An Alaska man who was carrying garbage out to his shed had to take cover when a curious bull moose approached him.

A Ring home security camera captured the moment Curtis Phelps became trapped inside the shed while the moose, with just one antler, tried to push his way inside.

The moose eventually moved on and Phelps escaped after calling his wife several times.

Curtis Phelps was taking out the trash at his home in Anchorage, Alaska

Just as he was leaving the shed, a moose appeared just out of his field of vision

'He's like, let me know when I can get out of the shed,' she said in an interview with the AP. 'I'm stuck in the shed.'

The Phelps live in south Anchorage, where moose are regular visitors.

The latest encounter occurred at about 11am last weekend. The family were having a lazy Saturday, Amy Phelps said.

She had placed bag of garbage on the front porch when husband Curtis decided to take it to their locked shed.

'He said he walked out and he looked both ways as we always do and nothing was there,' she said. 'All he wore was his hat. He had his cellphone, though.'

Curtis was locking up his shed and did not appear to notice the approaching moose

Just as he was closing the door, the moose decided to pick up the pace. Curtis scurried inside

Curtis Phelps is pictures alongside his wife Amy who live in Anchorage, Alaska

Curtis unlocked the shed and dumped the trash, but just as he stepped outside he spotted the moose moving his way - and picking up pace.

He ducked back inside and the moose walked up to the door and gently pushed it.

'He could see him pushing,' she said. 'It´s cracked a little bit.'

Curtis heard footsteps along the side of the building and suspected the moose had moved on. He called his wife to make sure. She ignored the call.

'I thought he was just accidentally calling me,' she said. 'I had no clue that the poor thing was stuck in there.'

Curtis then called his 13-year-old daughter inside the house. She just wanted to keep sleeping and ignored the call, Amy Phelps said.

The moose walked over towards the front door of shed just as Curtis pulled the door closed

The moose even butted the front door with its antler in an attempt to get inside

On his third call to his wife, she picked up. She could hear Curtis yelling and looked outside but could not see him.

She finally figured out he was still inside the shed. She told him the moose had crossed the street and he could safely come out.

Amy Phelps said she's not sure what the moose was thinking as it walked toward her husband.

'This one seemed kind of aggressive,' she said. 'I don't know. You can't trust them,' she said.

Two years ago, a cow gave birth to a calf in their back yard. Since then, a young moose, possibly the same calf, has regularly returned.

Eventually the moose lost interest and decided to walk away. Curtis was still trapped inside and was busy calling his wife to see if it was safe for him to come back out

The home security camera in December 2018 recorded the moose on the Phelps' front porch eating a Christmas wreath that the family had hung.

Moose generally are not aggressive, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, but if irritated or threatened, can deliver deadly blows by kicking, usually with their front legs.

The kicks can kill a wolf and fend off a bear. More people in Alaska are injured by moose than bears, according to the department.