tahunua001
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because your 3 year old has never seen an elk cow.
Cows graze. Deer browse. No competition for food.
Not completely true. I have watched Michigan White Tail Deer grazing on my property. They are prone to feeding on a variety of sources...apples (and ripe Tart Cherries) from my trees, grasses, Winter Green berries and leaves, browsing on my young ornamental and fruit trees (even when grasses are available). They are however, almost exclusively browsers during the time when the ground is covered with snow, giving them less choice. I hard Winters, I have observed that volunteer apple trees will have the bark completely stripped...from ground to top of the snow by mice, from the top of the snow up to about a foot high from the rabbits and from a foot or so high up to as high as a deer can reach by standing on trier back legs. In short, deer (White Tails), will exploit many food sources, not just browse.Cows graze. Deer browse. No competition for food. Dunno 'bout elk.
The primary diet of horses, sheep and cattle is grass. The primary diet of goats and deer is herbs and forbs.