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A dark bull moose with antlers standing in a grassy meadow at first light in the Wind River Range, Wyoming, with pines and pale granite boulders behind

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A bull moose in the Wind River Range

I came across this bull moose in a meadow in the Wind River Range of Wyoming in August 2026, right around first light. He was standing out in the grass with his antlers up, with a slope of pines and pale granite boulders behind him. It was just before 6 in the morning, around 50, with a clear sky and almost no wind.

I only had my phone, so this is zoomed in from a distance, and the low light softened everything. Low brush filled the meadow between us.

Day before: A trail in Shoshone National Forest Same day: An alpine morning in the Wind River Range

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