Wild turkeys are a beast.

— nines09 (@nines091) January 14, 2021

In my travels I have almost hit a wild turkey more than a few times. The last close one was a large tom launched himself from a tree and came across I-80 in Pennsylvania at windshield height as I was in my Bunky Big Rig. I saw him coming and I was doing about 70 and it was split second decision to slow down or hammer down and hope the air dam pushes him up just a bit. I kept the hammer down. He cut his eyes at me and was 5 or so yards from my face. We both felt that. He went by me.
Had a trucking bud who had one crash through his passenger side windshield and then go crazy and flap around inside the cab.
He got it stopped and jumped out and then opened both doors.
That bird FLEW away. Tough birds. Smart. Slick. Hard.