This traffic stop was wild.

A sheriff’s deputy in Little Torch Key, Florida pulled over a car with a broken tail light when he found three hog-tied deer.

Two of the endangered Key deer were found bound in the backseat and a third was found in the trunk of the vehicle, CBS News reports. That deer may have helped draw the deputy’s attention, according to the Sun-Sentinel.

“It’s very possible the [deer] in the trunk kicked out the taillight,” a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) told the paper. “Whether he did or not, I don’t know. But that’s what the deputy stopped [the driver] for.”

The deer had wounds on their heads and bodies — likely from struggling to get free — and blood had soaked into the car’s seat and was smeared on the roof of the trunk, the Sun-Sentinel reported.

The men in the vehicle, identified as Erik Yosmany Damas Acosta, 18, and Tumani Anthony Younge, 23, told investigators they wanted to take pictures with the deer, according to arrest reports.

The two were charged with animal cruelty and each face up to five years behind bars and a fine of up to $5,000, reports CBS Miami.

Authorities freed the deer — an endangered species with a population of 700-800 — after the deputy called the FWC, WPEC-TV reported.

Two of the deer ran off, but the third needed to be evaluated by animal services.