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whelanbio t1_izh613z wrote

Eastern Washington, specifically NE corner around Spokane/CDA. Occasionally they show up in the Palouse but that's pretty rare, the couple I saw around Pullman seemed lost and had the look of "how tf did I end up in the middle of a wheat field"

Super unlikely to see one in Western WA, I think the one spotted around Rainier recently was the first sighting ever recorded in that area so unless you literally find that one it's probably not happening.

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Deej811 t1_izh84jh wrote

I saw 4 in the Palouse in October. The last time I seen one was 5 years ago

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whelanbio t1_izhauvw wrote

Thats awesome, what area out there? I use to run all around the farm roads and it was always super cool coming across one.

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Deej811 t1_izhf4t4 wrote

A little west of Colfax on a side road. We were pheasant hunting and I thought they were horses at first.

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whelanbio t1_izi3rox wrote

I can definitely picture that. I alway figured they like the Palouse river and traverse out from Idaho via that. One summer I paddle-boarded down the Palouse river (I don't recommend it but it was a good adventure) and I saw more variety of wildlife in that day than the previous few months -including some elk way too close for my comfort.

Oddly enough all my moose sightings were south of Kamiak in the area around Rose Creek.

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riannaearl t1_izhjiz5 wrote

I saw one running around lyons ferry hatchery, right on the snake river about 6 years ago. It was really cool and very unexpected.

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