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Has anyone used Turkey Decoys during the Spring hunt?

If so, what are they made out of? I have seen plastic ones and rubber ones that fold up to make them easier to carry.

Toms or hens?

 

I have never used them and was thinking of trying it this Spring.

 

Thanks for your thoughts,

Sam

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I use jakes and hens. My hens are foam and they roll up and fit in my pack. The jakes are rubber/plastic I just fold them in half and stick in the pack. I would like to get a tom decoy, just haven't yet. And yes, they do work.....

 

-Jeremy-

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I use the primos strutting tom, B-mobile, with a real fan and a jake decoy that sits on top of a hen decoy. Setup works to almost perfection. I have spur gashes in the jake decoy to prove it. :D

 

Brian

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You'll have to get/make a stand for them. As you can imagine the plastic stake that many of them come with won't go into the ground in most places.

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Thanks for the input everyone - I may get a few decoys and try to increase my daughter's chance at a Tom this Spring.

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I've had good luck in AZ, OR, and NM with two hens and a jake. I use the cheap foam ones that roll up in your pack. I like to place them single file with the jake trailing the hens. If it is your first time using decoys, make sure you take the time to really assess shooting lanes, etc. before you place your decoys. The first time I called in a Tom I had my decoys on the edge of a clearing in heavy timber...the Tom came in but hung up in the edge of the woods...no shot for me that day.

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Thanks for the input everyone - I may get a few decoys and try to increase my daughter's chance at a Tom this Spring.

 

Here are some decoys that are on sale. I buy from these guys all the time.

 

Brian

 

http://www.wingsupply.com/shop/Scripts/pro...amp;came_from=4

 

 

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what i do is set up with 4-5 hens and try to lure em off the hens he's on. i would have a mouth call and box call at the same time to get em really wild up.

 

Just be in camo ther eyes are very sensitive to movement and see color

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