Stuart Bell, SLIM PICKINGS (ANIMALS 2024)

Wildlife does it tough in the face of a Canadian winter. The lack of food and water combined with frigid temperatures takes its toll on the weak and sick, many never see the following Spring. However, this healthy-looking, and more-than-likely pregnant, Whitetail Doe has wandered down to the edge of the frozen Columbia River in British Columbia, Canada.

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