I hit a Turkey Vulture with a T-38 Talon at 300 knots. The bird passed just inches from the right side of my canopy. (I was in the front seat) The vulture had folded it's wings to dive I guess, and went into the right engine intake without touching the edges. It was a slam dunk no net!
The T-38 shuddered like it had been hit by a bowling ball, and all the right engine indications went to zero. An incredibly terrible odor entered the cockpit from the air-conditioning system. I selected 100% oxygen, declared an emergency, and flew a single engine approach.
After landing I surveyed the damage. All the moving parts of the right engine had exited the burner can. (tailpipe) Only the case of the engine remained, and you could look in the intake see out the back. The smell around the burner can was indescribable.
Football is not the only game of inches. If that vulture had been a few inches to my left, the ending would have been much different.