Duck!... Turkey!

[pdg108]

OK.. so last night I take the bike out for a spin before some thunderstorms get here.  On my way back a two lane country road I noticed something move behind the gaurd rail about 30 or 40 yards ahead.  In about the next second it flaps its wings and jumps over the gaurd rail about 4 feet in the air, and I relize its a Turkey.    

I've seen plenty of wild turkeys before (no i wasn't drinking) but this thing was a huge full size tom turkey.  I was just about ready to take a turkey in the chest when it flaps a couple more times which puts it about 8 feet in the air right in the middle of my lane.  Thats when I zipped right underneath it!  From the time it took off to the time I went under it I barely had time to duck.  It was well over my head but seemed close enough to me.

I learned a couple things 1.) Thank goodness even large turkeys can be suprisingly mobile, and 2.) Srinaths bars are great for ducking under giant game birds.    

Oh well, just had to document that one.  I remember someone posted they almost hit a buzzard once but don't remeber any turkey stories.  Anybody else ever hit a symbol of a natoinal holiday? Pumkins? Easter Bunny? Santa?

[jake42]

i commute through a city park here in pgh called schenely park.  one day last summer i rounded the corner into the park  and there was a Tom just standing in the middle of the road.  I was doing about 40 and i just swung around to the outside of him.

Jake

[The Buddha]

Now tell me Your CB radio antenna clocked it good right, and you picked it up and went on home and cooked it... come on...
Cool.
Srinath.

[Stephen072774]

I had a turkey strut across the road in front of my about a week ago.  There has been an explosion in the turkey population around here.  Its getting as bad as the deer.

[Rippa_MD]

I now know where I'm gonna go riding a couple of days before Thanksgiving! :mrgreen:  The biggest thing that I have come across is a couple of cacadas. glad their almost gone.

[Stime187]

Theres a family/group of about 20 turkeys thats in my yard every morning and most times when I walk outside... They don't even fly away when I ride by with the GS anymore, but they run from my car... go figure.

Scott

[johncam4]

a friend of mine hit a cat with his foot peg....he said it knocked his foot off.  So it wasnt good for the cat.

[Blueknyt]

Plz send all unwanted Dear meat........just pack on ice and ship

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