sorry but uhm,,I don’t think I’d drive on an open range road at night. If it were my driveway on my ranch, yes,,but an open range road? WTH?
One year here in Austin (North) I turned the corner of a back single-lane road and found a big boy Longhorn standing smack in the middle. He was easily a thousand pounds, plus horns. Quiet road, no one around. I was okay but worried what might happen if he got spooked. That’s a lot of beef on the move and he would be impossible to stop!
So went to the police, they called the rancher, pulled up the trailer, and picked him up. It was actually rather amusing.
Then again, that was during daylight hours.
I can’t tell you how many times growing up, we had to wait for the herd to clear the driveway so we could get from our house to the gate on our property. And, they know. Don’t tell me they’re stupid. They know they are in the way and don’t give a damn. In fact, they seem to enjoy it.
I drove 10 miles of dirt open range road every night from Clay Springs, AZ to west of Snowflake, AZ. Moonless nights were the worst — pitch black. The aircraft landing lights on my car really did help a lot. I could spot the black cows a mile off.