I have been reading a book about wilderness and faith. The author is a minister and a lover of the outdoors. He has lived in some extremely remote areas of Canada and has had his fair share of close calls including at least 2 run ins with moose. Very hairy stuff that he describes.

In one situation he was walking/hiking with his pair of brother sister half lab, half coyote dogs when a moose exploded out from the other side of a meadow. The moose first went after the dogs but then set her sight on him. He ran into a small grove of poplar trees and the moose was very persistent and tried to bite him repeatedly as well as stomp him. This went on for some time as he kept dodging from tree to tree. Finally he noticed the moose kept looking back and he surmised the moose was concerned about a calf.

In another situation a dog belonging to someone else chased a bull into a campground where he had his small son with him. The moose grew tired of the dog and brandishing his horns drove it away only to set his sights on him and his kid who had climbed on top of the picnic table. The moose kept coming and he remembered that loggers often used a long pipe to put into the air to show they had the larger set of horns. He didn't have a pipe so he raised his arm into the air and the moose stopped and backed off. Interesting. Good book and I will eventually post a review of the book but considering pj's recent experience I thought a moose thread might be appropriate. His understanding of moose behavior is they generally don't stop until you are a pile of pulp. I was a little surprised to hear that they are apt to try and bite you and likely pull you out where they can stomp the crap out of you. Yikes! I bet some spray would be effective...........anybody hear of someone using spray on moose?