herd of molting yearling elk eating newly spouted leaves from an overlanging limb in very early spring

animal beside bite biting branch brown bud buds calf countryside deer early eat eating elk environmental first forest from fur game grazing growth habitat heard herbivores herd hoofed hunting landscape leaves limb mammal mammals meadow molting motley natural nature newly off outdoor overlanging pelt plant road ruminant scruffy season shedding spouted spring together tourism trees very wild wildlife woodland yearling young