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<blockquote data-quote="Southern Sportsman" data-source="post: 5864207" data-attributes="member: 10399"><p>Those are satellite gobblers that have been overthrown or beaten out for dominance within the flock. Sometimes they are 2-yr olds that are pushed out of the flock by the older bird(s). Sometimes they are old, mature gobblers that have been push out by a group of younger, more aggressive males.</p><p></p><p>This dynamic is why strutter decoys work. When you see a video of a gobbler (or gobblers) leaving a group of hens to charge across a field to confront a strutter decoy, this is what is at play. The strutter dek mimics a satellite gobbler infringing on the dominant gobbler's area. Now imagine they are real turkeys and not decoys. Every time the satellite gobbler gets too close or struts around the flock, the dominant gobbler(s) run over and whip his ass. So you end up with a gobbler hanging in the fringes away from the flock, hoping to peel off or intercept a hen, or waiting to challenge for dominance if the opportunity arises.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Southern Sportsman, post: 5864207, member: 10399"] Those are satellite gobblers that have been overthrown or beaten out for dominance within the flock. Sometimes they are 2-yr olds that are pushed out of the flock by the older bird(s). Sometimes they are old, mature gobblers that have been push out by a group of younger, more aggressive males. This dynamic is why strutter decoys work. When you see a video of a gobbler (or gobblers) leaving a group of hens to charge across a field to confront a strutter decoy, this is what is at play. The strutter dek mimics a satellite gobbler infringing on the dominant gobbler's area. Now imagine they are real turkeys and not decoys. Every time the satellite gobbler gets too close or struts around the flock, the dominant gobbler(s) run over and whip his ass. So you end up with a gobbler hanging in the fringes away from the flock, hoping to peel off or intercept a hen, or waiting to challenge for dominance if the opportunity arises. [/QUOTE]
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