I have a 10 acre farm surrounded by KY beef cattle. When I first moved here 6 years ago, I learned to keep Leo leashed up, my eskie dog that love to be free, because the first thing I knew it.....it was running through the fence & chasing my neighbor's cows....not a good thing for him to do unless he wants to get shot.

I was outside one time after moving here & I heard this strange sound.....sounded like a large cat howling....but it was coming from my neighbor's truck who was driving across his field with the cows following right behind him.....he was calling his cows....has them trained to do that also with feed in the back of his truck.....saves having to have cowboys rounding up your cattle that's for sure.

The cows love to huddle in the corner of their farm closest to my fence....but like you....every time I walk toward them...they move away from the fence & out of reach & then just stand there & give me a dirty look..

Just to sort of educate you on what cattle are called:
female cattle = cows
male non-neutered cattle used for breeding = bulls
male neutered cattle = steers

My first experience with cattle was on my great uncles farm in Nebraska....we would go out every day in the hay wagon on the back of the tractor & feed them.....had no desire to go back to the city after that experience & had been craving living on a farm every since....finally that dream came true 6 years ago....but I'm only going to have my horse here & maybe some chickens if I ever really get settled.

Think the reason why cattle move away from you all the time has been mostly touched on. Most of them have been herded around with many other cattle when they are moved & really never have human touch unless they had been hand raised.....cattle is basically a business not like they are domesticated animals like our dogs & cats. The ones at the fairs or the ones that the 4/H works with have been used to being handled & it makes a huge difference in TRUST.

Cute thread.....I always did the same thing....stop the car & go to the fence where the cattle or horses are standing & they always move....even horses that are used to being touched...they just don't like people approaching them that they don't know. The grungy ones on the farms are also covered with ticks & mites.....so it's not really the best idea to ho handling them either.