What is the difference between a tom, a gobbler, and a jake.

jake is a young gobbler.......tom is another word for gobbler

You can tell the difffernce between a Tom & Jake when they are in strut.

A Tom will have a symetrical fan. Tom should have a full hearty gobble.

A Jake - the 4 center tail feathers will be an inch longer than the rest when in strut. A jake will gobble rather choppy.

JW

I thought that a gobbler was any male turkey?
But I do know a jake is a young bird and a tom is an old bird.

hey the gobbler and a tom are the same thing they are both mature turkey males and a jake is not a mature male probabley in his first year.