What to do if there's a moose at your door?

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Surprise visitor trapped Chelsea Coles outside of her house in -30º C weather

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The moose made itself comfortable, leaving droppings and eating parts of a tree. (Chelsea Coles)

When Chelsea Coles opened her door on Monday morning, it took her brain a while to figure out what was going on.

Despite temperatures well below -30 C when factoring in the wind chill, a blast of heat hit her instead.

And then she saw the moose.

"I scared her, she scared the **** out of me, I jumped back, she jumped up, and the deck was really slippery, so she was sliding all around," Coles said, speaking from her home in Fort St. John, in northeastern B.C...

...She called the Conservation Officer Service, which told her that so long as the moose wasn't being aggressive, she should just wait it out.

And so Coles did, sitting in her car for an hour in freezing weather, hoping the moose would eventually move... the moose continued to hang around for another "six or seven hours" in her yard and at her neighbour's house, eating part of a tree before eventually heading back into the woods...
 
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We have a lot of moose here which isn't much of a problem except for Cinco the Border Collie. He likes to herd anything that moves and that can be dangerous whether it is a truck, a snowmobile, motorcycle ... or a moose. Once in a while a moose will camp out a little too close to the house - for hours or even days. I've taken a shot or two into the ground with a .38 or even a 30-30. Doesn't faze them. So, I got the bright idea of downloading wolf howls to my phone. At a distance of 60 yards, I replayed the howling and they kind of looked toward me for a moment then went back to their willow munching. I guess these Colorado moose have never seen a wolf, so they are unafraid. That is likely to change soon since they released some wolves just over the hill in the next county. Can't wait until they make it over this way!
 
My wife got trapped outside of our house by an alligator at the front door! Luckily he didn't hang around too long.
 
My wife went outside to get in her car one morning to go to work. Insisted a skunk chased her around her car a couple of times. I told her the skunk probably wondered way is this crazy woman chasing me around the car screaming.
 
Well I guess if nothing else you could shoot it, then have a taxidermist stuff it and mount it in your front yard, but you would probably have to check with your Homeowners Association to make sure it's ok....if they say no then you could in the dead of night mount it in the yard of the Associations president.............
 
dben002 said:
Well I guess if nothing else you could shoot it,...
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"When life gives you mooses, make moosemeat"? :rolleyes:
Fortunately, it (she, apparently) eventually just moosey'd off.

They're common up in Ft. St. John but probably don't make house calls all that often. I bet Ms. Coles will be installing a door camera now :)
 
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They...

...probably enjoy the warmth and safety of the house, even outside in close proximity in winter it probably matters. The little heat emanated from the house, the wind barrier the construction provides, and no way wolves or bears daring to come there to hunt. Bit of peace and comfort for the connoisseur moose.
 
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