The idea came from Gov. Mike Dunleavy: “Establish a huntable population of Sitka black-tailed deer in the Mat-Su,” according to the first page of an internal state report. In a populous part of Alaska ...

A Central New York man’s successful hunt for a Sitka blacktail deer on an Alaskan island will air in an upcoming show of Brotherhood Outdoors, which appears on the Sportsman’s Channel. The hunter, ...

The Sitka black-tailed deer hunting season is now closed in Southeast Alaska. According to a Thursday release from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, all hunters who obtained deer harvest tickets ...

Relatively mild winters over the past decade have pushed deer populations in the Sitka area to record highs — and maybe even over the biological carrying capacity of the land in some places. In ...

The Blacktail Deer Foundation will work on conservation to help the Columbian and Sitka black-tail deer. Black-tail deer now have some more heft among humans, with the announcement this week of a new ...

Well-known bowhunter Chuck Adams shot the “buck of a lifetime” on Kodiak Island this year, which was good for a new Pope and Young Club world record. Adams shot the largest velvet Sitka blacktail deer ...

Learn about the three types of deer that live in the United States, including which subspecies is common in your region.

Identifying and managing Sitka black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) habitat has been an important wildlife issue for many years on the Tongass National Forest of southeastern Alaska, USA.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed bringing Sitka black-tailed deer to the Mat-Su to provide additional hunting opportunities, reported the Anchorage Daily News. But, according to a report obtained by ...

Piles of dead deer have been turning up on out-of-the-way roads near Sitka in recent days and state officials are trying to find out who is responsible. A total of 10 Sitka black tail deer were found ...