The mule deer is an icon of the state of Idaho and the West. Mule deer populations over their entire range have suffered declining populations over the past two decades.

Idaho’s Mule Deer Initiative (MDI) was developed to help mule deer populations recover, find ways to enhance mule deer habitat, increase public knowledge of mule deer biology and management and to eventually restore and maintain healthy mule deer populations in Idaho.

1. Increase mule deer populations.
2. Increase mule deer hunter satisfaction.
3. Protect and improve mule deer habitat.

Publications

• N. American Mule Deer Conservation Plan
  - 2004 [PDF, 807 KB]
• Draft Action Plan
  - 2005 [PDF, 868 KB]
• Idaho Mule Deer Hunter Study
  - 2007 [PDF, 3 MB]
• Mule Deer Initiative Brochure
  - [PDF, 118 KB]

Newsletters

• October 2010 - [PDF, 615 KB]
• January 2010 - [PDF, 677 KB]
• February 2007 - [PDF, 1.9 MB]
• October 2006 - [PDF, 953 KB]
• July 2006 - [PDF, 573 KB]
• February 2006 - [PDF, 248 KB]