During last week's first Illinois turkey season, on three different occasions I watched a gang of four jakes chase a gobbler across an open field. The mature birds looked like they were running for their lives. I'll be hunting that same area next week during the Illinois' 4th season and hope the jakes are gone. If I only had a single jake near me, I'd be sounding like a hen in hopes of drawing in a jealous mature tom to chase off the jake. Turkeys are territorial and exhibit a peck order of which I take advantage. Also, sounding like a mature gobbler has proven the death of many toms over the years.
