SEATTLE - Washington wildlife officials are launching a new study to better manage the state's black-tail deer populations ... habitats these deer inhabit. "Black-tailed deer are hard to survey ...

The cases stem from a prior investigation involving the illegal smuggling of "ghost deer" that led to two convictions in Montgomery County.

The nose, a small area on the chin, and the upper surface of the tail are black. Adults are about 71 inches in total ... for parts of the western and southwestern U.S. The white-tailed deer was ...

Wildlife managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife are concerned that the Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus; deer) population on Whidbey Island, ...