After many walks in the Alps my way to deal with cows is:
- going away from the cows if possible
- passing them if they are on the only possible trail
- waving the walking stick if they come to close
- speaking loud if waving is not enough
- yelling a little bit at last
In my first time in the Alps, without experiences, I was yelling abrupt and loud and the cow was scared and jumped back quickly. It looked absolutely not save. I don’t want to cause an injury to the cows and be now more careful. Normally cows are only curious and sometimes annoying.
On Motta da Sett they were also only curious. But I felt better with
grassland in my back than only with a lot of nothing 
. Some waiting solved the whole problem.
But I exclude two cases from waving, yelling and so on:
- suckler cows!!!
- … (the story)
About ten years ago in the Swiss Alps, at the last day in August, I
awoke and the whole landscape was white. We’ve got 5 cm snow over night. I made a walk to Pass da Sett on a good and save country lane. The wind near the pass was more a storm but all was save - until on the way back I reached a bridge over a strong mountain stream. In the middle of the bridge stood a bull, stood still minute after minute. It was clear, he was the boss and owner of the bridge. I had no hope for permission to pass and no wish to being wiped from the bridge in the stream.
Near the bridge I saw some stones in the stream and jumped from stone to stone, with hope not to slip and fall in the refreshing water.
From the bridge it was at least one hour to the warm flat. I had luck
and all was ok.
- I don’t want to wave the walking stick and yell to a bull in the
trail. I don’t know what will happen. And I don’t want to test it.
(Next time I will call Franz ON9CBQ/DL3RBF for a test)
Last day in August