You can shave beefalo?! BRILLIANT!!

i keep dying to beefalo
Beefalo are easy to kite, so long as you isolate one from the pack. Even if you're dealing with a whole pack of them, if you can just get one far enough ahead of the herd, you can kite 1 hit at a time, which is time consuming but should make keep you alive. Oh, and you should basically always be equipped with both armor and a helmet.