“…When carrying out a comprehensive qualitative assessment of the elements of the habitat of the main types of hunting resources, the biological characteristics of the species of game animals, which are influenced by many features, including forage preferences, were also taken into account [6,7]. The southernmost border of the elk range passes through the territory of the Orenburg region and its distribution is confined mainly to the forested floodplains of the Ural, Sakmar, Samara rivers and areas where there are fairly large forests, among which there are Severny, Buguruslansky, Ponomarevsky, Sharlyksky, Tulgansky, Saraktashsky, so like moose are typical dendrophages.…”