Trevor Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 On my way home from work I almost hit a low flying turkey with my truck. I thick a wild turkey could cause a lot of damage or go through a windshield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Oh Yeah...glad you got through it without incident. My friend hit one on his Yamaha FZR doing about 65mph and the faring on the front shattered and he did a number in his pants to boot. Think bout hitting a 12-25lb object and the inertia from your vehicle. A deadly combo. BTW...Welcome to the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Yeah they're bad up around here too. I always see them on my road tests everyday at work. Always have to watch around 4:00pm because they'll run or fly low across the road just where you start picking up speed. Came awfly close in a customer's $95000 Cadillac Escalade one day. Flew up out of the ditch, I was doing 60mph or so and his tail feathers barely cleared the top of the windshield. Sure puckered my cheeks in a hurry I tell ya! :jaw: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 it's like a flying bowling ball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 it's like a flying bowling ball More like hitting a bag of cement. I saw an SUV hit one on Rte 81 a few years ago going about 65 mph. There was a 30 foot ball of feathers. It hit the grill and it looked like it went straight through the radiator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleA Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 I hit one a few years ago driving back home from a successful turkey hunt. Hit a hen at 73 mph in my F350, it hit the right head light, then the passenger side windshield, then over the truck. no damage was done but my truck was covered with feathers, fat and intestinal parts from front to back. Another instance was with my wife, we we traveling to the ranch to turkey hunt and she hit a gobbler at probably 70mph about 3 miles before getting there. The bird hit the passenger windshield in which I was sitting and rolled right taking the mirror off the Navigator. We turned around and looked for the gobbler but eveidently it didnt kill him and was able to wander off. That was an $1200 ding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Seen a few pics of turkey damage, seems like I saw one where the bird went through the windshield. Seen a few on the side of the road hit here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kat Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 I smoked a turkey with my darkroom ( kinda like a truck bed camper RV ) on my work truck in Pennsylvania. Didn't leave any dent or feathers. Lucky I guess.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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