I lived in Fairbanks AK for 32 years. You gotta give all wild animals plenty of space, especially when they are with their young. I had a cow moose chase me off a trail system while walking my dog once. I came to an trail intersection and spotted her 100 yards up the trail where I had planned to walk & as I turned around to go back she came charging down the trail at me. I skedaddled off the trail int some thick trees with my dog. She traveled past down the trail about 40 yards. I thought oh guess I can continue up the trail. I about 20 yards and then here she comes again, and I scoot off the trail again, and decide I’m just gonna make a bee line through the brush back towards my house. And I start off, and hear crashing coming through the brush and there she is again, at this time I still have my dog on the leash but have picked up a big branch & my heart is beating pretty fast. I wait a bit behind my tree and finally she clears out, I make my way home. It was in May, and I think she probably had a calf nearby and was making sure I kept clear. Moose are huge, ornery beasts at the best of times. Not smart to try and get close to a mom and calves.
[have picked up a big branch]