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The eastern edge of the mule deer's range is southwestern Saskatchewan. Odocoileus hemionus and its subspecies are common to Alaska, British Columbia, Alberta, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, and western Oklahoma (Wallmo 1981).docoileus hemionus and its subspecies are common to Alaska, British Columbia, Alberta, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, and western Oklahoma (Wallmo 1981).
Mule deer are between 40 to 45 inches (100 to 115 cm) at the shoulder, and are 75 to 85 inches (190 to 215 cm) in length from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail. Unlike the white-tailed deer with their broad long tails, mule deer have a narrow tail that has a dark-grey or black tip.In the late spring mule deer appear to be reddish-brown in color, then transforming into a grey or grayish-brown in the fall and winter months.he mule deer inherited its name from the early miners who thought their ears resembled that of a mule.