I went back to work today after taking off a few days to chase some gobblers. Noticed a roadkill gobbler in the edge of the road. So as I'm crying over that one I came upon another one 3 or 4 miles down the road!! Also could weeks ago, the wife said one had been hit near her work ( Different County). Brings up the question how many roadkills do the rest of you guys see?
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Saw a dead hen on centerline of highway yesterday. Not sure if flew into a vehicle or was trying to run across road.
Saw a gobbler last week laying in the ditch, figured someone had poached and dumped (season wasn't open yet), but after closer inspection could see he had been hit at the edge of the blacktop road and thrown about 25 feet down the ditch. I also saw a hen about a month ago flattened on another county blacktop road. I would say I see about one per year on average here in NW Oklahoma.
1 years ago. Know of 2 others.
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Plenty in WI...I pick them up if they look fresh and throw em in the freezer. Free turkey dinner.
Quote from: tbowers on April 20, 2022, 02:07:33 PM
Plenty in WI...I pick them up if they look fresh and throw em in the freezer. Free turkey dinner.
Or if they're hens or jakes I grab the wing bones for call making friends.
I've only seen maybe 3 or 4 that I can think of. I can remember 1 few years ago that I narrowly missed.
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I Dont believe i've ever seen a road kill turkey!
I rarely see gobblers hit. I tend to see hens hit. But I probably see four or five a year. I always stop and check the wings. We don't have a fall season and can't shoot hens, so that's my avenue to hen bones. Hate seeing it.
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Hardly ever down here AL/GA. I may see one every three or four years. And the few I have seen have been laying in the road instead of on the edge. Wouldn't surprise me if a couple of them didn't fall out of someone's truck.
I have come close 4 times and had brakes locked up and still almost hit them, it was 1 gobbler the rest hens.
There must be a kamikaze gene in Virginia turkeys. I've seen 2 on the side of the road this past week. Slammed on the brakes last year and love tapped a hen that flew across my windshield.
Quote from: 3bailey3 on April 20, 2022, 06:57:11 PM
I have come close 4 times and had brakes locked up and still almost hit them, it was 1 gobbler the rest hens.
squash them and move on with your day. not worth risking an accident
last year my 10 year old nephew lost a classmate and her grandmother when they swerved after trying to miss a turkey
i've only ever seen a few in my life. the ones in smokey mountain nat'l park probably get hit a alot. tame birds lol
Several each year, but more this year than past year's. Counted 3 last weekend. Maybe it indicates more birds?? Or maybe birds are having to travel more to find other birds?? Either way I hate to see it.
Every now and again. The majority of roadkill turkeys I see happen in March before the season opens, when the winter flocks start fighting and breaking up.
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I was just thinking about this the other day. I've seen probably 5 or 6 in the past month here in PA. More than I typically recall. The majority that I had time to identify being hens.
Quote from: PennBirdy on April 21, 2022, 06:07:15 AM
I was just thinking about this the other day. I've seen probably 5 or 6 in the past month here in PA. More than I typically recall. The majority that I had time to identify being hens.
In my experience, hens are the ones tend to get hit because they're traveling back and forth to the nest.
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I would about 3 or 4 per year. I do not think I have ever seen a Tom but these are usually on the freeway to no stopping to closely examine so there couple have been a few Tom's
I see them on occasion.
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I hit a gobbler flying across the road a few years ago. Just happy he didn't end up in the cab with me(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220423/d83ab89fb90e26ec1abfd290b416e44b.jpg)
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Saw two this weekend. Unfortunate, as we don't have enough turkeys to spare.
Almost hit a hen, that was flying across a major high way on my way home last time...
Fairly certain, that a different bird, attempting to cross a major road-way was responding to my calling when he got hit several years back (Lonnie Gilbert scratch box).
I have seen three dead birds on the road, and three were hens this season. :-[
In W Tennessee I see 2-3 per season. Hate to see it because in my case it's always a hen
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Another dead one TODAY. Neighboring state
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rarely, but I am not on the roads like I used to be. I think there are enough critters around here that drag them off that we probably have a similar number hit, but they don't sit by the road long. Deer? All the time. Have hit a couple myself.
Had a hen fly right in front of me on the way home from hunting with my daughter... Pretty sure her wing-tips brushed my wind-shield... Had another run across the road in front of me, barely missing getting hit in the other lane by on-coming traffic.
I have seen about 5 dead hens this season on the road, and have also noticed that more hens tend to be hit by cars? Although a few years back, I am fairly certain that I was responsible for the demise of a gobbler... He answered my call (from quite a ways away) across a major road, and then was suddenly quiet... On the way out, there was a dead tom on the road that was not there when I started hunting.
Most of the dead birds on the roads that I see are near residential areas... Maybe porch turkeys that get a bit too comfortable with vehicles?