MISSISSIPPI JAKES??

[surehuntsalot]

I have seen it first hand more than once

[tomstopper]

I have seen it first hand more than once

Same here

[Cottonmouth]

In my experience,  some gobblers are scared to death of jakes. I'm in MS too and about 8 yrs ago I was hunting a field bird pretty hard for about 2 weeks. I had the bright idea of using a jake decoy and a few hens. When he came out in the field, he broke strut and wouldn't come within 200 yrs of that decoy and stopped gobbling. I killed him toward the end of the season after the hens started setting and he looked like he had got run over by a lawnmower. 
Lots of times they just stop gobbling and sneak in for a look. In MS we can hunt afternoons.  This is a flat out deadly time to hunt here....just don't expect a lot of gobbling. 

[super mag]

A few yrs ago I was calling for my son. We were set up on a creek bottom about 30 yrds apart. Tom with hens on other hill side. The tom would answer my call but would not leave hens. After 20-30 mins. I called in 3 jakes, after almost stepping on my boot they crossed the creek and went on. 5 mins later a war broke out limbs breaking all kind of weird turkey noises wings flapping that lasted a good 3-4 mins. We both set still not knowing what to do. When we figured out what was happening we eased up the creek, we could see 3 hens 3 jakes no gobbler. Never heard him gobble again. If I ever hear this again I ll go in a hurry all the noise they were making they would never know you were around.

[Vabirddog]

I have seen gangs of jakes run off single gobblers many times but IME 2 mature gobblers are a match for any # of jakes. With 2 or more toms together, the jakes have always given way. Your toms are probably locked up with hens in a less exposed area. YMMV