Pheasant on the noggin

[L3nny]

Headache has gone away and I have checked my lid and there are no signs of damage, might get another one anyway as the one I have isn't great anyway.

When I told my mate he said if I was a real man i would have punched it out the way before it hit me.

No sympathy there then.

[Biker Biggles]

Originally Posted by sloppy joe

Had a near miss with a sheep the other week, and know what you mean about over-analysing it after. Beat myself up for a few days as my first reaction was to touch front, quickly realised my folly, let off and tightened, but 'it was wet?'.

Too much information methinks.

Originally Posted by L3nny

When I told my mate he said if I was a real man i would have punched it out the way before it hit me.

Having headbutted a pigeon while riding before, I feel your pain!

If it helps though, it's never happened again in another 10 yrs of riding. Consider yourself as having done your time on the flying fowl, and be glad that you got away pretty unscathed!

No point worrying too much about it - you could be in a car and have a deer/pedestrian/runaway truck come through the windscreen, but who worries about that all the time?

[Swin]

I've also headbutted a pigeon, and can only imagine how much more painful a pheasant would be.

Glad you are back in the saddle, as everyone says there's not much you can do about it but I should imagine the odds are very small that it'll happen to you again - which means it will happen regularly