As Will becomes more and more wolf-like, he develops an appetite for raw meat. In one scene, he pursues a deer. He chases it for a while and eventually catches it by jumping from a rock onto the deer below. He wrestles with it, picks it up, and breaks its neck. He then bites into the deer's neck. This scene was accomplished with the use of six real deer, a stuffed (taxidermy) deer, and a mechanical deer. AS to the real deer, a deer was placed in position by one trainer at point "A". At the appropriate time, the first trainer released the deer from point "A" and the deer ran to a second trainer at point "B". The deer responded to a buzzer with food as a reward. This was done with a variety of backgrounds and filmed from different angles. When Will jumps onto the deer from the rock, a taxidermied deer was used. When Will wrestles, bites, and kills the deer, a mechanical deer was used. The real deer and actors or stuntmen were never in contact with one another. They were filmed separately. All of this action had been observed by a hawk in this movie. The hawk had been placed and held on a tree branch by his trainer and then called with a whistle. Birds are also seen flying into the night sky. These were not real birds, but electronically created by special effects.

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