Never swerve just hit the dang thing!

  • millerman
    Red Wing, MN
    Posts: 627
    April 19, 2011 at 2:46 pm #1271864

    Tip of the day! Just hit it don’t swerve. I swerved to keep a turkey from coming through my windshield! BAD PLAN! Always hit the dang thing! I know better and the wife and I talk about it all the time! I’m ok just hurt my pride!


    drew-evans
    rochester MN
    Posts: 1099
    April 19, 2011 at 2:49 pm #958638

    yeah its easy to say but when you have things in your face its hard not to react!! glad your okay!! looks like you took quite the ride into the ditch/rock wall…..

    jdoely
    Posts: 128
    April 19, 2011 at 2:49 pm #958639

    Dang! Glad to hear you are OK…

    erick
    Grand Meadow, MN
    Posts: 3213
    April 19, 2011 at 2:50 pm #958640

    Damn dude! Glad to hear you came out alright close call there!

    jd318
    NE Nebraska
    Posts: 757
    April 19, 2011 at 2:50 pm #958641

    Ouch. Other than pride, hope everyone is ok.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 19, 2011 at 2:55 pm #958645

    Holy Crap Tim!

    How did you get out of that!?

    Glad you both are ok!

    blufloyd
    Posts: 698
    April 19, 2011 at 2:57 pm #958647

    I hate seeing those 20 pounders walking the road sides.

    brian_peterson
    Eagan, MN
    Posts: 2080
    April 19, 2011 at 2:58 pm #958649

    Holy Hanna! All that for a thunderchicken? Glad you are ok!

    Czech
    Cottage Grove, MN
    Posts: 1574
    April 19, 2011 at 3:18 pm #958661

    Glad you’re ok! I think that is the difference between collision and comprehensive if I recall correctly, did the same with a deer.

    randeye
    Hudson
    Posts: 59
    April 19, 2011 at 3:21 pm #958663

    WOW! Glad you made it thru that ok!

    Steve Plantz
    SE MN
    Posts: 12240
    April 19, 2011 at 4:03 pm #958671

    Holly crap Tim glad you are ok, is that HWY 63 by chance?

    Jesse Krook
    Y.M.H.
    Posts: 6403
    April 19, 2011 at 4:12 pm #958678

    Holy Cr*p man

    Glad your ok dude

    So now the question of day is how fast were you going ?

    Jesse Krook
    Y.M.H.
    Posts: 6403
    April 19, 2011 at 4:14 pm #958679

    Quote:

    , is that HWY 63 by chance?

    I’m guessing it’s the road from Red Wing to Cannon Falls HWY 19

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 19, 2011 at 4:45 pm #958688

    Anything to get out of driving to the Sturgeon Excursion.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    April 19, 2011 at 4:50 pm #958690

    That could have been ugly dude, very happy to hear everyone is ok!!!
    Metal objects can be replaced

    gbfan10
    Hastings, mn
    Posts: 351
    April 19, 2011 at 5:33 pm #958693

    Glad you are ok!
    Last year one flew right into my side mirror on my car. It knocked the mirror off, and I was just glad it didn’t come through the side window.

    slipperybob
    Lil'Can, MN
    Posts: 1418
    April 19, 2011 at 5:35 pm #958694

    Golly Bejebus! That would really scare the the spirit out of me. Glad you made it out okay to tell the tale. I’ve had my winter ride into the ditch and it was just a patch of black ice from a trip back from ice fishing when the road was just fine for ways then a straight shot of highway proved to be the most dangerous spot.

    I just seen a smashed turkey on the highway just a few days ago too.

    millerman
    Red Wing, MN
    Posts: 627
    April 19, 2011 at 6:06 pm #958712

    Quote:

    Holly crap Tim glad you are ok, is that HWY 63 by chance?

    Highway 19 on the way to Cannon Falls
    Vasa township/137th ave.

    I didn’t even get the Turkey!

    Jesse Krook
    Y.M.H.
    Posts: 6403
    April 19, 2011 at 6:13 pm #958713

    Quote:

    Anything to get out of driving to the Sturgeon Excursion.

    And you were going to ride with him

    cat dude
    Arlington, MN
    Posts: 1389
    April 19, 2011 at 6:19 pm #958716

    Good to hear you are ok.

    Much better to swerve and break the critters neck than ones own.

    Many times instinct takes over and one try’s to miss it before they can think about it if it’s close before one sees it.

    jeff_huberty
    Inactive
    Posts: 4941
    April 19, 2011 at 10:17 pm #958773

    Whewww Holy Crap Thank your lucky Stars

    desperado
    Posts: 3010
    April 20, 2011 at 12:48 am #958807

    Quote:

    So now the question of day is how fast were you going ?

    And how big was the bird?

    Jesse Krook
    Y.M.H.
    Posts: 6403
    April 20, 2011 at 9:16 am #958826

    Quote:

    Quote:

    So now the question of day is how fast were you going ?

    And how big was the bird?

    I spoke with Tim and he says he was going the posted speed limit of 55mph. But by the time we got off the phone the bird went from being a 50lb turkey, a crow, a hummingbird to a chikadee

    millerman
    Red Wing, MN
    Posts: 627
    April 20, 2011 at 11:24 am #958859

    Quote:

    Quote:

    Quote:

    So now the question of day is how fast were you going ?

    And how big was the bird?

    I spoke with Tim and he says he was going the posted speed limit of 55mph. But by the time we got off the phone the bird went from being a 50lb turkey, a crow, a hummingbird to a chikadee

    Come on Jessie everyone knows that Hummingbirds are smaller than Chikadees!

    millerman
    Red Wing, MN
    Posts: 627
    April 20, 2011 at 11:24 am #958860

    Damn I got things hurting today I didn’t know I had!

    sgt._rock
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2517
    April 20, 2011 at 12:38 pm #958903

    Looks similar to my neices truck out in Idaho. She swerved to avoid a dead black cow on the road at night that somebody else had hit. She rolled about 3 times last week and has all kinds of new sore spots but nothing major. Good thing for seat belts.

    Ben Garver
    Hickman, Nebraska
    Posts: 3149
    April 20, 2011 at 1:37 pm #958941

    Glad your ok Tim. You’ll have some aches and pains for a while I’m sure.

    I’m betting you’ll take up turkey hunting now. I started deer hunting after hitting one with my truck several years ago. It started as revenge and now it’s another passion.

    Take care of yourself buddy!!

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