You just made me notice that in my 15 years of over-the-road trucking I’ve never seen a dead turkey on the road. Pretty much everything else except bears and wolves, though. I have seen wild turkeys near the roads, but no roadkill.
That’s because turkeys take out the car with them. Whole shebang goes to the morgue.
Ok maybe not the morgue, but they do tend to get nicely lodged in whatever part of the car they get struck by. This is generally the front grill, as they are about 5-year-old size and tend to travel on foot, but they are flying bowling balls and can lodge into windshields pretty well too.
I’ve heard of a number of people hitting them (rural area) and the turkey soup always goes with the car.
Yeah this post is r/everybodyclapped material
also I’ve driven across the United States alone before, a task that can drive anyone slightly senile, and I was making up stories in my head too.
Apparently my cousin hit four turkeys on his national crossing
You just made me notice that in my 15 years of over-the-road trucking I’ve never seen a dead turkey on the road. Pretty much everything else except bears and wolves, though. I have seen wild turkeys near the roads, but no roadkill.
That’s because turkeys take out the car with them. Whole shebang goes to the morgue.
Ok maybe not the morgue, but they do tend to get nicely lodged in whatever part of the car they get struck by. This is generally the front grill, as they are about 5-year-old size and tend to travel on foot, but they are flying bowling balls and can lodge into windshields pretty well too.
I’ve heard of a number of people hitting them (rural area) and the turkey soup always goes with the car.