The winner and his prize

We witnessed a really cool thing on a walk at Shannon Terrace, Fish Creek Park, a while ago. A Mule Deer buck, accompanied by a doe, came towards us and got pretty close - certainly close enough, knowing that it's rutting season! Then a huge buck arrived on the scene and approached the other two. Eventually, the smaller buck realized that the other male was bigger and more powerful and that he might as well leave the scene, seeing as he would be out of luck. My photo is of the lucky "winner", the larger buck, with the rather disinterested doe. I think this is the closest photo I've ever been able to get of a male. He's an impressive sight - just look at the size of his neck!