Found these animal remains in the woods today. Equine or bovine?

[Broken Arrow]

Thinking it was a horse but I'm not good with these things.

[tomclark]

Cow. Bump on the back of the skull and no "ridge" back there. Horse no bump and pronounced ridge along the back of the skull in that same area.

[Broken Arrow]

Thanks, Tom. I should know these things, I've been around farms and livestock quite a bit in my life. I guess I was just going off the width of the skull and jaw, it seemed slender for a cow. I probably should have thought it out a little more.
I was sure watching my back after I found the bones. I've seen cougar around here and I'm pretty positive this animal died of predation.

[Kentucky point]

I have a horse skull that I found this Feb. I'll have to find it.

[SDhunter]

One other thing to remember if you have a skull. Cattle don’t have incisors on the top. Horses do, which you find out if you ever get bit by one.

[Broken Arrow]

Thanks for the tip. Yet another thing I should have payed attention to.
Funny story.. I was bit by a horse, once when I was very little..maybe 5 or 6. I was feeding it a piece of bubble gum from my palm. The horse grabbed it with its lips but didn't get it real well and the gum dropped to the ground. Being the sweet little kid I was, I didn't want the horse to not get gum when the other horses did. I quickly bent down to pick it up, almost as soon as it hit the ground. Apparently, the horse did not like the idea of me picking it up and it let me know by biting me on the ear as I was bent over. Man, did that hurt!

[SDhunter]

Lucky you still have your ear!

[Broken Arrow]

My uncle told me it was a warning nibble, lol.

[SurfaceHunter]

I hunt a farm when they grade it. I found out pony’s look cute but can be mean and sneaky. That pony kept trying to sneak up behind me to give me a bite. Owners like to watch me from the window while I’m hunting for points.! I bet it’s like having popcorn at the movies

[Bone2stone]

I hunt a farm when they grade it. I found out pony’s look cute but can be mean and sneaky. That pony kept trying to sneak up behind me to give me a bite. Owners like to watch me from the window while I’m hunting for points.! I bet it’s like having popcorn at the movies

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