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Prairie City, IA United States | On our ride today I had an encounter with a Deer, flying turkey, 5 dogs and a turkey buzzard. The turkey buzzard decided to leave his meal on the edge of the road a little late and fly right into my riding path. He hit below the fairing and spun off into the ditch on the other side of the road. All I had time to do was duck. I had hit the horn several times to give it warning but he must have been to hungry to give up eating. RIP turkey buzzard. Did I mention that they look like a 747 up close? No damage to the bike upon inspection. Underwear still clean.  |
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seattle, wa | Yikes!
I came around a corner on my way home from work one day and there was a buzzard dining on a deer carcass, he took off from his meal and flew directly in my path, I ducked and just barely missed him.
They eat so much they have a hard time getting off the ground sometimes. They are big and ugly.
That must have been quite a shock, good thing he didn't hit you in the chest, it might have knocked you off the bike. |
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| They are big, nasty, and if you get close enough, they smell like death. |
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| Down in Texas. we call that "Crazy Ivan" . Glad you survived without injury. My dad had a great story about them. He was out hunting after a storm and came across a downed nest with a Buzzard chick. He thought how cool to have a pet buzzard. picked it up and put it inside his jacket but after a few minutes the chick regurgitated it's last meal. Can you imagine partly digested roadkill smell..... |
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Conneaut, OH | Consider yourself lucky it didn't puke all over your bike. |
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Grand Cane, LA | I second what conn-e-rot said! I hit one in a company truck years ago and it puked on the windshield and I thought the smell would never go away. |
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| cheap ass bike horn for sure |
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Prairie City, IA United States | johnnyvision - 2013-06-09 4:55 PM
cheap ass bike horn for sure
LOL. I have a wolo bad boy in the garage just waiting to get installed. Maybe I should get that done this week. |
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Central Illinois | chesshiretuna - 2013-06-09 8:22 AM Down in Texas. we call that "Crazy Ivan" .. Crazy Ivan is a term reserved for a maneuver that is performed by Russian submarines. In the cat and mouse game between American and Russian submarines, when a Russian suspects he is being followed by an American sub, he performs a violent maneuver that will bring him right into the path of the sub following him, that is called a Crazy Ivan by the US submariners. It forces the American sub to take evasive actions to avoid a collision.
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NE Florida Jacksonville | I smacked one last year and put a good crack in my windshield, his vomit missed by inches but sure stunk. Nasty creatures for sure. |
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Central Maryland | And... I believe that Turkey Vultures are a federal protected bird. Ya can't even kill 'em if you want to.... |
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Prairie City, IA United States | willtill - 2013-06-10 5:06 PM
And... I believe that Turkey Vultures are a federal protected bird. Ya can't even kill 'em if you want to....
Yes they are a protected species. They are thicker than rabbits in southern IA. You can't prevent them from committing suicide though.  |
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Damn turkey buzzards