Hi all
tl;dr cows - wtf!I'm relatively new to hillwalking, and recently had a bit of a scare when some cows (maybe a group of young bulls) came jogging towards me. It was a legit waymarked walking path, and I was about halfway into the field when I noticed they were a little less docile than other cows I've walked past, they started to walk towards me, then the fekkers started jogging right at me, they didn't seem aggressive, maybe just overly exited / interested, I went into a fight or fright mode, and realising at the speed the cattle was going I wouldn't make it to either gate so I jjumped the fence, and, you guessed it, electric fence! (Otherwise I might have been posting here casually asking what its like to touch one of them there electric fences
Now I know, first hand
) (That emoji is called *shock* btw
How the heck are those fences even legal anyways? and while were on the subject - Barbed Frickin Wire! wtf? seriously, wtf is that about?
So, to the point of the thread, I've read some 'dealing with livestock' tips on blogs and stuff, and it all seems pretty logical, but I'm wondering if any of you have any tips, or even some stories of scary moments you've had with livestock, and mainly, what would you yourself do if around a dozen cows came jogging directly towards you?