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dubzi_ART t1_izhrmxp wrote

This means we’re Canada now right?

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Sonnuvah t1_izigk0f wrote

"MOOSEN!! I saw a flock of moosen! There were many of 'em. Many much moosen. Out in the woods—in the woodes—in the woodsen. The meese wantin' the food. Food is to eatenesen!"

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sverre054 t1_izin6ei wrote

Moose historically wre never very prevelent in WA outside the Selkirk and Blue mountains. The population has been steadily growing and expanding since the 50s, including moose moving into the North Cascades.

I remember about 10 years ago, my friend went solo deer hunting for the first time outside Winthrop. A game warden talked to him as he was driving out fur the and asked if he saw anything. He said no buck, but I saw a huge moose walk by. The game warden said there weren't any moose in the area, and he must be mistaken, until he saw the photo my friend took, and "well holy shit, you just shut me the hell up"

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Jamesspade2 t1_iziy2h9 wrote

I used to haul corn from George to Chehalis and would go.through Yakima and naches down highway 12.

Buddy and I almost wrecked because 6-8 moose were crossing the road in between Packwood and Randle.

This was 2010. No one believed me. But I know what I saw. Absolutely beautiful creatures.

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exum23 t1_izj5tma wrote

I’ve seen moose in the blue mountains a few times

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TopRevenue2 t1_izjc4xf wrote

A moose walks into a park and we can all celebrate! But mountain goats in the Olympics need to be exterminated, mostly killed and few exiled to the Cascades.

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adenninlove t1_izjlnju wrote

..am i the only one who thought that was something else? i thought it was just another day in australia with a big spider casually walking home..

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rtp_oak t1_izjopjj wrote

Where is that guy on here trying to see a moose with his wife before they move to Boston?

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TopRevenue2 t1_izk35fz wrote

Replying to newt_girl (#894,271)

Evidence that mountain goats are a native species includes the following facts:

An early report by John Dunn, published in 1844, stated that "The natives [of the area] manufacture some of their blankets from the wool of the wild goat; which is done with great neatness."

John Fannin and George Bird Grinnell reported in the February 13, 1890 edition of Forest and Stream in an article entitled "Range of the White Goat" that mountain goats were "abundant on the Olympian Range mountains."

A press expedition reported, in the July 16, 1890 edition of the Seattle Press, the sighting of a lone goat in the Olympic mountains.

Another expedition (reported in the April 1896 National Geographic) claimed that mountain goats were present.

In the July 18, 1917 edition of the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Albert B. Reagan, Ph.D. (an ethnologist), reported identifying bones of mountain goats in the area. Most, but not all, of the goat bones had been formed into spoons.

These reports--all written before the release of a few goats in the 1920's--are substantial evidence that mountain goats are native to the ONP and an important part of the local ecology.

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KennyHarm420 t1_izk3z0r wrote

As an easy sider it's crazy that moose aren't on the west side, we don't have a ton over here but it not uncommon too see one or a group of them

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Collie_Mom t1_izl8t2s wrote

Hope his has a couple girl friends. 🥰

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jorwyn t1_izm3nuk wrote

Replying to flipfreakingheck (#891,548)

I remember being late to work once because there was a moose on the state line bridge. Sent a photo to my boss to explain why I wouldn't be on time.

I had no idea they weren't as common at Rainer as over here.

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JGfromtheNW t1_j07sdi5 wrote

Replying to Nullclast (#894,402)

We had one female start showing up in the Wenatchee valley probably at least 4-5 years ago. IIRC in 2020 there was a male who was tranq'd in East Wenatchee and released near Lake Wenatchee, and then two females were seen together hanging at the Lowe's in Wenatchee (very close to the river front).

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Seems like they're becoming more and more prevalent here.

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