Hit a turkey today!

old3dogg · June 07, 2005, 08:28:46 PM

I was driving on Rt 120 back from Emporium, Pa. and saw a turkey fly over the road. I was watching this hen land in a field near by when another hen decided to take flight. Didnt see the darn thing. Couldnt swerve beacuse a semi was coming the other way. The darn thing hit the windsheild and ended up in my lap and started flapping and rasing a fuss! What a mess! I think the bird is ok. Pulled off the road and let it out and it walked off just as fine as could be. The company car is a mess and I have a broken wrist as well as a bunch of cuts from the glass.
Darn turkey are getting as bad as deer here in Pa. >:(

sprucebunny · June 07, 2005, 08:54:48 PM

You broke your wrist ???

I hope you're better soon.

How come you didn't take it home to cook ???

I think you must be allowed to eat them when they do that much damage ;D ;)

Pete J · June 07, 2005, 09:25:29 PM

I'm just glad it wasn't a moose!

leweee · June 07, 2005, 11:24:08 PM

Last of the Great White Hunters 8)
Him use CAR smiley_indianchief
smiley_turkey_dancing

Good thing it was the company car....hope the wrist gets better soon.

Besides that birds to0 tough to eat. :D

Don_Papenburg · June 07, 2005, 11:47:59 PM

Should have been very tender after the glass shard tenderizer job.

redpowerd · June 07, 2005, 11:58:10 PM

i hit one today too, with the diskbine

mometal77 · June 08, 2005, 03:30:17 AM

Out here in washington i think we need to get the deer insurance you hit one your policy doesnt even cover it. I have checked with anumber of insurance agencies. I also would trade you turkey for deer anyways. Better than hitting a elk. Or a cow..
bob
deming,wa

old3dogg · June 08, 2005, 05:26:17 AM

Im just glad that I can type with one hand! ;D
Another inch or 2 and the thing would have come right through the drivers side window.
We dont have moose here but there are a lot of elk in that part of PA. Havent seen one yet. ???
Im good for a least 1 deer a year with the bumber. First time hitting a turkey.

Ianab · June 08, 2005, 05:40:31 AM

A friend of mine took out a cow last week, luckily he was in his logging truck at the time...
Still $8,000 of damage to the truck, he's off the road for a week and the Toyota 4WD coming the other way was totalled after running off the road and rolling 45ft down a bank

Luckily the cow was the only serious injury.

Thats one lucky turkey...
Hope your hand heals up OK too.

Cheers

Ian

Teri · June 08, 2005, 06:10:53 AM

Glad yer ok. If a deer or turkey hit me, its coming home with me and straight to the freezer! ;D

sawguy21 · June 08, 2005, 06:44:38 AM

Glad you were not more seriously hurt. That must have been like a bomb going off beside you. Those Pa turkeys do not sound any brighter than the average moose. ;D

Cedarman · June 08, 2005, 07:53:49 AM

Many years ago when I worked in Trinidad, a coworker was driving down the road and a big vulture didn't take wing fast enough and went through the windshield. That wasn't so bad ( company car and all), but when the vulture barfed all over him, that was disgusting.