Cars are very hard on wildlife. Dead armadillos are a fixture of rural Texas roads, as are deer, and a few other animals like raccoons and javelinas, but this is the first turkey I've seen as road kill.
No, he didn't run for the fence, slip, and end up hanging. Someone tied him there. Whether they killed him or not is an open question. Texas can be a weird and scary place.
I've neglected this page for my blog at Aminus. Don't really know where I want to go with it. But what the hey, might as well go ahead and add some photos.