Maizie
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You can't keep a LONE bull in a field that has a public right of way through it.User482 said:
But I'm pretty sure you can keep a bunch of cows + a bull, or a group of young-lad-bulls wherever you want.
How dangerous are Bulls?
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But I'm pretty sure you can keep a bunch of cows + a bull, or a group of young-lad-bulls wherever you want.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Just big buggers stay clear. Getting stuck on a club run, with £xxxx's of bike under you, and a herd walking past was an experience - now't happened, but these things are rather heavy....
As above. Dairy bulls are not nice, although if they're getting jiggy with the cows they've probably got more on their minds than killing cyclists. Herefords have a reputation for placidity, but they are big - and people have been trampled by herds of inquisitive heifers, who don't have an axe to grind when it comes to the sexual territory stakes.
And boars. Avoid. And if one comes toward you with its head held up, particularly if it's frothing at the mouth, get yo' buns out of the way as soon as. If the worst comes to the worst grab hold of the tail and hold on for dear life. Sows can be tricky if they have small piglets around, but they don't go looking for a fight.
And boars. Avoid. And if one comes toward you with its head held up, particularly if it's frothing at the mouth, get yo' buns out of the way as soon as. If the worst comes to the worst grab hold of the tail and hold on for dear life. Sows can be tricky if they have small piglets around, but they don't go looking for a fight.
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Are you telling us that bulls hit fossy?
Wouldn't want your bike to get dusty...
Wouldn't want your bike to get dusty...
Piemaster
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I was cycling through a forest in Holland last year and came across a small herd cows across the track.
I decided that as I was having such a nice time on the bike I'd find a longer route back.
Absolutely nothing to do with the very big hairy cows with very big pointy horns.
I decided that as I was having such a nice time on the bike I'd find a longer route back.
Absolutely nothing to do with the very big hairy cows with very big pointy horns.
OP
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Just call me Chris...
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Thanks for the advice all and thanks for that link Maz, some useful stuff there.
I've been doing some more Googling. Apparently it is legal to keep a Bull where there is a public right of way but only if with cows (subject to age/breed restrictions.)
There doesn't appear to be very many cases of Bulls actually attacking the public, although it's hard to weed out all the pitbull dog attack type stories.
I think I'll continue to cross fields that contain Bulls,but if they're close to the path then I'll wait untill they've moved away.
It's worth knowing that cows with calves can be dangerous, I hadn't realised that and most of the cows on my local jaunt have calves with them.
Maybe I need to carry an old McDonals wrapper with me to wave as a reminder of our respective places in the food chain
and thanks for that link Maz, some useful stuff there.I've been doing some more Googling. Apparently it is legal to keep a Bull where there is a public right of way but only if with cows (subject to age/breed restrictions.)
There doesn't appear to be very many cases of Bulls actually attacking the public, although it's hard to weed out all the pitbull dog attack type stories.
I think I'll continue to cross fields that contain Bulls,but if they're close to the path then I'll wait untill they've moved away.
It's worth knowing that cows with calves can be dangerous, I hadn't realised that and most of the cows on my local jaunt have calves with them.
Maybe I need to carry an old McDonals wrapper with me to wave as a reminder of our respective places in the food chain
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User482
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Maizie said:
Ah right, cheers.
I did get chased by a bull once. I legged it and tried to jump the gate. I would have made it were it not for the 30lb rucksack I was carrying - as a result, I landed on my crotch straight on the top of the gate, and have been an octave higher ever since.
Keith Oates
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Another reason I like being a roadie, there are not too many bulls or cows with calf on a main road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OP
OP
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Just call me Chris...
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Keith Oates said:
No, but I'm not sure which I'd feel safer tangling with, an angry Bull or a company executive in his Range Rover
Keith Oates
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Good point!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Piemaster
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Arch
Married to Night Train
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- Salford, UK
red_tom said:
I think they, indeed most hooved animals, find it harder to go downhill, thanks to their limb anatomy. I heard a story once from a colleague in Orkney, of a cow that wandering into a cottage that had had the fornt door left open. It managed to get up the stairs, but then couldn't get back down again and was discovered in a bedroom.
It's probably worth just having a healthy respect for any large or medium domesticate. Even a ram can be fairly formidable if it wants to make a point at you. It's a good thing to try and avoid surprising any large animal. If they see and hear you coming, most will just move away.
And pigs - well, if they get you helpless on the ground, remember, they will eat you... It's the main reason not to feel guilty about bacon - given half a chance, they'd have you for lunch!
