303Carbine, I agree again. It's just that most people don't think a moose is a dangerous animal, whereas most people are scared out of their pants at bears.
I have said so many times, a black bear in the wilds, that has not been habitated, or familiar with humans, is of virtually no danger, whatsoever, to people. Bears have a tremendous nose, as well as built in, inherited fright for the scent of a human. Thus, a black bear will likely get a whiff of you in the wilderness, well before you see him, and take off.
Black bears won't even protect their cubs. I know this from personal experience, as well as familiararity with people who have had far more experience with bears than I have. One bushman that I knew, told me that for twenty-five years, he shot a cub black bear every fall, to get the choice fat from them. He said there was never once, that he had to shoot the mother bear, in defence of her cubs. In his own words, he told me, "Oh, the old bear huffs and puffs, and snaps her teeth, but they never come for you. I just tell them, 'get out of here and leave me alone."
But, I will admit, in this world of animal loving people, one may have a hard time explaining he had to shoot a moose in self defence. As I have said, I have been chased up a tree by an irate, over-###ed bull moose. A game warden I often hunted with was twice chased up trees by bull moose. So savvy bushmen know full well that it could easily become necessary to have to shoot a moose, to defend one's self.
