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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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Nullclast t1_izk1lea wrote

They're all over in far eastern Washington not sure about central

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JGfromtheNW t1_j07sdi5 wrote

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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pvfjr t1_izk55ce wrote

I took some pics of one in the North Cascades this summer at Cutthroat Lake. Rangers were fairly surprised it had come down that far.

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