Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring. Here a submissive jake decoy is under attack.
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Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring. Submissive jakes, like this decoy, are lowest in the pecking order.
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A flock of toms rush towards a submissive jake decoy Tuesday afternoon. Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring. Two, here, are working to intimidate a submissive jake decoy.
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Note the lack of color in the head and neck of a tom Tuesday afternoon, which shows he wasn't working for dominance in the flock.
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Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Toms rush towards a submissive jake decoy Tuesday afternoon, just as they did the same decoy in December, January and February.
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Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring. This tom spent more than 20 minutes attacking this submissive jake decoy.
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Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Two gobblers spar Tuesday afternoon, after getting excited by the submissive jake decoy. Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Two gobblers try to intimidate a submissive jake decoy. Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A tom tries to intimidate a jake decoy Tuesday. Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Tom turkeys, part of a winter gobbler flock of 17 to 30 birds, chase each other Tuesday afternoon.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring. This one is attacking a submissive jake decoy.
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Associated with spring, toms will strut all year as a show of dominance.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A tom stands atop a submissive jake decoy, and pecks at its headÉthe ultimate sign of dominance.
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Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring. A tom attacks a submissive jake decoy Tuesday in Butler County.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
A rare sight of a tom sitting, while in strut, trying to intimidate a jake decoy.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring. A tom attacks a submissive jake decoy Tuesday in Butler County.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring. A submissive jake decoy got these birds going.
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Michael Pearce / The Wichita Eagle
Tom turkeys battle for dominance all year, while they try to attract hens for only a few weeks in the spring. A tom attacks a submissive jake decoy Tuesday in Butler County.
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A mature wild turkey tom, with a long beard on its chest and spurs on its legs.
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