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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 1046290" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>several years ago I was walking two 18 month old bulls down the lane to the barn....these boys were quiet and tame. but they were young boys....</p><p>and they decided to tussle with one another just in playfulness....</p><p>in an instant one of them had pushed the other one into me knocking me down and they both went over the top of me as I was scrambling to get out of the way.....</p><p>thankfully I just got bumped and knocked around a bit and did not get stepped on.....</p><p></p><p>also one night checking for calves ......</p><p>one of my pet cows did not know it was me and went into protection mode in the dark....I was not even near her calf or any calf but she was an emerging herd leader and made a pass at a threat to the herd....I managed to avoid her but am not nearly as nimlbe today....once she recognized me by voice or smell she visibly calmed down but had she hit me it would have been all over but the singing....one thing I learned.....a light used so you can see...hides you from the stock....I saw that cow coming and that is how I knew who she was....but behind a bright light she had no idea what I was.....</p><p></p><p>in calm cows the anger is not the cow near you...the danger is the cows on the perimeter who want to be in the middle....she will push her way in and push others over you....</p><p></p><p>my cows are quiet and easy to handle but I always try to keep them in front of me....and always have a route of evasion in mind. I have seen too many folks injured or killed....just last week was at a field day and a young livestock specialist was talking about bull selection and evaluation when the bull decided he was done with this game and jumped at him....fortunately the bull made a bluff charge and stopped short or we would be at a heartfelt service today because the guy stumbled and would have been crushed in the corner.....the bull weighed well over a ton....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 1046290, member: 6543"] several years ago I was walking two 18 month old bulls down the lane to the barn....these boys were quiet and tame. but they were young boys.... and they decided to tussle with one another just in playfulness.... in an instant one of them had pushed the other one into me knocking me down and they both went over the top of me as I was scrambling to get out of the way..... thankfully I just got bumped and knocked around a bit and did not get stepped on..... also one night checking for calves ...... one of my pet cows did not know it was me and went into protection mode in the dark....I was not even near her calf or any calf but she was an emerging herd leader and made a pass at a threat to the herd....I managed to avoid her but am not nearly as nimlbe today....once she recognized me by voice or smell she visibly calmed down but had she hit me it would have been all over but the singing....one thing I learned.....a light used so you can see...hides you from the stock....I saw that cow coming and that is how I knew who she was....but behind a bright light she had no idea what I was..... in calm cows the anger is not the cow near you...the danger is the cows on the perimeter who want to be in the middle....she will push her way in and push others over you.... my cows are quiet and easy to handle but I always try to keep them in front of me....and always have a route of evasion in mind. I have seen too many folks injured or killed....just last week was at a field day and a young livestock specialist was talking about bull selection and evaluation when the bull decided he was done with this game and jumped at him....fortunately the bull made a bluff charge and stopped short or we would be at a heartfelt service today because the guy stumbled and would have been crushed in the corner.....the bull weighed well over a ton.... [/QUOTE]
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