We have cows where I mountain bike. I almost crashed once when one jumped through the bushes in front of me. I thought kamikaze squirrels were bad.
As far as it being "rare"- I dunno, we all know to be very careful up there. Last year a guy got chased down the trail by one of the bulls and was tapped from behind. And the mama cows are the worst!
I remember reading once where a group of racers all came down with e-coli from riding over patties and getting it splattered on their water bottles. Ugh.



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