I don't remember ever seeing wild turkeys in Ohio. I'm sure they were there. I just don't think I ever saw one. Probably because we lived in town and I'm guessing there aren't a whole lot of wild turkeys lurking around urban areas.
Here in Wisconsin we live in a small country town, so we have to drive on country roads to get here from Madison (or to go to Madison for that matter). There is a lot of farm land around here. And a whole bunch of wild turkeys.
Let me tell you something about wild turkeys: those are some ugly m-f'ers. Seriously ugly. F-ugly.
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Wild turkeys are so ugly, they freak me out. And you never see just one of them. They are always in large groups (flocks?) and I usually see them feeding out in the corn fields in these parts.
I have had 2 "encounters" recently with wild turkeys. The first happened a week or so ago. Scott and I were driving up 51 to Madison and all of a sudden a wild turkey took flight and flew right in front of the car. We didn't hit it, but it seemingly flew right in front of the wind-shield. It scared the sh*t out of me. At first, I didn't even know what it was. After I yelped, I had to ask Scott: "what was that??" A wild turkey flying right before our eyes. Creepy. They are ugly and they look mean as hell. It was like a Jurassic Park moment.
The second encounter I had was one day earlier this week when I was driving to work on 138. I could see cars were stopped a ways in front of me and it appeared from a distance a dog was running loose on the side of the road. As I got closer, I noticed it wasn't a dog but a wild turkey. Have you ever seen one of those things run? OMG. Those are some fast suckers. They can really scoot. I read somewhere that they can run upwards of 18 mph. Seeing that ugly m-f'er run all fast across the road. Ugh. I shudder to even think of it now.
Clearly I am very freaked out by wild turkeys. I don't even care for this kind:
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Unless I'm enjoying it as one of the ingredients in a Derby Pie, of course.
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Love it. Absolutely.
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