"I sure wouldn't volunteer my vehicle to act as a barrier to a pissed off bull." Yea, "used the tractor bucket as a shield", Thats more along the lines of a safe way. I stood frozen still, afraid to move or take full breaths, armed with a loaded high power hunting rifle, behind a tree smaller around that the pipe I want my turbines up on! While three Bulls that would have had that little guy scared off, were bashing horns/heads less than 20 yards away! They finally wandered off without seeing me. I wished I'd had a video camera, lucky I wasn't the only one trying to hide behind that little tree or people wouldn't have belived us. :)