The cows didn’t want to leave. Stubborn to the end, the last five bucked and writhed and bolted as Kevin Lunny, his son Patrick, and their friend Jimmy Curtis coaxed, prodded and finally muscled them into the cattle trailer.
For once, Kevin and Patrick’s preternatural sense for handling ruminants seemed to desert them. Frustrated and dazed, they watched as the cows turned and charged back down the chute, forcing them to start over.