turkeyfoot
Old Mossy Horns
I believe lot of walk away birds have either been shot at been with a bird that has been shot or just had crap beat out of him in late March to point he has learned his lesson on the plus side they tend to gobble a lot
You always hear guys talking about the lonely love sick two year olds running them over to get to the call. In my experience that hasn't happened. The suicidal birds that I have killed, which hasn't been many,have been three year old birds.
Now I know there is no way to definitely age a gobbler but they all had spurs an inch or better. The two year old turkeys I have killed have mostly been quiet and did very little strutting. This was probably due to the age structure of the gobblers in the flock but that's been my experience. I don't know the ages of the walk away gobblers I've dealt with because they are still out there walking away. I'm pretty confident at least some of those were timid 2 year olds that had been beaten up and didn't want it to happen again.