Rick Tomlinson / Crew member Damian Foxhall holding child in lifejacket, after finishing leg one of the 10th Volvo Ocean Race in fourth position in "Green Dragon". Cape Town, November 2008. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) fawn resting in grass, Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, California

Tim Laman / Mt. Shasta and Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus). Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, California. Oct 2002.

Tim Laman / Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) bucks in velvet, one running, one grazing, in Tuolume Meadows at Yosemite National Park, California.

Kevin Schafer / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) female in lupine meadow, Olympic National Park, Washington

Kevin Schafer / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) trio grazing on hillside, Olympic National Park, Washington

Pete Oxford / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) female, Wyoming

Pete Oxford / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) pregnant female, Wyoming

Pete Oxford / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in snow after spring storm, Wyoming

Pete Oxford / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) digging through new snow to feed after spring storm, Wyoming

Pete Oxford / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) resting under a tree after spring snow storm, Wyoming

Thomas Mangelsen / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck bedded down amid sagebrush, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Patricio Robles Gil / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) doe and fawn amid Yucca, Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico

Michael Durham / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) newborn fawn hides in the forest, waiting for the return of its mother, Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon

Tim Fitzharris / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) male in dry grass, North America

Tim Fitzharris / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) male in dry grass, North America

George McCarthy / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) portrait, Utah, USA

George McCarthy / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) portrait, NM, USA

George McCarthy / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) Waterton-Glacier National Park, Alberta, Canada

George McCarthy / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) Waterton-Glacier National Park, Alberta, Canada

George McCarthy / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) Waterton-Glacier National Park, Alberta, Canada

George McCarthy / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} male in velvet, Grand Teton NP, Wyoming, USA

Michael Durham / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) crossing stream at night shot with remote camera, de-commissioned army Camp Bonneville, Washington

Tim Fitzharris / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) trio in the grasslands of Badlands National Park, South Dakota

Mark Raycroft / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) or Black-tailed Deer pair on suburb lawn

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} female with two fawns, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} fawn portrait, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} stag, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} family group, note tagging collar on female, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} female with fawn, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} stag in velvet, resting, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} female in snow, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} pair in snow, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} males fighting, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} group of males in velvet, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} young male in grass with sunflowers, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} fawn left by mother to rest next to tree, Colorado, USA

Patricio Robles Gil / Mule deer resting {Odocoilleus hemionus} Chihuahua desert, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Mule deer resting {Odocoilleus hemionus} Chihuahua desert, Mexico

George McCarthy / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} stag, Bosque del Appache NR, New Mexico, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer stage {Odocoileus hemionus} Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer stage {Odocoileus hemionus} Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} stag backlit, Colorado, USA

Jose Schell / Two male Mule deer stags (Odocoileus hemionus) eating saskatoon berries. Waterton NP Canada

Philippe Clement / Mule deer hind resting in the grass {Odocoileus hemionus} Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA.

Philippe Clement / Mule deer stags {Odocoileus hemionus} Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA.

Patricio Robles Gil / Mule deer with young {Odocoileus hemionus} Chihuaha desert, Mexico

TOM MANGELSEN / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA.

TOM MANGELSEN / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA.

TOM MANGELSEN / Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA.

Patricio Robles Gil / Mule deer stag {Odocoileus hemionus} Chihuaha desert, Mexico

TOM MANGELSEN / Mule deer with young. Montana (Odocoileus hemionus) USA.

TOM MANGELSEN / Mule Deer suckling young. (Odocoileus hemionus) Wyoming Yellowstone NP. USA.

TOM MANGELSEN / Mule Deer fawn (Odocileus hemionus) Montana, USA.

TOM MANGELSEN / Mule Deer in the snow Wyoming (Odocileus hemionus) USA. Grand Teton NP.

TOM MANGELSEN / Mule Deer and fawn (Odocoileus hemionus) Montana, USA.

TOM MANGELSEN / Mule Deer with young (Odocoileus hemionus) Montana, USA.

Philippe Clement / Mule deer resting by tree {Odocoileus hemionus} Yellowstone NP, USA

Philippe Clement / Mule deer resting by tree {Odocoileus hemionus} Yellowstone, USA

Tom Vezo / Mule deer stag {Odocoileus hemionus} Bosque del Apache NWR, NM, USA.

Jeff Vanuga / Albino Mule deer with fawn {Odocoileus hemionus} Wyoming, USA.

Jeff Vanuga / Mule deer graze in front of Stewart Point Well, Wyoming. USA.

Jeff Vanuga / Mule deer silhouette {Odocoileus hemionus} Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA.

Jeff Vanuga / Albino Mule deer {Odocoileus hemionus} Wyoming, USA.

Patricio Robles Gil / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) young male standing alert at forest edge near Muncho Lake, Rocky Mountains, Canada

Sumio Harada / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck with velvet covered antlers, Rocky Mountains, North America

Tim Fitzharris / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) portrait, Washington

Tim Fitzharris / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) portrait in alpine meadow, Washington

Tim Fitzharris / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) fawn portrait, North America

Tim Fitzharris / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) fawn, North America

Jim Brandenburg / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) portrait, South Dakota

Jim Brandenburg / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) female walking through tall grass, Saguaro National Monument, Arizona

Michio Hoshino / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) fawn camouflaged in grass, Alaska

Jeff Foott / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in meadow, Yosemite National Park, California

Donald M. Jones / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck in autumn, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck in autumn, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck in autumn, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck in autumn, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck in defensive posture in autumn, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck in autumn, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck, Montana

Donald M. Jones / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) herd on ridge in early spring, Montana

Suzi Eszterhas / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck in spring, Point Reyes National Seashore, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck in spring, Point Reyes National Seashore, California

Tim Fitzharris / Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) trio feeding on Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) carcass, native to North America

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) doe in winter, Yellowstone National Park, Montana

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) doe, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota

Donald M. Jones / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck, western Montana

Suzi Eszterhas / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) conservationist, Diane Nicholas, bathing ten day old orphaned fawn, Kindred Spirits Fawn Rescue, Loomis, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) ten day old fawn, Loomis, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) ten day old fawn and mother, Loomis, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) conservationist, Diane Nicholas, releasing four month olds after being rehabilitated by Kindred Spirits Fawn Rescue, Grass Valley, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) conservationist, Diane Nicholas, releasing four month olds after being rehabilitated by Kindred Spirits Fawn Rescue, Grass Valley, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) four month olds being released after being rehabilitated by Kindred Spirits Fawn Rescue, Grass Valley, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) four month olds being released after being rehabilitated by Kindred Spirits Fawn Rescue, Grass Valley, California