We've lived in this house for 20 of the last 27 years (7 years was job related transfers). Over the years we've seen bull moose, cow moose with calves, brown bear, black bear, fox, ermine, squirrels, wild rabbits, grouse, ptarmigan, birds of all kinds including bald eagles and a travel weary snipe that rested in my garden for 2 days. One year we had a young randy moose strutting his stuff and attack my lilac bush and completely destroy a mountain ash tree. But the moose we didn't see come through the yard this past Thurs night left it's identifying mark. My hanging fuchsia basket was on the ground, the cabbage and cauliflower and Swiss chard were totally gone, the wax and green beans were trampled as were the carrots. But the most disappointing thing were the peas! Our 5 foot tall plants were either pulled out by the roots or nibbled down to about a foot high. And just for good measure, the fencing was stretched and bent over to almost touch the ground and the raspberry patch has a giant empty spot. Hubby has been watching and waiting for the peas to fill out so we could have creamed new peas and red potatoes. Don't think we'll even get a handful of peas. Oh well, moose have to eat, too!