hoosierbuckslayer

last season i had a tom run from a jake with hen. i know he didnt see meBecause he never looked my direction. He would gobble but not come in

Mottz

I've seen a tom walk away from a group of 3 jakes before. Smart thinkin or going to get backup.

ksfowler

Never seen a tom be scared of one jake, but i did see a big tom get is butt whooped by a group of jakes last year.

mohunter82

if that tom has been beat by a group of jakes before then even as the season progresses the tom will stillbe wary of even a single jake. Remember the main thing on his mind is getting some, not fighting all the time.

Pygmy

I've seen a tom run off by a group of jakes..

I've also had a couple of toms take one look at my jake decoy and run like h*** in the other direction..

Adrian J Hare

Have you ever heard of the phrase "Swarming" on the streets
The same thing happens more often in the woods

mohunter82

jakes are kinda like a gang from the wrong side of town. they will team up and whoop up on an old tom running around by himself.

kdsberman

I have! And it is NOT a good feeling. Actually was a jake decoy, which i havent touched since then.

Hawkeye23

I ve never had a gobbler run from my jake set up but i have had them come barreling in looking to kick a*s.

JW

It can be a Gang War out there!

While scouting once I saw 9 jakes all in Strut as best they could completely encircle a lone hen. man she could go no where!

And I also have absolutely no success using a Jake decoy in my spread when I use decoys. So I will not buy nor use a Jake standing at attention - However it can be the other way around with strutting Decoys both Tom or Jake! I do have some Jake fans as to me it is a visual que with the to[p center 4 tail feathers longer than the rest. But I don't ahve enogh data to say it works better or worse as of yet.

AND

I am going to experiment this year and set all 3 of my strutters in a group away from one lone hen on some Wary Ole Single gobbler just to see what will happen.

JW