I almost hit one this weekend. Had the wife with me too. Female turkey flew at me from the field on my right, it was close enough that both the wife and I ducked. The turkey turned off at the last second.

 

I've hit a couple with the windshield my truck. Why there is a lottery to hunt them is stupid. They are about to the point of rodent.

 

There are large flocks of them all over town around here. One flock in particular has a range that seems to be centered around the I-80/I-680 interchange. In the summer when they are active, it's not unusual to see 20 or more milling around by the highway.

 

One of the guys at work (rides a Ducati) got into a swarm of birds this last weekend.
One in the knee, one in the shoulder & one IN the fairing.
I mean "inside" the fairing, he is not sure how it got inside and did not seem to have broken anything.
He has to remove a bunch of plastic bits to get it out though....

 

Several years ago a friend and I were riding to our fish camp for the weekend. There's a 12 mile stretch of road along the way that is really nice. Very few houses, light traffic, lots of curves, slow speeds and surrounded by woods. As I was riding along I kept seeing a shadow over my head but I couldn't quite make out what was causing it, this went on for about 30-45 seconds or so.
Once we reached the end of that stretch of road we came to a stop sign and my friend who had been behind me said something like "WTF was up with that turkey?". I had no idea what he was talking about so he said that a turkey had been flying along with me about 3 to 4 feet over my head then after a little while it got some altitude and took off.

 

Not too far North of New York City actually :P I laugh, in order to go turkey hunting I have to drive 60 miles north and if I'm lucky I might hear one. While I'm sitting at work though? They walk up to the windows of the building and peck at their reflections

 

Saw this big boy on my way to work a while back. He was just hanging out by the road, chillin.

 

I have a family of 12 living at the back of my property.

 

In a Van.... Down by the river....

 

Sounds like a country song.