New to turkeys. Why does a turkey gobble?

[eviemethugh]

I've never seen wild turkeys fighting either, the hen actively chooses her mate so there a dominance structure but sometimes it doesn't matter. Most fights will break out after a Tom mates and the others are frustrated. They also don't seem to worry about predators either like wild turkeys do, and are oblivious to their surroundings, so domesticated turkeys seem to have more free time on their hands for acting stupid, especially the males.

free time for acting stupid is cracking me up!
Last year we had 3 boys and one girl, and the biggest turkey lost his fight on a Tuesday morning that I will never forget! His whole head was...ummmm heavily destroyed, and he had lost so much blood he just let us pick him up (well "just" might be an understatement since he was 30lbs dressed)...then my mom & I (since husbands had gone to work) had the extreme pleasure of preparing him for freezer camp. We became real men that day! HA. Oh gosh, I laugh so I don't cry!

Turkeys are very sweet, ours last year would follow my 18m old son around like little lost puppy dogs while he played.