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Pheasant looked like a RPG coming in.

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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 09:47 AM
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Went for a ride today and was following about 150 feet behind a bagger when a half grown pheasant came out of the ditch and flew across in front of him ,I thought whew that was close! Then out of the corner of my eye I see the next one coming like a RPG angled right at me. No time to react I turned my head and held on. It hit me right on my hip on my cell phone then must have caught the sissy bar for the backrest. When I looked in the mirror it was laying on the road. A sissy bar at 70mph must hurt.Mike
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 09:51 AM
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Guess you GOT THE BIRD!!! LOL
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 10:11 AM
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Animal Cruelty will not be tolerated here
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 10:49 AM
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Glad to here you cruzed through it.
I'd give up my right nut to have wild pheasents around here again.
I had a small bird, sparrow or something, hit me in the helmet at about 70. Felt like I got hit with a snowball.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 11:17 AM
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Glad you're ok. I had an encounter with some chikins a few years back. They decided to cross the road as I was approaching..... I could not stop that short and they thought I could or would..... white feathers everywhere!!!!
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 11:22 AM
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Did you take it home and pan fry it?

To Nozem: Tell us, why did the chicken cross the road?????
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 11:23 AM
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Some b!tch! Did it damage your phone? Now you can come back later for pheasant season. Did you get a gps reading on that location?
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 12:42 PM
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Glad you made it safely. All to often people crash trying to avoid that kinda crap.
 
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Just read a similar story about a pheasant strike few weeks ago. Hope they're not organizing and going after bikers!

Glad you're ok!
 
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 01:45 PM
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Comocazi pheasants uniting against us
 
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