Toughing it out: How Mule Deer Survive Winter Hardships
by Sonja Smith, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Wildlife Biologist
Fair Chase Archive — Spring 2013
How mule deer select winter habitat in variable weather and forage conditions became the subject of my master's reserch. While a small part of my thesis research investigated where deer spent the summer, I was mostly out in the wintertime, figuring out what mule deer do when the going gets tough.