Well, I suppose you could grab it, but where? Birds have claws which are designed to cut and tear. They can also move them very quickly, scoring down your face

Well, I suppose you could grab it, but where? Birds have claws which are designed to cut and tear. They can also move them very quickly, scoring down your face/belly multiple times. Birds have beaks which are designed to inflict harm. Think: woodpecker. Think: parrot (beak can cut open metal cans). So you grab the turkey by the neck, now it is raking your entire front with claws while flapping wings which effectively blinds you by overwhelming your vision. Or you grab it by the legs -- need to get both in one grab, by the way, and it pecks you. And you might be assuming a fair fight. What if you are walking down the street, and the turkey jumps you from behind? Yes, that sounds like a bizarro comic, but the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_capercaillie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_capercaillie (mentioned several times here) is known to do this.