A back yard visitor

[Small Family Farmer]

Moose are not to be taken lightly. Very cool animals but they can get down right nasty and do a lot of damage. We have them cross our farm from time to time and they are given a wide berth by everyone. Personally I would not want one in my backyard but then I'm a wuss.

[blue_in_AK]

(05-25-2012 02:42 PM)Small Family Farmer Wrote:  Moose are not to be taken lightly. Very cool animals but they can get down right nasty and do a lot of damage. We have them cross our farm from time to time and they are given a wide berth by everyone. Personally I would not want one in my backyard but then I'm a wuss.

Our urban moose are fairly docile because they're around people so much, although there have been a few stomping deaths in the time I've been here. Still, I like to keep an eye on them when there's no barrier between us.

When we go out for our morning walks on the Coastal Trail, we encounter moose pretty frequently, but I've never had one act aggressive towards me. One time I came upon a male and a female right in the middle of the trail, and they weren't going anywhere. They kind of held me at bay for about a half hour before they moved on. I was just too nervous to try to pass them. ... And mothers with new babies (like this time of year) are given a very wide berth.

I've noticed that the moose further out in the wild are much more elusive, and I'm a lot less comfortable around them.

[Small Family Farmer]

Urban moose? A concept that evades me, our wild ones are so elusive and so dangerous that imagining one docile is just a stretch.

Rational thought tells me that such things happen but a moose? Kind of like imaging a docile cougar, really, really tough to accept.

Thanks for sharing such a neat experience.

[Bryn]

That photo of moose is funny because of its facial expression. It needs a great caption to make it a LOL. Good Job!