What type of Decoys

[DRH1175]

Do most of you use decoys when hunting? If so what do you use. I will be hunting the b season. I havn't used decoys before. But Every hunt you see on TV they have them. What are you all using, what seems to work best?

[Cheetah]

If you have a lot of money burning a hole in your pocket, there are some fancy ones on the market now that are basically stuffed turkeys. Lots of guys swear by them, but they cost an arm and a leg.

I have three old ones that are harder plastic types that are kinda cumbersome to carry... pain in the butt really, and I only use them on days I plan to sit in one spot for a while. My brother has some foam thingy that can be rolled up pretty small, and also a blow-up type. Both are better than mine when in a hurry to get a decoy up. I think he also has one modified now with a real turkey fan from a jake he shot a year or two ago.

[DonBo]

Cheetah's right. You can spend a lot of money on decoys. Some seem to work real well. Better than the typical roll up type? Maybe...

I use the feather-flex type roll up decoys. They are sold in a flock, one jake, two hens. These work pretty well in most situations. Early in the season I also use a strutting tom decoy, again like Cheetah said, that uses a real turkey fan. Later in the season I may just use a single hen. Every situation and every bird is different. You need to pay attention to what the turkeys want, they will let you know soon enough.

[Borch]

I rarely use decoys as I usually hunt the later seasons. When a dominate tom sees a hen he will often hang up gobbling and then nature takes over with real hens coming out to him. "Game Over"

If I do use a decoy it's when I hunt the early seasons or I use a jake decoy. I do not use a strutter but that would be a good option. I try to set up so that when I see the turkey it's in range. So I set up around small rises, on ridges or bends in roads a lot.

Just my take on it.

[rbs]

I have the carrylite mating pair....I can't remember what the actual name is for it. It has worked well for me in the past. I just ordered a Killer B strutter decoy and can't wait to see the reaction of the early season birds. Later seasons like the last couple I have tried to use decoys just to have the toms ignore them or stand off a ways and gobble at them till they are bored and walk off.

[DRH1175]

I will be hunting early the B season, as I usually do each year. I have a hen decoy. I thinking about adding another. I was thinking a Jake. Last year I has so many hens running around in the field I was hunting. And toms everywhere I never put my hen out as I didn't want to have to compete with the real thing. I called 2 nice Toms in without a decoy at all. I was thinking about adding another decoy and was thinking a jake. But wanted to know what you all used, or had good luck with.