Fifty seconds of cute baby mule deer from mom’s perspective || In a lick, most fawns will be born in Wyoming – late May through early July. And while you may have the itch to pick one up if you see one out in the wild, cuddling and kissing are best left up to mom. She is usually nearby, even if you cannot see her. So please leave fawns as you found them. After a rough 2023 with lots of mortality in mule deer herds across western Wyoming, there is hope for a better year for deer, especially with

Mule deer are “picky” eaters. They are browsers, which means they eat leaves, stems, and buds from shrubs and trees — in contrast to grazers that primarily eat grasses and forbs. In fall and winter, up to 90% of a deer’s diet may be shrubs like mountain mahogany, sagebrush, bitterbrush, quaking aspen, and chokecherry. These plants help animals survive as they slowly burn off fat and wait for lush food to sprout in spring. So pick away, deer! #wildlifephotography #wildlife #CuteAnimals #FluffyAni

Do you know all of the distinguishing features that set mule deer and white-tailed deer apart? Watch the video and let us know. | Wyoming Game and Fish Department