Decoy setup

[Hootowl]

Is it better to have a Jake with a hen or just hens? Reason I ask is I had a Couple of Jake's come into a field last week, Only to spot the decoys and shy away from coming into my range. I had thought maybe they were scared off by the other Jake, in the upright postion and the Hen in a submissive? Still learning all this stuff is the hard part.



Hoot

[selinoid44]

Is it better to have a Jake with a hen or just hens? Reason I ask is I had a Couple of Jake's come into a field last week, Only to spot the decoys and shy away from coming into my range. I had thought maybe they were scared off by the other Jake, in the upright postion and the Hen in a submissive? Still learning all this stuff is the hard part.



Hoot

Dude I hope you werent hunting turkeys in Indiana last week, because our season doesnt even start until next Wednesday the 27th! That would be a NO NO

[Hootowl]

No I was In Kansas.

[mightyjoeyoung]

I have seen 4+ year old gobblers shy away from a jake deek, a single hen deek, but have also had them do the exact opposite and come in like they owned the joint at the site of a jake deek!  I have a video somewhere of 4 jakes just beating my Pretty Boy like he owed em money.  If they (those jakes) shyed away from a decoy at their age that means either some ding bat has already thouroughly educated them or...there are some mature gobblers around that won't hesitate to lay the smack down on a few upstart little jakes to protect their harems!

[Gobble!]

I have never had a gobbler shy away from my strutting decoy. I use them all the time with 2 hens

[dpittman]

I use a primos jake-mobile with real jake fan and it really seems to work well. Anyone else use one. Maybe coincidense but the turkeys never seem to shy from it. I am in PA and I am a little concerned with tom dekes so maybe someone can ease my fears or should I just leave the tom strutter at home.

[mightyjoeyoung]

I use a primos jake-mobile with real jake fan and it really seems to work well. Anyone else use one. Maybe coincidense but the turkeys never seem to shy from it. I am in PA and I am a little concerned with tom dekes so maybe someone can ease my fears or should I just leave the tom strutter at home.

I live in and hunt mainly in PA anymore. (Not much time to travel). On game lands I NEVER bring my pretty boy (don't feel like getting a facefull of shot) but instead I like to travel light and get back in farther than the other guys are willing.  Gotta...be mobile so to speak.