cure for the moose thing -
carry a wal mart type bag.
all animals (even a 2000# bull)
will move AWAY from that noise.
when I worked horses
I carried one wadded up in my pocket.
it truly works.
ps
my sponsor was house bound one morning this semester
because a moose decided she liked the front porch.
I told her about the wal mart bag thing
and she opened the window and waved it
and the moose ran away.
it came back
repeatedly
(covered porch)
but the bag worked and she got to class.
Here in MT a bear WILL come right in the house
but only if they can't get into the garbage.
it just happened this winter over more eastern mt.