One of my generic fears

[slofox]

Fixed that for ya Slo. it's a buggar when even sheep turn you down.

I may have chosen the wrong sheep - it had a lamb at heel.

[pritch]

I wonder how the liability side of things would go. Surely the farmer would have to fork out if their stock caused any incident that resulted in vehicle damage.

In some parts of the western world the farmer would be liable. In NZ the laws tend to favour farmers and miners so you might be lucky if the farmer didn't go you for the loss of his sheep?

[pritch]

Ended up spending 15min herding it into a nearby paddock.

Happens a fair bit out here on the rural rump. The mantra on country roads is "Expect the unexpected."

Phoned the Police about a herd of calves on on a bridge on SH3 one night, that phone call turned into a game of twenty questions.

Spent a large part of one lunch break with my gundog putting a loose sheep back in a paddock. OK, I put a Romney in with a flock of Perendales but better in there than on the road?

I admired an ad in the paper years ago, it was to the effect.
"The owner of the steer loose on Mangorei Rd should be aware that it is getting dangerously close to my freezer."

[Erelyes]

wrecking mowers hitting trash that dimwits dump on the roadside

Heard of a weedeater?

[=cJ=]

Heard of a weedeater?

When your road frontage (AKA long acre) is the thick end of a kilometer or more long...you'd be there a bloody long time.

[Grashopper]

Worry more about the goats on Napier Wairoa rd, those savages would probably survive the impact and maul you afterwards!

Yeah, saw those the other day. They were right next to the road and then ran off into the bushes. Scary shit. A couple of hours later on the way back they were out next to the road again. Wasn't a one time thing then

Hope the rider will be ok soon.

[Akzle]

Heard of a weedeater?

yes. mine have four legs. and double as a food supply...

[Frodo]

Hope the rider will be ok soon.

Yes let's not forget that one of us was badly hurt out there the other day.
I was riding through the north Wairarapa on Friday and encountered some sheep and cattle on the road, so it was particularly poignant to read about this accident.
I wish him a speedy recovery.

[R650R]

Yeah, saw those the other day. They were right next to the road and then ran off into the bushes. Scary shit. A couple of hours later on the way back they were out next to the road again. Wasn't a one time thing then

Hope the rider will be ok soon.

This place https://maps.google.co.nz/?ll=-39.06...33023&t=h&z=16 has always had a resident pack roaming about, last time I caught them they had moved a fair bit north from normal and got quite a fright out of it... There are quite a few places on Napier-Taupo road too where Stock lost from truck rollovers have established themselves in the wild, not to mention the domesticated cattle and horses up the summit that often escape... Don't go fast through here https://maps.google.co.nz/?ll=-39.08...16512&t=h&z=17 in the dark, might be some hamburger grazing in middle of road...

[Frodo]

Thanks for the advice. Will be taking the long way to Tauranga through one of those roads this weekend.