Decoy setups

beginnersluck · Jan 20, 2006

Just wondering how you guys set your decoys up. Personally, I set mine up about 15 yards away with featherflex decoys. I place 1 hen on one side of me and a hen and a jake on the other side of me, making somewhat of a triangle between the decoys and myself, with me being the middle point. It seems to be pretty effective, but I was just wanting to get new ideas from all of you.

Atlsooner · Jan 20, 2006

I have simulated my jake mounting my hen decoy about 18 yards from me to the left.

hawglips · Jan 20, 2006

I leave the jake in the truck with the hen. Either that, or put them in my vest, and use them for pillows when I take a nap around lunchtime.

Hal

Thunderbeard · Jan 20, 2006

I usually set mine up with the hen facing away from me and the jake facing the hen.

beginnersluck · Jan 20, 2006

Atlsooner said:
I have simulated my jake mounting my hen decoy .

I too have used this setup. I also always put the jake facing 90 degrees from me b/c gobblers usually get face to face and that makes an easier shot.

spraggins · Jan 21, 2006

only decoys i use, are the real live hens that inhabit the particular woods i am hunting. i' have tried them before, sometimes successfully. they seem to run off an awful lot of mature birds, i don't like that. i also would be nervous about handling a decoy that resembles a legal tom. lately, it seems there are more city slickers than ever who will try to stalk turkey noises. i'm afraid they would hose down my decoys and me w/ pellets!

bull0ne · Jan 21, 2006

spraggins said:
only decoys i use, are the real live hens that inhabit the particular woods i am hunting. i' have tried them before, sometimes successfully. they seem to run off an awful lot of mature birds, i don't like that. i also would be nervous about handling a decoy that resembles a legal tom. lately, it seems there are more city slickers than ever who will try to stalk turkey noises. i'm afraid they would hose down my decoys and me w/ pellets!

That's where i'm headed also.......unless i'm way deep toward the middle of a private tract i leave the dekes off.

If i do put dekes out i place them past me so if the bird does spook hopefully he will be in range when it happens.....even then it's for big plots or fields.

Paul White · Jan 23, 2006

If i'm in a tight area I won't use decoys but if it is an open area I usually use a single hen.

dutchman · Jan 24, 2006

Along the same line of reasoning offered by Hawglips, mine stay in a big box in my basement. Even during the season. They've done me more harm than good over the years.

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