The general consensus was that is was a deer, with small tree limbs in front. I took that a step further and showed that when removign the tree limbs it becomes pretty clear. I then superimposed a mule deer over the image, and it removes any doubt.
Original

edited out the tree, makes it a little clearer to see what it is (sloppy but serves the purpose of bringing focus away form the two little branches)

The becomes really clear, when I superimpose the mule deer head. (note the white face markigns of the mule deer)
