ALFAitalia
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2022
- Messages
- 8,555
- Location
- Bognor Regis
- Car
- 2010 Mercedes W212 E Class E350 CDI Sport, 2006 Mercedes W169 A Class A170.
I had similar..hit me square in the chest at about 60 or 65....winded me so bad that i struggled to breathe for about 10 mins. I went back to get it... but too badly smashed with bones coming through the meat... which shows the energy involved. About a week later on the same road a mate had the screen torn from his LC by another suicidal pheasant!About 30 years ago a friend of mine was on a test ride on a then new BMW K1100RS travelling at about 50mph when a pheasant flew out from a verge. He collected it on his shoulder (fortunately, not on his head). Net result was he had a broken shoulder, he lost control of the bike and the bike was written off.
Bottom line is that hitting any animal or large(r) bird at speed is likely to result in quite significant damage - and the death of said creature.