Rutting buck sees red. Challenges approaching scooter.

There's a blacktail buck on Saltspring this morning with a roaring headache and there's a fellow with a story to tell his grandchildren. Picture a ferry worker riding his red scooter along a peaceful wooded road on his way to an early morning shift on the Queen of Nanaimo. His headlight is on, his windscreen is up, his gloved hands grip the outstretched handlebars, the motor is roaring gently. Out of the woods trots a buck who, seeing the oncoming challenger lowers his antlers and stands his ground. Ferry worker flies head over buck ending up sprawled on the road with a badly broken ankle. Blacktail buck collapses for a moment, gives his head a shake, gets up and trots back into the woods. Another rival vanquished.