Too Many Bulls in 'Singletrack' land…

so every time i have been out on a ride this last week including today i have come across huge Bulls… im scared to death of them 👿 on one of my rides i had to turn around and ride in the opposite direction… they seem to be following me where ever i go at the moment.today i couldnt turn back and just went straight through the middle of them (they were hogging my path)…scary when ya on ya own (billie no mates..lol…. just that they seem to be all over the hills of Tod at moment and awaiting me and my orange bike…sniggering here she comes agin we,ll have her agin on our menu…. lol grrrrrr…i need a Tazzer wot do you think….lol 😉

.i need a Tazzy wot do you think.

I think It’s a great idea, i’ll sort em out for ya

I once did the ‘Dunsop Bridge Death Ride’ with a mate, part of which involved crossing a field with a sign saying beware of the bull..

.. couldn’t see a bull so onwards we rode, til we crested the hill and there it was, approx 2.5 tonne of the biggest lump of beef i’ve ever seen we reckoned it was well over 6ft at the shoulders! 😯
It looked at us and i was off down the hill, thinking “don’t have to outrun the bull, just outrun the bugger behind me!”

Got to the gate and managed a beautiful dismount-throw-bike-over-gate-then-leap-over” manoevre. Looked at my bike comp and it said 48mph!!! (Was a very steep hill and a very BIG bull!) 😳

Maybe 2.5 tonne is a bit of a exaggeration but it was bloomin’ big! Was a peculiarly pale and ‘marbled’ colour as well, anyone any idea of waht type of beast it was? Not actually seen anything like it before or since.

Did someone call…?

Always pack an emergency jar of Horseradish in your camelbak for such eventualities!

Did someone call…?

She said bulls, not minotaurs.

Most likely you saw steers not bulls there just castrated male cows for beef, they will follow you for miles and will run away if you go boo. I grew up on a farm. if its a bull it has a big ring in its nose, grab that ring, and you can lead it around

You cut me deep Jamie.

I shall call upon my brethren to deal with you. Stay away from the fields fella, stay away from the fields…

Most bull won’t attack

They may not, but i’m not giving the buggers the chance!

Most bull won’t attack

So, you only need worry about the few that do. 😕

there not bulls there steers diffident thing. Like a single speed and a DH bike.

I’m surprised no one has mentioned cows, Bulls tend to be lazy buggers and can’t be bothered to go running round after people, the nastiest thing I’ve ever met was a cow we had, if she had a calf near her, we couldn’t get with in 100 metres of her. She was CRAZZYYYYYY!

Funnily enough I was out walking down a footpath through a field full of horses the other night and about 5 of them came charging down trying to attack my dog, in the end I whipped his lead off and whipped them away, if I hadn’t they’d have trampled him to death!

By law an entire bull (a bull that hasn’t been castrated)is not allowed to graze on land with a PROW on it

They won’t touch you if you don’t bother them.
Or is that wasps?…..

By law an entire bull (a bull that hasn’t been castrated)is not allowed to graze on land with a PROW on it

Not quite – just some breeds

This from the HSE goes to a fact sheet and…

This from naturenet

If there’s a bull in a field, watch out. In fact, if there’s any animal in a field, be careful, as even common cattle can cause serious injury or death if they get going. Dogs, especially, can be problematic, so take care when near farm animals with your dog or without. However, the law also has a few things to say about animals in such situations, and this page will explain some of them.

Occupiers may not, subject to certain important exceptions, keep bulls in fields crossed by public rights of way. The exceptions are bulls not more than 10 months old, or bulls which are not of a recognised dairy breed (currently defined as Ayrshire, British Friesian, British Holstein, Dairy Shorthorn, Guernsey, Jersey and Kerry) and are accompanied by cows and heifers. In practice, it may be difficult for a user to know whether bulls will be likely to be dangerous or not, and farmers are asked, wherever possible, not to keep any bulls in fields crossed by rights of way. Sometimes, temporary electric fencing (suitably insulated at public crossing points) can segregate the public from the bulls. Such fencing would normally require authorisation from the local Highway Authority.

crezzy – Member
By law an entire bull (a bull that hasn’t been castrated)is not allowed to graze on land with a PROW on it

Not true, the general rule is beef breads ok dairy not ok.

