GIRL WHERE DO YOU LIVE THAT YOU SEE ELK AND MOOSE BUT NOT DEER????? How????
I mean I think the thing is that both elk and moose are big enough to be totally unbothered.
The moose I saw specifically when I've been up to the state parks in the Rockies.
But there's a camp I spend a lot of time at in Northern AZ and we see elk there all the time, just little herds of them. Mostly early in the morning, but sometimes you get some bold ones hanging around in the afternoon (which is a problem because you do not want random unafraid elk hanging around children so then someone has to go chase off the elk). But for whatever reason I don't remember ever having actually seen a deer there. Maybe because they're more timid? Maybe because the elk are there? Idk.
I'm sure at SOME point I've seen a deer but I can't call an instance to mind.
Behold! Some photos-of-bigfoot level quality elk pictures from my phone:
And a bonus bear from the same place: