A friend of mine is a local wildife rehabilitator and deer expert. She recently called me up to tag along on a release of a young male that was brought to her by a game warden. Some very unintelligent people were keeping this little guy in their back yard with plans of fattening him up and slaughtering him. Silly rednecks...
At the raptor center getting ready to load up
Carrying his crate deep into the woods
Sniffing and nibbling in his new home