem to be constantly moving, and are about ¾ the length of their head.
		Mule deer migrate from high, mountainous country to lower valleys and foothills during late fall to avoid heavy snow.
		Mule deer do herd during the winter in specific areas having a good combination of shelter and food.
	imnh.isu.edu /digitalatlas/bio/mammal/Hoofed/mude/mude.htm (615 words)

	ESPN.com: Outdoors : Mule Deer
		In summer the mule deer is brown-tan to reddish, in winter they are more gray-brown.
		The mule deer lives in a varied habitat from forest edges and foothills to mountains and prairies.
		Western North America; fl-tailed deer are on the Pacific Coast and desert mule deer are in northern Mexico and southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
	sports.espn.go.com /outdoors/hunting/news/story?page=g_enc_mule_deer (132 words)

	Wild Texas: Desert Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus crooki)
		Desert mule deer, also known as "fl-tail deer", are found in rugged, desert regions of western North America, including the Texas Panhandle and western portions of the state.
		Adult mule deer are slightly larger than white-tail deer, with bucks weighing in excess of 200 pounds and standing three or more feet high; does are smaller and lighter.
		Classified as herbivores, mule deer browse on grasses, green plants, twigs, bark, buds, fruit, and nuts.
	www.wildtexas.com /wildguides/muledeer.php (303 words)

	Deer / Big Game / Hunting / KDWP - KDWP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mule deer are restricted to the western one-third of the state, primarily on the High Plains, Smoky Hills, and Red Hills regions.
		As you travel west to east, mule deer are less abundant, and whitetail numbers increase.
		Whitetailed deer numbers have increased dramatically in the last 20 years, and they can be found virtually statewide wherever suitable habitat exists.
	www.kdwp.state.ks.us /news/hunting/big_game/deer (143 words)

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