Turkey NEVER stop moving and have a very small kill zones, because of this I am very selective with my shots and limit my range. I think the 25 yard suggestions above sound pretty realistic as a general rule under most hunting conditions.
To answer your question about if I set my decoys differently for bowhunting.....
YES sir
.Placea Jake or aStrutter decoy between 5 and 10 yards directly ahead of you and EXACTLY where you want to shoot. Make sure you have thedecoy facing your location and this will force the Gobbler to come in and position himself between you and the decoy everytime. A challenging bird will nearly always come in and face the decoy or atleast seem to be looking for eye contact. This will allow you a shot at a bird that will be facing straight away from you and he won't be able to detect any movement on your part because you'll be screened by his tail fan, about the only blind spot you'll find on a Gobbler and a bowhunter must learn to exploit this. Keep those decoys CLOSE for a slamdunk shot and by keeping them so close to the blind even a spooky pressured bird will usually move close enough to this set-up where he'll still come within bowrange even if he doesn't commit totally. This season I'm anxious to collect some serious feedback on the Pretty Boy set up.
Range with a Bow
, and that is why we come back for this every spring. The last weekend of the season I called in two toms and a jake. The toms stood at 32 yards and the jake was at 19 yards so I went for the easy shot and it worked out for me. So yea the closer the better. And as for the decoys I like to keep them about 7 to 10 yards from the blind.
