decoys

[laker1]

how many use decoys vs not using them ?

[duckhuntr21]

If I am sitting and calling, I have always used at least 1 decoy and as many as 4 depending on the situation.

[zzammon]

Only as a last resort. Toms can hang up once they see a decoy and expect her to come the rest of the way. That said, I usually bring one along.

[Borch]

Only as a last resort. Toms can hang up once they see a decoy and expect her to come the rest of the way. That said, I usually bring one along.

Same here.

[bigbucks]

Would you guys use just a hen or a hen with a jake generally? I've shot several turkey, but basically spot & stalk or spot & ambush, with some calling. I have a blind this year, so I plan to be a little more stationary.

[Archerysniper]

The birds will let you know but generally I use a hen and a jake or just a jake. In the first week of season I throw out all my decoys 4 hens a jake and some times a jake strutter the last 2 years the jake strutter has taken a preatty good beating waiting for the toms to hold still long enough to recieve a arrow.

[Hoyt4]

Keep the decoys at home and setup using the land to your advantage that the Tom has to come looking.Too many times the birds hang I do not take that chance anymore.

[fivebucks]

Long and short of it is sometimes 1 decoy works, sometimes 3-4 work, and sometimes no decoy works. They are turkeys and they rarely do what you expect. I go with my gut instinct. If they've been hunted previous seasons with multiple decoys I like to change it up and go with none or one. If I have fresh propery I usually go with 2 hens and a jake. These scenes are when hunting in the fields. I've stopped putting up decoys when hunting the woods cause the few times I put one out in the woods they always scared the birds away.