RE: Is this for real?
I don't even think this is staged. Something about it just screams it's been photo shopped to me. First thing i don't like is that head that is sticking out in front of the women with white hair on the left. Some of the deer's ears appear to be erect, some are not. Some of the shadows seem a bit off to me as well. As someone who knows Photoshop, I can tell you if something looks unnatural, it probably is. This just screams photoshop to me.
Composite of various pictures of mounted deer and freshly harvested deer. that's my take.