Touching the Wild is the enchanting story about one man who has lived with a herd of mule deer in the Wind River mountains of Wyoming for almost seven years. Why, you may ask, would a person choose to do such a thing? His response: "how could you not?" For Joe Hutto, close proximity to wild things is irresistible. In "Illumination in the Flatwoods" he unveiled the secret lives of the wild turkey to great critical acclaim. In "Touching the Wild" he...

"The purpose of this study was to provide the Wyoming Department of Transportation and Wyoming Game and Fish Department with useful information about the patterns of mule deer seasonal habitat use, migration, road crossings, and wildlife-vehicle collisions in the Jackson Hole area."-- page i.