I thank God that your luck was different from what happens around here.
There are a lot of beef herds that pretty much stay in pastures, breeding and feeding without any human interference until it comes time for market.
The cattle tend to be “wild” and not very inclined to load up on trucks.
[could just be that the mountains have made us *all* crazy]
;D
After reading this thread I think you must be right about being lucky. It’s either luck or I’ve been around cattle that are slow witted all my life. :) I’ve always been able to traipse around pastures and attracted no negative attention. Several years ago I had 6 dogs that decided it was tremendous fun to “run” the cattle ‘round and ‘round the pastures. It took some doing to break them of this game they had invented.
The only creature I was ever scared of was a rooster my folks had when I was growing up. He was crafty and mean as all get out. I rejoiced the day he went to that great coop in the sky.