As fun as it is to hunt elk, it's best to have to travel a ways to do it.

Bale grazing is possible here mostly because my 'cow' hay usually isn't as good as what they can paw out for in the crop land.  Swath grazing isn't impossible but you have to be selective on which field.  Even where there are lots of elk they have their favorite haunts and leave the rest alone.  That said, if they find an easy feed source in winter they'll travel miles every night to feed.