[pct-l] Cows

[Ken Powers]

Ahh, yes the Ohlone cows. They were written up in the local newspaper as 
being agressive toward hikers. The last time Marcia was out there she asked 
about the cows and got this reply from the ranger, "I am not allowed to 
comment on the cows."


A technique we have used with these and other cows, horses and bears when 
they seemed overly friendly or mildly aggressive is to throw up our arms to 
look bigger and shout loudly "NO!" This seems to stop them in their tracks. 
Then we calmly and quickly walk thru the area. But we have learned to look 
back to ensure that they are not following us, too.  We used this technique 
on the ADT to stop many dogs who wanted to join our hike. They were like us, 
they GottaWalk.

Ken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Keener" <jlkeener at yahoo.com>
To: <AsABat at 4Jeffrey.Net>; <pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Cows


Warning - hiker story

I think it was January 2004 and I was backpacking with
a friend in the Sunol/Ohlone Wilderness in the San
Francisco Bay Area. It snowed! Oh, and we got lost.
We came upon a herd of cattle straddling the trail and
they separated as we approached - two cows heading
down the trail ahead of us. After about a quarter of a
mile, the cows began mooing plaintively and looking
back at us. That's when we heard the herd behind us,
gallumphing down the trail. We ran behind some rocks
and the herd circled around us, then wandered away.
They didn't cow us! ;=)

J J

--- AsABat <AsABat at 4Jeffrey.Net> wrote:

> Advice about hiking through cows:
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060830/od_nm/switzerland_cows_dc_1
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