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Title: moose moving west
Post by: DeerThug on June 17, 2014, 06:47:17 PM
So was on my way home today and saw these critters.  they were about 4 or 5 miles north of hyw 26 along hwy 395  east of othello and just north of cunningham road.  only about 50 yards off of the hwy.  might have to zoom in as I only had my cell phone to take pics.
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Post by: grundy53 on June 17, 2014, 06:56:21 PM
Nice!

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Post by: Bullkllr on June 17, 2014, 07:11:22 PM
One moose said to the other as they headed west, "We outta wolf range yet...?"
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Post by: trophyhunt on June 17, 2014, 07:35:00 PM
One moose said to the other as they headed west, "We outta wolf range yet...?"
sad but funny at the same time!
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Post by: fowl smacker on June 17, 2014, 08:00:49 PM
We saw one in Dayton last year and it was a shocker to us.
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Post by: Quackwhacker on June 18, 2014, 02:32:43 AM
There's always a few floating around the area. There was a cow and two bull elk up around Warden a couple weeks ago.
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Post by: MLBowhunting on June 18, 2014, 04:53:22 AM
Cool pic.  :tup:
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Post by: MerriamMagician on June 18, 2014, 05:35:20 PM
Seen a few around banks lake over the years...
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Post by: nwwanderer on June 18, 2014, 06:37:16 PM
Probably last years twins, mom has new ones, kicks them loose and they walk, maybe a very long walk.
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Post by: teanawayslayer on June 29, 2014, 10:28:53 AM
There are moose hanging out in the chiwawa river drainage also
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Post by: rasbo on June 29, 2014, 10:59:45 AM
seen a young bull on the lower palouse two weeks ago
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Post by: pat2bear on July 01, 2014, 07:21:24 PM
Cool pic Vic! Had a doe trot out in front of me the other night down by your place.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 01, 2014, 07:30:45 PM
 A buddy of mine claims his daughter seen one by our house riding horses  :yike: She swore it was a moose since she has elk in her yard all the time  :dunno: We are way west ..almost as far as west goes  :chuckle:
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Post by: Tbar on July 01, 2014, 07:49:29 PM
A buddy of mine claims his daughter seen one by our house riding horses  :yike: She swore it was a moose since she has elk in her yard all the time  :dunno: We are way west ..almost as far as west goes  :chuckle:
That is believable, my daughter photographed 2 below Diablo last summer.
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Post by: WAcoueshunter on July 01, 2014, 10:20:45 PM
There are moose hanging out in the chiwawa river drainage also

...and Tyee Ridge.
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on July 02, 2014, 08:53:09 PM
We saw one in Dayton last year and it was a shocker to us.
They have been around for awhile.  Two years ago they had to put one down in tri cities
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on July 02, 2014, 08:57:21 PM
I had a friend tell me she saw a moose outside nachese. Knowing her I called her bluff and said you are  mistaken it was a elk. I think I posted about it. Anyway I called the bio and he did not seem suprised. :dunno:
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Post by: pat2bear on July 02, 2014, 10:38:14 PM
I had a friend tell me she saw a moose outside nachese. Knowing her I called her bluff and said you are  mistaken it was a elk. I think I posted about it. Anyway I called the bio and he did not seem suprised. :dunno:
That'd be news to me. It'd be cool though!
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Post by: Call em in on July 05, 2014, 08:32:29 PM
I spoke to an orchardist who said several years ago they put one down in Soap Lake.  I thought it sounded strange at the time. 

