Livestock experiences

[awa355]

Not nice for the chap who got gored. I hope he makes it.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times...-attack-police

I was rabbit shooting on a run off years ago, the owner grazed about 50 bulls on the place. The bulls seemed to be Fresian x's. Long legged and with attitudes, and they could wind up into a fair gallop. I soon found that most of the fences were half down, gates hanging from one hinge and bulls in small groups that would follow me along the fencelines bellowing away. Not fun.

An old farmer told me of his uncle being killed by a Jersey bull knocking the chap to the ground and driving the front knees and head into the uncles body.

Any one else had the wind put up them by bulls or horses?

[F5 Dave]

I stop at Bulls for petrol and sometimes food. Living life on the edge.

Good signs though.

[tri boy]

Bull's are male.
Very easy to understand their mood and temperament.

It's those freck'n females that you have to watch out for.

[Akzle]

i read the title and frankly, i thought this thread was going somewhere else entirely

[unstuck]

Had a good old dance around a tree for about an hour in southwestland once, up the Arawhata valley, by a big old bull.. There are still wild cattle in there and boy are they fierce. Another time just below Haast a wild scrub cow attacked the ute we were in on the beach, but my mate didn't like his ute getting bashed up so out with the shotgun and put it in her ear.
Had a wild old billy goat bale 3 of us up at the base of a waterfall in the coramandel ranges once, but a well aimed rock from myself soon made him change his mind.

Trust you Akzel, was gonna share a couple of stories for you too, but there are to many sensitive bastards around here who may start crying if we went down that road.
Anyway, if off back into the mountains, their is a pretty little Thar with my name on it.

[ellipsis]

...recently I was working out in one of our remote bays...two small birds, I didn't even see what they were, had an airborne scrap and used my head as some kind of cover or shelter...it kind of freaked me for the few seconds they were flying into my face and around my head...I had no idea what was happening...I've been attacked on numerous occasions by Magpies, but this was different...

[Motu]

Back when Coromandel north of Colville had no fences, there were just gates and cattle stops, had run ins with bulls, which used to roam on the road. They stood their ground and lunged at you as you went past...scary shit.

[puddytat]

Horses generally arnt aggressive...with them it'll be a reaction to being frightened.
Weanlings & younger horses will chase dogs especially , if there's more than one of them (horses). They are extremely accurate when they are at full tilt....we had a cat called Bean who like all our cats are pretty savvy around the horses, ( the riding horses don't give a fuck if they walk around between their legs) who got caught out in the middle of a paddock.The two yearlings saw him & charged. Bean flattened himself into the ground & as the yearlings flew past at full tilt one of them struck out at him with a hind leg & smashed poor ole Beans skull.....
Stallions are a different story & Colts can be dodgy too. As a youngster I was chased & picked up by a 2 year old Colt who bit me on the shoulder and flicked me a couple of metres to one side. That was my own fault though as I didn't know any better & I was trespassing on someones land so I could go & see "the pretty horses".
Our Stallion is pretty chilled really,but I never have my back to him. I don't trust him & he don't trust me.While the Mrs can do what she likes with him.....she even trims his hooves.

Our Bull is mellow as, but he is a Hereford & he is always with either the young steers but 3/4 of the year he is with his girls.
He likes a scratch. But he is a bull & so I keep an eye on him.
Breeds like some of the Dairy cross shit are always A tad dodgy & keep well fucking clear of Jersey Bulls.

[jasonu]

I stop at Bulls for petrol and sometimes food. Living life on the edge.

Good signs though.

My brother and his family are moving to Bulls next week. They will be the first of our family to live there in nearly 40 years.

[98tls]

Goats...we kill them at work around once a month and theres always one that wants to take you out,hate the stinking things though they do provide a few laughs long as its someone else in the firing line.

[ellipsis]

flew past at full tilt one of them struck out at him with a hind leg & smashed poor ole Beans skull.....

...I'm always amazed at how thick some townies are about bringing their dogs to the country. I have always told dog owning visitors, 'there's the leash tied to the fence, hook your dog to it'...most have some naive idea that their dogs are not like other dogs and are well behaved...they get the same message, reinforced by 'or fuck off...one belligerent woman whose Chihuahua was so precious that it couldn't even be touched by other people or around other dogs refused, and wouldn't believe the danger that our neighbouring cockies working horse Trev was to her precious pooch...the cockie's work dogs wouldn't even go near Trev...Trev hates dogs...last sighting of the little homo dog was a Chihuahua racing off to snap at the heels of the big animal in the paddock next door, a bit of a neigh and snort and a Chihuahua about twenty feet up in the air...fucked the stupid bitch's day and killed the canine rat...we got blamed for her dog's demise...I roared with laughter when they fucked off and gave Trev a carrot...




...more damage from arseholes and their dogs...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/new...ernight-attack


...and a result...wonders never cease...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farm...-sheep-mauling

[Metastable]

Around these parts we do have wild horses that are roam around in packs. When riding dirt, they usually keep to themselves. Big buggers! There is also livestock (not wild, they are tagged) in some of the mountain areas. They free range out there. You do have to be careful when driving/riding/hiking in those parts. Mind you I have walked past them on a trail and they didn't seem to care.

Of course - the ones you have to be aware of are the Moose and Elk - they are way bigger than a dirt bike..... then there are the Grizzlies/Cougars (not the 40+ year old variety ) - hopefully they hear us coming and screw off before we are ever close.

[george formby]

Once came around a hairpin bend, late at night, in rain and mist, on the Coromandel, in a car... to be totally flummoxed by what I saw. A few black, mainly, and white cows. Hit the brakes and no dramas but it took awhile to figure out it was bloody cows on the road. Eerie experience.

Shit. Watched 2 bikes go down on thick cow shit in a corner. Most unpleasant. The slurry got in everywhere.

I stopped for a Johnny Riddle in a layby up north once and and the resident cock gave me a nasty pecking. I think it thought my pecker was food.

If you want to stock proof a dog put it in a shed full of hay bales with a ram in it's winter fleece. Or chuck it into the stock yard when it's full.

[Virago]

...I was rabbit shooting on a run off years ago, the owner grazed about 50 bulls on the place. The bulls seemed to be Fresian x's. Long legged and with attitudes, and they could wind up into a fair gallop. I soon found that most of the fences were half down, gates hanging from one hinge and bulls in small groups that would follow me along the fencelines bellowing away. Not fun...

Had a similar experience a few years back. Went fishing at my usual spot on the Taieri River. I went to walk down to the river through the usual paddock, but was met by a stroppy bull. No worries, I could walk down the adjacent paddock. Bravely I walked along the fence line with this bull stalking me. I started tapping the fence as I walked with my fishing rod, this served to outrage him more - a fine display of challenge and bellowing. I was so engrossed in my brave little game I wasn't watching ahead. I looked up - only 20 metres ahead was an open gate. After I had finished crapping my pants I rapidly backtracked - not quite as bravely.

[FJRider]

only 20 metres ahead was an open gate. After I had finished crapping my pants I rapidly backtracked - not quite as bravely.

so .... closing the gate was not an option .. ??