Charlie - I have to side w/ spyro on the issue of Elk/deer conflict. Whitetails are grazers also, but they will DECIMATE the mule deer population. Not very may people want to admitt it but the time correlation between the reintroduction of Elk and the decline of the mule deer cant be denied. There are other factors involved from region to region, but Elk reintroduction/expansion is common to most.