Are we supposed to answer or what lol?
The answer is because due to more elk died from predation so the elk who are still alive have a more vast food supply
The answer is A. Hope this helps and have a nice day! ;)
It is D.
“Now the thing to do,” he went on, “is to try to forget it and go on being a man.”
^that is the excerpt from the story.
hope it helps :)