We passed a lot of range cattle. We crossed many cattle guards. Having spent most of my life in the Northeast, I had never seen cattle guards before. A cattle guard is a pit across the road about 18 to 24 inches deep. It's covered with metal bars perpendicular to the road.
Wheels roll easily over the grate, while hooves tend to slide off the grate and fall into the pit.
After a while, the cattle learn to stay out of the cattle guards. Rich and I were riding ahead of most of the other riders, when we saw a huge buck. I didn't have time to count the points. But, I estimate it had at least eight, maybe ten. It stood in the middle of the road about 50 feet away.