Nowhere on my list for Sunday June 24th did I write “be attacked by a Wild turkey”, and most certainly if I had listed it, right next to it I would have listed “have husband take photos of event”. After all, these hikes on the nature trails were started because of the wonderful photo opportunities they present.

Last Sunday we decided to walk the trails at the Moore Wildlife Management Conservation Area. The mosquitoes were so thick and huge that the bug spray we use seemed to be more like desert to them rather than a repellent. When one mosquito picked up my foot and looked it over with anticipation I decided then and there it was time to turn around and head back to vehicle. Okay, I exaggerate a tad but I am sure you get my meaning.

At one point we had to walk through a field of very tall grass. It was during this part of our walk when I was suddenly frightened out of the bit of wit that I had left. If you can picture a beaten path barely wide enough for one skinny person to walk through (I am NOT skinny by any means) with the tall grass blocking your vision and suddenly this huge bird flying in your face squawking a foreign language that you have never heard before much less understand… a darn ugly bird too I must say. I didn’t need wits to realize that!

It smelled awful (at least there was a terrible smell coming from somewhere), of course I only uttered one small bloodcurdling scream while I bravely defended myself from this gigantic, ugly, bad smelling monster. After I had finally terrified it enough with that scream and blindly kicking at it and doing my “Dance Rendition” it fled through the grass. I composed myself and turned to my darling husband and asked him if he got a shot of it. Once he had stopped laughing he had the nerve to tell me he didn’t have time to get his camera out and take a photo………. the miserable man didn’t have time to get his camera out because he was toooooo busy laughing at my precadicament!!!!!!!!!!! WELL!!!!! Can you believe that, the perfect photo opportunity was right under the knuckleheads nose but he was too busy laughing????? I mean, we were there for photo ops and he lost it!!! That darn turkey stole my finger nail, bruised my knee, scratches up my leg, bruised my ego, left me traumatized…….. for NOTHING!!!!!!!!! I had nothing to show for it!!!! What a man!!! Some day I am gonna get even for that one, oh yeah, sure as shooting I am gonna get even for that one.

I had to make hay while the sun shone and at least get after shots… had to have something anyway. hehehe

So here at least are the shots of the bird that got away.