Cows!

[Scribbler88]

Found a perfect little kite spot near Hereford (which looked livestock free), and got the Venom flying nicely. Few minutes later, we get charged by a herd of cows. Couldn't work out if they hated the kite, or wanted to get near it, but me and my wife just managed to leg it over the gate to the field before the kite got trampled. Amazingly tricky to run fast whilst wrestling a fully inflated arc and 25m of kite lines.

 

http://www.aj-concepts.net/internet_uploads/cows.jpg

 

Anyone else had any close calls with cows? I would have expected them to keep their distance, not run towards us (at speed). I don't normally mind cows too much, but that was pretty scary.

 

(The photo is over the gate, just as they lost interest in us, and I started trying to untangle a ball of kite lines...)

 

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[Jerry_R]

Should always check if you can fly on a site before you start, farmland is generally a no no as it is after all private land unless you get permisssion from farmer first.

[Scribbler88]

Oh - I wouldn't do that. It was on a common, and it's usually livestock free (directed to it by a local). Didn't even see the cows until they thundered up.

[Jay586]

I grew up on a farm and was chased by cattle from an early age. They will charge if there are calves with them to protect them or if they are young, it's more nosiness with the youngsters.

[festa]

usually they come running over looking for food as the only human contact is wth the guy who feeds and milks them

[paddy1989]

when i had a radsail a few years ago i was flying in stupid winds and got lofted straight into the middle of a big herd crashed the kite which then got caught on a cow and i got dragged right across the field ha ha. safe to say i don't fly where there are cows now cheers.

[Stompin Badger]

Found a perfect little kite spot near Hereford (which looked livestock free), and got the Venom flying nicely. Few minutes later, we get charged by a herd of cows. Couldn't work out if they hated the kite, or wanted to get near it, but me and my wife just managed to leg it over the gate to the field before the kite got trampled. Amazingly tricky to run fast whilst wrestling a fully inflated arc and 25m of kite lines.

 

http://www.aj-concepts.net/internet_uploads/cows.jpg

 

Anyone else had any close calls with cows? I would have expected them to keep their distance, not run towards us (at speed). I don't normally mind cows too much, but that was pretty scary.

 

(The photo is over the gate, just as they lost interest in us, and I started trying to untangle a ball of kite lines...)

 

Scribbler

 

Lol. I got charged by a heard of bulls whilst out with my dog, they wasn't interested in us they wanted to kill my dog. I had found a large stick and run towards them which sort of stopped the charge, my mate grabbed her chain and I had to guard them as we rushed to the gate. Funny know but not at the time.

[Zippy]

usually they come running over looking for food as the only human contact is wth the guy who feeds and milks them

Festa knows! He often milks cows, he likes to play with their dangly things.

[williamjames555]

its the first ive herd of cows casing kites but ino if you let them into a new field they always run as fars as they can into it.

[Zippy]

^^^ LOL Yeah cos they are stupid enough to think they are free, until they get to the hedge the other side of the field

[festa]

yup a bit like gold fish

[williamjames555]

yh but when gold fish get to the other side the forget that the side they just came from is a wall aswell so the try and escape.

 

someone should tell them that its a bowl or square and theres no escape

[festa]

but haha there is an escape

 

 

only the cat will be waiting