Two years ago I saw a large black bear chasing a cow moose in Cle Elum!  I made my way down into the swamp I last saw them and started calling thinking I could get the bear to come in.  Never saw the bear but the moose made it's way back to see what the terrible noise was all about. LOL
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Post by: andersonjk4 on July 10, 2014, 08:14:52 AM
seen a young bull on the lower palouse two weeks ago

There have been more and more moose moving into the Palouse over the last 10 or so years.  Now I see several each year along the Palouse River.  I think they are following the North and South forks of the Palouse River out of Idaho.  Maybe to escape wolf pressure or just expanding territory, but there is starting to be a pretty steady population of them along the Palouse River.  The Palouse River is only 20-25 miles from where the OP spotted the moose.  We've also started seeing more and more moose in the Blues.  They are definitely widening their territory. 
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Post by: bobcat on July 10, 2014, 08:20:41 AM
We saw a moose along Deadman Creek just before it hits the Snake River.  (south side of the Snake)
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Post by: Fish4Fun on July 11, 2014, 01:44:12 PM
I know they have seen moose South of Eagle Lakes before and that is a few mile South out of Othello. That was probably 3 - 5 years ago.
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Post by: deadwoodbuck on July 11, 2014, 03:07:29 PM
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A buddy of mine claims his daughter seen one by our house riding horses 

 :yike: that would be a hell of a picture!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: HunterStrait on August 06, 2014, 11:32:16 PM
We saw one in Dayton last year and it was a shocker to us.

No way! I never knew there were moose down there! :o
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Post by: RadSav on August 07, 2014, 04:39:40 AM
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A buddy of mine claims his daughter seen one by our house riding horses 

 :yike: that would be a hell of a picture!!!!!!!!!

 :chuckle: :chuckle:  That would be!  Poor horses :o

Makes me think of this poster
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on August 07, 2014, 05:37:28 AM
There are moose hanging out in the chiwawa river drainage also
They have been there for a while
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Post by: Sumpnneedskillin on August 07, 2014, 06:29:33 AM
There was one swimming in the Snake near the Clarkston golf course the past week or so.  Guys I work with saw one between Pomeroy and Lower Granite Dam about a month ago.  Last week someone saw one between Pullman and Lower Granite.  Two years ago we had one in Pomeroy until the crowd got to be too big and it decided to leave town.
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Post by: npaull on August 07, 2014, 01:59:28 PM
My brother saw one right next to Manastash Lake this spring. It was a bull at close range too, so no doubt that it was actually a moose.
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Post by: Biggerhammer on August 07, 2014, 04:26:23 PM
There was a Bull Moose in Waterville (Douglas Co) a couple years back. 100 degrees out and it was cruising across the open wheat fields.
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Post by: Cascade on August 07, 2014, 05:03:07 PM

We saw one in Dayton last year and it was a shocker to us.

No way! I never knew there were moose down there! :o

This was taken in May in Dayton.

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Post by: HunterStrait on August 16, 2014, 09:51:52 AM

We saw one in Dayton last year and it was a shocker to us.

No way! I never knew there were moose down there! :o

This was taken in May in Dayton.

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You don't see that every day, a moose actually walking on the sidewalk  :chuckle:
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Post by: wlandrum on August 28, 2014, 06:01:08 AM
WOW, right on.  :tup: :tup:
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Post by: subagang707 on August 28, 2014, 12:56:18 PM
Are we sure that isn't just a REALLY BIG Great Dane running the streets in Dayton?? :chuckle:
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Post by: WSU on August 28, 2014, 01:01:18 PM
seen a young bull on the lower palouse two weeks ago

There have been more and more moose moving into the Palouse over the last 10 or so years.  Now I see several each year along the Palouse River.  I think they are following the North and South forks of the Palouse River out of Idaho.  Maybe to escape wolf pressure or just expanding territory, but there is starting to be a pretty steady population of them along the Palouse River.  The Palouse River is only 20-25 miles from where the OP spotted the moose.  We've also started seeing more and more moose in the Blues.  They are definitely widening their territory.

I saw a handful very near Pullman during school.  I can think of 4 that I saw within 10 miles of Pullman in Washington during my 4 years.  I think there was at least one more but can't seem to place it.
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Post by: Buckblaster on August 29, 2014, 06:48:26 AM
A buddy of mine saw a cow and calf moose in the Entiat valley 2 years ago. 
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