In Cow-lumbia the world's murder capital the violence has spread to cows. A cow stepped on the trigger of a loaded rifle left by one of the workers and shot another cow in the head!
Some great jokes on this thread which had my sides aching from laughter.
Back to the original question - its all about using common sense. I live in a rural area and while generally farm animals won't attack you any sudden movements, eye conatct etc may spook them into doing something. I find cows are generally inquisitive unless you startle them going past a gate and even then they only stampede away from me. Sheepdogs can be a problem - I would stop running and walk past them at a steady pace avoiding eye contact. This usually does the trick although they may still come up to you and have a good sniff!!
Just a quick tale from yesterday. My wife and I took our 4 and 7 year old to a local resevoir for a picnic. We had our food at the bottom of a grassy slope. After they'd finished the kids asked to go up the slope to the top which was fenced off. Once at the top my daughter shouted down to say there were cows in the field and then proceeded, with her brother to make 'moooing' noises. As my wife took stuff back to the car some 50 yards away she started shouting to me about the cows in the field - she obviously had a better view of what was going on in the field as she got further away from the bottom of the slope. By the time I got to the top the kids had a herd, and I mean a herd, of fresians coming towards them! Fortunately they decided to stop at the fence but if I'm being honest the herd could have gone straight through/over the fence - what was I saying about common sense in my opening line?
Robin Williams joked he now has a "cow valve" in his heart after undergoing surgery. The comic star laughed his way through his first public appearance since undergoing heart surgery two months ago, on TV program "The Late Show with David Letterman. "Speaking to the host, Robin said: "I have one new valve and a repaired valve. I have a cow valve, which is great, and the grazing has been fun - and I give a good quart of cream, too, my friend. "
As s3tjj, Nick L and many others say - be sensible. Don't go near cows with a dog and give them a very wide berth if there are calves. I always walk slowly and steadily through cow fields. No sudden movements.
On a hike a few months ago, we reached a stile at the corner of a field that was chock-a-block with cows, presumably all herded together in preparation to being taken somewhere else, with quite a few crowded around the stile and actively nosing at us and sniffing at us.
As there really wasn't an alternative route, we eventually decided to go through and walked slowly right through the middle of the herd to the stile on the opposite side. It was actually fine, apart from the fact that we were cr@pping ourselves. Oh and the fact that some bright cow decided to start following us and soon the whole field was following us silently. Very eerie.
I have also seen a bull on open moorland near a public right of way (North Yorkshire, I can send you map co-ordinates if you want to avoid him). I figured that it must be a past-it bull out to grass or they couldn't possibly have left it with access to the rest of the cows, not to mention the footpath. But still. That was a really long few minutes - eyes forward, steady walk, no eye contact, steady does it, nothing to see here.....
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heres one for you D2D
Cowabunga your right! sorry what was I thinking...
OK back on cows
10 Brownie points for your greatest cow facts!!
Hmmmm
Evil Cows?
In Cow-lumbia the world's murder capital the violence has spread to cows. A cow stepped on the trigger of a loaded rifle left by one of the workers and shot another cow in the head!
Old cows in India have their own nursing homes
Cows can often be seen watching Manchester Utd at there training ground.
It is also rumoured that Arsene Wenger likes dressing up as a brown cow
Some great jokes on this thread which had my sides aching from laughter.
Back to the original question - its all about using common sense. I live in a rural area and while generally farm animals won't attack you any sudden movements, eye conatct etc may spook them into doing something. I find cows are generally inquisitive unless you startle them going past a gate and even then they only stampede away from me. Sheepdogs can be a problem - I would stop running and walk past them at a steady pace avoiding eye contact. This usually does the trick although they may still come up to you and have a good sniff!!
Just a quick tale from yesterday. My wife and I took our 4 and 7 year old to a local resevoir for a picnic. We had our food at the bottom of a grassy slope. After they'd finished the kids asked to go up the slope to the top which was fenced off. Once at the top my daughter shouted down to say there were cows in the field and then proceeded, with her brother to make 'moooing' noises. As my wife took stuff back to the car some 50 yards away she started shouting to me about the cows in the field - she obviously had a better view of what was going on in the field as she got further away from the bottom of the slope. By the time I got to the top the kids had a herd, and I mean a herd, of fresians coming towards them! Fortunately they decided to stop at the fence but if I'm being honest the herd could have gone straight through/over the fence - what was I saying about common sense in my opening line?
they also keep ducks
My second favourite!
Ducks and cows...heaven!
Shame it's in Manchester
For you NBG
Woo! Much appreciated!!
As s3tjj, Nick L and many others say - be sensible. Don't go near cows with a dog and give them a very wide berth if there are calves. I always walk slowly and steadily through cow fields. No sudden movements.
On a hike a few months ago, we reached a stile at the corner of a field that was chock-a-block with cows, presumably all herded together in preparation to being taken somewhere else, with quite a few crowded around the stile and actively nosing at us and sniffing at us.
As there really wasn't an alternative route, we eventually decided to go through and walked slowly right through the middle of the herd to the stile on the opposite side. It was actually fine, apart from the fact that we were cr@pping ourselves. Oh and the fact that some bright cow decided to start following us and soon the whole field was following us silently. Very eerie.
I have also seen a bull on open moorland near a public right of way (North Yorkshire, I can send you map co-ordinates if you want to avoid him). I figured that it must be a past-it bull out to grass or they couldn't possibly have left it with access to the rest of the cows, not to mention the footpath. But still. That was a really long few minutes - eyes forward, steady walk, no eye contact, steady does it, nothing to see here.....
I'm so glad the cow thread is stilll going strong!
it almost makes me want to go and do my run, and bravely cross the cow field.....except it's raining. and I'm sure the wind will make the cows frisky.
Anyway I don't have any good cow jokes other than:
Two cows were standing in a field. One said "moo" the other said "I was going to say that!" ..............Then the first said "Aaagh a talking cow!"
hmm maybe I don't know any good cow jokes!