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Title: What decoy setups do you all use?
Post by: RagingRoyal on April 22, 2012, 03:40:40 PM
This is only my 4th year turkey hunting and im curious as to what decoy setups eveyone uses during different hunts. 
This season I have been using jake with a feeding hen and the other night I had 2 different gobblers called in from a long way off, but when they saw the decoys they got kind of uneasy and wouldnt come any closer than 70 yards and finally walked off.  But as soon as they got out of sight I did a fighting purr with my mouth call and shook my hat and they came running right back to the same spot and still wouldnt come any closer.
What kind of deke setup will coax even the not-so-dominant long beards to come in close enough for a kill shot?
Title: Re: What decoy setups do you all use?
Post by: Old Gobbler on April 22, 2012, 04:19:03 PM
1 hen decoy Good all around setup , gives a willing gobbler exactly what they are looking and willing to fight and die  for    --- a hen to mate with

1 Jake decoy Gives a gobbler what he doesn't want , competition for mates - tends to piss them off and works quite well - good bait to pull in groups or a flock of over confident gobblers  

1 Jake decoy with 1 hen decoy now its personal , your a gobbler you wake up in the morning to see someone infringing on their territorial claim to all available hens in the vicinity  - gobblers that tend to fall for this are not in a good mood when they come in

1 Gobbler "strutting" and 1 hen decoy {mating posture on ground}  a step up in  personal insult to any self respecting dominant local gobbler - The size and shape of Big black ball of a gobbler in the open is unmistakable to any gobbler in the area - known to pull in "hened up " gobblers to  investigate -

Multiple hens  1 is good two is better !

Multiple Jake's of Gobblers remember gobblers are territorial but they are not dumb , they may be less inclined to get their butts kicked - not recommended for this reason

If you got it flaunt it -get the best looking decoy you can get your hands on -  

Some areas decoys are not practical because of heavy cover , in other areas {very open } the gobblers are not dumb , and often times will not even consider their time effort  if they cant see the hen

Title: Re: What decoy setups do you all use?
Post by: VaTuRkStOmPeR on April 22, 2012, 05:06:54 PM
Dave Smith.  There is no substitute for their realism, superior features and accurate anatomical design.

As far as the spread goes, I usually run a Jake and hen combination but change that as I see necessary throughout the season.
Title: Re: What decoy setups do you all use?
Post by: RagingRoyal on April 22, 2012, 07:01:21 PM
Thanks guys.  Oldgobbler you pretty much said all I needed to hear.
Title: Re: What decoy setups do you all use?
Post by: guesswho on April 22, 2012, 07:02:37 PM
Another good and effective option would be no deke's.     
Title: Re: What decoy setups do you all use?
Post by: turkey_slayer on April 22, 2012, 07:19:47 PM
Quote from: guesswho on April 22, 2012, 07:02:37 PM
Another good and effective option would be no deke's.     

Best one but thats just my opinion  ;D
Title: Re: What decoy setups do you all use?
Post by: RagingRoyal on April 22, 2012, 07:25:17 PM
When I get on roosted birds in thicker woods I dont use them.  But when im hunting an open field or bottom I would rather give them something to look at.
Title: Re: What decoy setups do you all use?
Post by: RagingRoyal on April 22, 2012, 07:31:38 PM
And as for the DSD's, it would would be awesome to have some...for free lol.  They look great but I just cant bring myself to spend 120-200 dollars on a decoy.
Title: Re: What decoy setups do you all use?
Post by: s clymo on April 22, 2012, 10:07:38 PM
I have never used decoys have killed a lot of birds with nothing but bought a zink Jake and feeding hen this year  ill let u know how they work when are season starts in may
Title: Re: What decoy setups do you all use?
Post by: lmbhngr on April 22, 2012, 10:15:25 PM
Leave "em" in the truck!! That`s the best set-up
Title: Re: What decoy setups do you all use?
Post by: ddturkeyhunter on April 22, 2012, 10:53:59 PM
Quote from: RagingRoyal on April 22, 2012, 07:31:38 PM
And as for the DSD's, it would would be awesome to have some...for free lol.  They look great but I just cant bring myself to spend 120-200 dollars on a decoy.
We all would like some thing for free but its true to the saying you get what you pay for. And when you do break down you will not regret it, it helps break up some of them boring mornings when nothing happening and a lone hen comes in and pecks the  out of your decoy, better then any movie. And yes two of the four turkeys I shot so far this year was with out decoys, so no decoys work well also it just depend on how good a caller you fell you are.