The moose is the largest member of the deer family. After my experiences with them, I'm willing to bestow the dubious distinction upon them as being the most cantankerous critters in the west!!! Like these two uninvited intruders who had the gall to invade my favorite fishing hole some years back...At a time like this, a show of force is important to dominate the situation, forcing the adversary to retreat. In this case, it worked....After a few bluffing charges, I retreated to the nearest tree, forced to perch on an upper limb until the beasts 'vamoosed'!!!