The winter turkey flock gathers in groups. It's a safety in numbers. The more eyes the better chance to see danger.
Mature Toms also gather in what is called a Bachelor flocks. It will contain 2 yr old males or older. They eill group and can hover near or around the big hen flocks.
Young Jake flocks( last yrs hatched males) also gather in an age group flock and will mix in with he flocks but do get chased.
And your hens gather together of all ages.
It's a safety in the number of eyes.


All flocks with all birds to jockey for dominance among theirselfs constantly. Leader of the pack syndrome.. They're constantly pushing and fighting each other for a pecking order. Watch the flocks long enough hens will fight hens and jakes fight each other and so do the Toms.
Come spring they start to break up in smaller flocks as more food becomes available. And the Toms start gobbling and displaying following the hens hoping the mate. The real dominant Tom will have a group of hens and chase every male away.

The big bachelor flocks will break up into 2 or 3 or 1 dominant bird.

Mark those flocks tou see. And watch them expand. My last day of Fall turkey season I had over 200 hens, about 50 jakes in 2 flocks and 2 flocks of mature Toms I watched in this 160 acre field. It was an awesome exoerience.

JW