Narrow miss tonight.!!

[Kaptain Kanji]

This REALLY happened to me tonight. I was WAY out in Ohio farm country
almost to the Michigan line and riding along enjoying the evening.
All of a sudden I saw a HUGE wild Turkey running across a field on an
intersecting path with ME. He was moving fast and then TOOK OFF and was
still on a collision course with me. I tried to slow down to see if I could keep
him from hitting me directly in the head (helmeted) and I succeeded in getting
him/her to miss me by about ONE foot. The bird was so damn big, it would
have knocked me off the bike had it hit me.!!!! lease:

 

[Jdog109socal]

Yes they are..About a year back i was 2 bike back from a guy dam near got hit by one too..
Glad it was a miss.. now go change your shorts

 

[darciedog1]

Its a little early to get that thanksgiving bird.

 

[Takeuon]

Have to watch out for those big Vultures feeding on carcasses on the side of the road too!
Damn birds are freakin' huge!
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[NINJA KILLER]

Glad nothing bad happened , Definately have to keep your head on a swivel !

 

[jeff355]

Thats scary, those birds are big, glad your OK !

 

[Jdog109socal]

Have to watch out for those big Vultures feeding on carcasses on the side of the road too!
Damn birds are freakin' huge!
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I see these birds Daily... They are Ugly as hell

 

[Tdog]

Glad you missed him or he missed you. I'm afraid the outcome wouldn't have been good for either of you.

 

[twotonevert]

Way to get the big picture bro, at least you saw him coming and was able to avoid him.

 

[cheferman65]

Have to watch out for those big Vultures feeding on carcasses on the side of the road too!
Damn birds are freakin' huge!
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Heard! We have Turkey Vultures all over the place here.
Big, slow and really stubborn to move off the road pizza. You really do not want to meet one doing 80+

 

[BusaWizard]

Falcon vs. Turkey.

 

[2hip]

Whew...that would be a hard one for St Peter to keep a straight face on...killed by a turkey while ridding the worlds most powerful motorcycle...
Posted this up a year or so ago...check out this poor owl who took out the front nacelle of the race bike...such a beautiful bird...and as you know owls have even lighter bone structures than most birds..they are almost completely silent in flight...can you imagine what a 15 lb turkey could do to you?

 

[chrisjp]

its still turkey season here for another week...gotta watch for them dumb look up in the rain and drown themselves birds ..lol

 

[Kaptain Kanji]

You could almost say I had a "nip" of Wild Turkey while riding.!!
I've been hit with all kinds of things over the years, a big flat rock in the face,
watermelon rind in the chest, but thank goodness NO Turkeys.!!

 

[Schism]

sounds like you handled it perfectly! i had a similar situation last spring around dusk coming out of a blind sweeper. fortunately, he reacted quicker than i and was able to avoid me. one of the many reasons i night ride as little as possible.

 

[erikm12]

Glad you missed him. Spring gobbler is out here...hate for the man to have gotten you on that.

 

[Rev D]

wow wow that sucks glad all went well.