Never ever try to pet something that is bigger than you or is meaner than you. Actually he didn't say "pet" but I figured I would clean it up.
Stupid, big and strong is not a safe combination either.
I would not do that to a completely wild moose, but that was Semour. Semour was at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation in Portage, AK. He was handled a lot, used to do commercials, etc. I would not trust him without the fence, but he usually would wander to the fence because he liked attention.
http://www.alaskawildlife.org/
It was a great place for pictures. My best bear picture came from the same place. This is Hugo and friends: