Turkeys ran me out of New York State! They were all in the roads and I almost hit one. For the next 20 miles we saw turkeys every few minutes and they looked like they were plotting on me and my family. No lie, we called the one we almost hit the "General". He was the one that put out the call on us
When I was in high school, my friend missed the morning schoolbus because a turkey chased him 2 blocks. I also have memories of the entire bus being late because one was in the middle of the road and would not move. Stubborn suckers.
Highly aggressive during mating season April to June typically. Stay out of their way and yes, they will attack while "courting". I would suggest he beware. LOL!
Part of me wanted the turkeys to be ok at the end. The other part wanted two cartoony flattened turkeys left in the driver's wake (still ok, just stunned until the next looney tunes scene).
Geese seem to have kept more of the aggression from their dinosaur genes than they need. They're like the feral chihuahuas of the bird world, except chihuahuas' aggression can be explained by discomfort and fear, since little dogs are frequently mistreated.
I was attacked by a turkey in 2010 and posted about it on Facebook. For the next few weeks I was bombarded by targeted ads for travel agencies wanting to send me to the Middle East. 🙄
my Dad was counting eggs in the nest (farm/geese) and got attacked. There was a purple/black bruise the size of a baseball on his shoulder from a bite. Impressive.
I had really sweet cat when I was a kid. He was all of 6 pounds but refused to be an indoor cat and was quite the hunter. He would literally rip open a corner of our screen door in our unairconditioned house every spring/summer and there was no keeping him in.
I used to work in the neighborhood where that story took place and sometimes I'd come out of work to see a half dozen of them sitting & pooping on my car. Nothing scared them, I just had to wait it out.
As an owner of a few of these mini-t-rexes, yep. Especially during mating season, the Toms get very aggressive and do not back down. I keep an old broom by the entrance to the barn just to push them out of the way.
They can rip one open with the spurs on the back of their feet.
"My life as a Turkey" is an extraordinary documentary about a man who made a 2 year commitment to raise a clutch of 16 eggs as a "turkey mother"
They used to attack kids at my middle school who were waiting for their parents. One of my friend’s mom’s went a little bonkers once and drove her sedan over the curbs to chase them back onto the woods.
Chuckle needed given the Felon’s tomfoolery at the White House! But the take-that-you-sucker peck on the bumper by the turkey with the tail feathers on full display: priceless. 😂😂😂
Coming around the corner, "Look at this motherfucker here..."
"C'mon Tyrell, I want to talk to this boy. Scuse me son, whatchoo doin on my property?"
Man tries to make himself bigger.
"Nah son, we ain't possums, that shit don't wor...where you goin? Boy- I'm talkin to you!"
"Punk ass bitch."
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Now geese will mess you up for just existing. Right after they poop everywhere.
Geese are just foul fowl for no reason.
So one day my mom is in the kitchen…
Then she saw him stalking through the grass behind them.
He came home later, though, so he apparently decided that it would be a bit too much for him
https://www.newsweek.com/mailman-claims-self-defense-after-beating-wild-turkey-death-1685629
"My life as a Turkey" is an extraordinary documentary about a man who made a 2 year commitment to raise a clutch of 16 eggs as a "turkey mother"
Unless it’s a bear, then you’re f’ed.
"C'mon Tyrell, I want to talk to this boy. Scuse me son, whatchoo doin on my property?"
Man tries to make himself bigger.
"Nah son, we ain't possums, that shit don't wor...where you goin? Boy- I'm talkin to you!"
"Punk ass bitch."