Bulls are fine just take is slow (which you should be in any field with lots of live stock) and give them a wide birth, they will more that likely either be shagged out, or following some cow around with it’s nose in the cows lady bits as it can smell she is coming in season.

if a cow attacks you its you’re fault!

9 Times out of Ten people get bulls mixed up. My inlaws have a few herds of cattle including 9 female Highlanders who campers at their site always comment on those “wooley bulls”.

Keep your distance, go at a gentle pace and do not ride towards them, go in a big circle if you have to, should be ok then, should be…

Beef cattle in particular tend to be a bit inquisitive, they don’t see so many people.

I hate cattle when I’m riding. Had a few close encounters including one where I had twirl my bike round to keep them away when they started kicking out and trying to butt me.

Almost literally ran into a herd on a night ride on Friday. A field that’s always been arable has now become grass and as I flew round a corner on the bridleway found half a dozen rather startled beasts in my path. Some rapid avoiding action and I just missed them.
The next field was also full of cattle and they didn’t seem to appreciate my Smudge XML. Made a right racket angrily mooing at me.

I few years ago I was out on my local (at the time) loop. There is a section that goes through an area of open land that the farming uses for grazing. Most of the time the cows are miles away at the top of the field but on this day they decided to occupy the bottom of the field right infront of the little bridge I need to cross to carry on my ride.

I made a half hearted effort to shoo them away from the bridge so i could get past but they weren’t remotley interested. I gave up an went back the way I came. Defeated by the cows!

I’m pretty wary of cattle. I know that 99% of the time they are just big, stupid, docile grass recycling machines. But 1% of the time they are massive crazy half tonne lumps of horn and hooves.

I got a bit of a fright on a solo night ride last week. I’d seen the cows on the other side of the fence next to the track I was on (the Speyside Way so pretty well used) but didn’t notice one of the daft buggers was on my side. I nearly had a new pants moment when the thing jumped into my path 😯
I’d slowed a little anyway so the trip into the bushes wasn’t too bad 😆

If you are calm they will let you stroke them and feed them 🙂

In my early farming days I had to beef breed bulls try and kill me whilst I was working in same field ,as a rule now on farms I’ve managed I keep bulls of fields with PROW on .

i miss our cows, they used to follow you at milking time, you say cow cow cow come’on and they come.. apart from that one at the very top 🙂

Ha ha Jumpup .
Calling them in at night ,we had to say “trice trice trice ” ( cause that’s what my grandpa always said ) 🙂

But 1% of the time they are massive crazy half tonne lumps of horn and hooves.

tru dat , don’t take them for granted 😉

Mrs rocket and the kids are a bit jittery round farm animals at the best of times. One day we were out for a walk and I was following the family through a field of cows. Just for a laugh I ran past them waving my arms in the air and shouting RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

Not a good idea in retrospect 🙂

Bulls are generally OK in my experience.

What aren’t OK are belted galloways with calves. they’re only small, but they’re the grumpiest batards you can meet IMO

If he’s in a field with cows, I’d avoid getting between him and his bitches

I made a half hearted effort to shoo them away from the bridge so i could get past but they weren’t remotley interested. I gave up an went back the way I came. Defeated by the cows!

Hmm, me too (Gorbeck Road)… 🙄

Maybe 2.5 tonne is a bit of a exaggeration but it was bloomin’ big! Was a peculiarly pale and ‘marbled’ colour as well, anyone any idea of waht type of beast it was? Not actually seen anything like it before or since.

Belgian Blue, by the sound of it.