Mule deer, characteristic of the mountains and foothills of western North America, sometimes occur as far East as Manitoba. White-tailed deer hunting occurs across southern Canada and as far North as the Peace River in Alberta. If protected, both species thrive around human settlements; white-tails, being very secretive, may thrive with little protection.

Whitetail Deer, - Of all North America's large animals, the white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus is the most widely distributed and the most numerous. Its range extends from the southern tip of the continent northward well into the boreal, or northern coniferous, forest. Scattered individuals occur as far north as Great Slave Lake. In southern Canada, the white-tailed deer hunting can take place from Cape Breton Island westward to south-central British Columbia. There were a minimum of 15 000 000 white tails in Canada and the United States in 1982. Average densities throughout its range exceeded three deer per square kilometre.

This graceful deer is well known to most North Americans, both deer hunting enthusiast and nonhunters alike, who recognize it by its habit of flourishing its tail over its back, revealing a stark white underside and white buttocks. This "flag" of the white-tailed deer is often glimpsed as the high spirited animal dashes away from people. The tail has a broad base and is almost a foot long. When lowered, it is brown with a white fringe.(source - BigGame.ca)

Current Boone and Crockett world record Whitetail Deer was harvested in Saskatchewan, Canada in 1993. (Click Here)