Hen and strutter deek placement

[BlakeJ]

You hear different opinions on how far to place decoys when setting up, just wondering what you guys like to do.

I like to put them about 20-30 yards away, with the hen facing away from me and the strutter facing towards me. I also like to offset them a little compared to where I think the birds will come from, that way I'm not in his line of sight right on the other side of the decoys.

[captin_hook]

You hear different opinions on how far to place decoys when setting up, just wondering what you guys like to do.

I like to put them about 20-30 yards away, with the hen facing away from me and the strutter facing towards me. I also like to offset them a little compared to where I think the birds will come from, that way I'm not in his line of sight right on the other side of the decoys.

This^^

[mtsrunner]

You hear different opinions on how far to place decoys when setting up, just wondering what you guys like to do.

I like to put them about 20-30 yards away, with the hen facing away from me and the strutter facing towards me. I also like to offset them a little compared to where I think the birds will come from, that way I'm not in his line of sight right on the other side of the decoys.

I agree with all of that, except I use a Jake instead of the strutter.
If I'm not sure where the Tom is expected to come from, I will offset them more to my left because I'm right handed and it's easier to swing to the left to shoot.


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[30_06]

I don't use a strutter, usually DSD jake and a hen. They are usually set up as described above or with the hen in a submissive pose, but always around 5 maybe 10 yards away.