They just kept on trucking.  Got off the trail a few hundred feet up from where I clipped it.  They were both on the railbed going the same direction as me.  Locked the sled up with nowhere to go.  Slid up beside the calf and caught the back end of it.

Calf was okay and mom did not come charging at you protecting the calf? Sound like you had a lucky day that could have been much worse.

My buddy and I were on the rail trail coming home from Coldwater at night.  Cow and Calf had popped up on to the trail and I caught the back end of the calf. Luckily, zero damage to the sled.  Got my leg and the front spindle but couldn't find anything else wrong with the sled.

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I thought seeing a couple on the trail was for me as i scooted by 😂 that then elevated my concern of seeing more even closer…😂   getting out on the trails early enough and still being able to see the foot traffic from the night or early, early morning is pretty neat…but concerning as you turn the corners and wonder what if.