CarolC... moose in the TRUE wild are much LESS shy. But, it depends on many factors, age, sex, time of year, number of moose, time of day....

EG, Sally would visit at dusk every day last fall. Big guy only visited once in the middle of the night - saw his tracks in morning - close enough for him to look in the windows of the trailer. Perhaps the snoring from my trailer was misinterpreted. I had one HUGE bull who would come to me for sugar cubes when I called - to about ten feet away. Worst thing I ever did. He was summarily shot at dawn the first day of the following season. I've always felt responsible because I taught him to come to me. I really didn't think anyone would take him that far back in really rugged country, but I was wrong.

I have had four or five moose running all around me, confused and scared by my presence, in the rut. I have had four or five watch/ignore me while I sat and had a smoke and talked to them, in the winter. I've watched four bulls square off and spar in what seemed like a round robin type training camp as if I was the audience. I've had cows with calves run at first sight and I've had cows with calves charge, which is the most dangerous situation in these woods, other than a hungry bear who doesn't understand why I am at the top of the food chain.

Anyway, the days of walking past a moose or bear at tewnty feet or feeding moose birds on your shoulder are waning as access to the backwoods by ATV's and such increase.

But, you can still find lots of wild places if you are willing to hoof it.

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