EMMETT, Idaho — The Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) is asking the public for information after a mule deer buck was illegally shot and killed near Emmett. IDFG said on Sept. 15 ...
Last year, 90 either-sex mule deer licenses were sold for the Roundup Mule Deer Management Hunt but only six deer — two bucks and four does — were harvested.
Historically these seasons extended into November when the rut was in progress. Hunting mature mule deer bucks when their minds were on does made them more susceptible to being harvested.