Triumphrat

Pops

Well I had a big wake up call this afternoon. It was about 2pm and I was running through my favorite twisties on my way to my son's baseball game. I was just coming out of a very tight, blind, hairpin in a heavily wooded area and found myself in the middle of a flock of turkeys. There was at least 12 of them and luckily the turn was so tight that I didn't have much speed going because there was no where to go that wasn't going to involve feathers. I know to watch for deer, dogs, small children, horses, skunks, ect..., but I had never considered turkeys. These didn't fly which I guess was a good thing because a face full of wild butterball would most likely impair the vision and tend to separate rider and bike but they didn't get out of the road very quickly either. This will serve as a good reminder to me not to get into the ride so much that I let my mind drift because Murphy's Law is always at work.

Pops

Haggis

Did you manage to toss one in your saddlebag?

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Pops

No I had taken the bags off. I believe turkey season is in though. If I had thought quicker I could have probably have gotten one with a boot and then put it under the tail net. If I got stopped I could have said that it must have gotten stuck there as I was riding down the road like the bugs on my face shield.

Pops

redbaron586

I believe people can take roadkill home with them. In VA, if you hit a deer or foul, if my memory serves me, you can toss it in your car and take it on home, provided it's already dead

Pokeyjoe

In Montana, roadkill or not, you'd better have a tag on it.

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davidc

Nearly hit a wild turkey myself while it strolled casually across the road. Those critters are definitely not in any hurry. The next day, a black bear bolted across in my path - had to lock up the brakes!
It is a wild world out there!

tbcblues

I came around a blind curve in Colorado and there was a dead bear in my lane. Must have been hit by a truck cause he was a mess. I managed to miss him by inches. I figure it would have been a bit like hitting a mattress in the road, only smelly and bloody...

BigChiefWoody

I read in the paper last week that some guy in the NorthEast got hit in the chest by a turkey while riding. He was geared up pretty well, but still ended up breaking his collarbone. Those turkeys could be like getting hit with a bowling ball at 50 mph. Ouch!

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modre

the warnings just get laughed at until the veterans just don't bother to weep over stupidity anymore...just bury the rock stars and move on.

I've seen a couple dozen a year eat it since 1960-ish.

Bob Minetti graduated hs 1960 with my brother and just finished building our in ground pool with his dad...bought himself a Triumph 500 (I believe it was). sitting at a red light when a steel truck flipped on the corner and he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Bob's brother Jim and I were in 1st grade 50 years ago.

the moral of the story is don't do corners hot if there's turkeys there...and don't trust intersections.

the veterans can meet later at the picnic...I should be there.

koifarm

I see lots of turkeys down here in Florida, especially along the back roads surrounded by swamp or lowland scrub. I've never had a close call with them mostly since the road where I often see them is long and straight. Last week I saw three hens with babies, had to slow way down while they casually strolled across the road in front of me. I'd be more afraid of a deer in any event, those suckers just come out of the woods at a full gallop and run right at ya......
At twilight the deer come out on the roadside of the interstate to graze.....very few try to come across....and on some nights at the right time you may see 30-50 of em on the roadside having dinner. It does not make driving any easier since you have to assume one will pick the time you come by to jump in front of you.
Wisconsin has the most liberal road kill law....if you find one, you bring it to a forestry office and they will tag it free of charge and you take it home. Good eating and in some cases, already tenderized!!!!

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