I prefer a decoy because it keeps the gobblers attention, unless he has pinpointed your calling location which happened to me last weekend at which point my buddy shot the bird 14 steps away...lol. Although have had people stalk my decoy before and they weren't suppose to even be hunting that land so you have to be careful as well. But for the most part a decoy to me is what keeps the attention of the gobbler off me so i have a little more room to move and take him.