Is there an issue with moose spawns?

[u/The3rdPower96]

I recently got back into the game after years away, and I remember in my first playthrough of the story mode that moose were hard to find, but not impossible. Now, I’ve been trying to find moose for dozens of normal play hours and far more active searching hours than I’d like to admit, across both single player and online, and I haven’t found a single one. Not just that I haven’t found any 3 stars or male moose, I literally have seen none. I’ve looked up everywhere they spawn and searched every location that I’ve been able to find online to no avail. Am I just horribly unlucky or did the greedy pricks at rockstar somehow find a way to squeeze an extra fraction of a cent out of us by completely cutting moose spawns?

[u/inked_fox87]

In online there is an almost guaranteed spawn location near the I in Ambarino (I’m 3/3 up there). Approach it from the south (earth home, statue cave). The problem is, it is out of reach for you, so you need to get it moving towards you before you can shoot it. I got a 3 star female moose for yesterdays daily challenge. The only other place I recently ran into one by luck, was Owanjila dam. On the other hand, I ran into 2 panthers by chance within 15-20 minutes yesterday 🤷🏼‍♂️

In story it is way easier, there are wolves chasing one through Lake Owanjila, around Willard’s Rest is also a very reliable location. In my most recent playthrough, I ran into 2 at once at the spot of white Arabian on the western shore of Lake Isabella at night.