the problem comes from people feeding them in town. they come to expect it and get pissed when you don't give them a piece of bread. This little prick gave me no end of trouble, chased me up my stairs a couple times and even stole my lunch one morning.
That's real funny. He even dropped some nuggets by the steps for you.
Yes, moose get used to handouts very fast, and it could turn-out into a big problem. It's best to just cut some of the top (out of their reach) willow branches and let them hang from the tree. They eat those during the winter, and stay away from the house, except when the eat the dry flowers right but the sides of the house.
But moose in general are much like cattle with long legs. Not a good idea to step between a moose and her young, nor to get close when a male is in lust with a cow. Both cows and bulls can charge when one enters their zone of safety, but other than that, they are very predictable. Bears, dogs, wolves, etc., are much more unpredictable than the neighborhood moose.
It's much easier getting away from a moose than it's from a bear, but a couple of people have gotten killed by moose through the years. Now, moose can't be compared to bears in relation to injury and death. The average death to bears in Alaska is one very other year, or around 56 deaths in 100 years (up to 2005 in the link i posted above). Keep in mind that I am not an expert on bears, nor moose. I am just reading the data on bears from the bear studies at USGS.