In prior years, I had been using one jake and one hen with very limited success. I hunt public land and was a bit concerned whenever I put the jake out, and I always wondered if seeing the male decoy was preventing other males from coming to my setup. This year I just used a single hen and seemed to have much better success. One day had a hen stand beside my decoy while the gobbler that was trailing behind her came into range for me to take him. Next day had another gobbler coming into my setup only to be taken away by a real hen (they have names for women like that!), and the next day had a long beard come in on his own, and when he spied the decoy, he spit, drummed, and did everything he could to get her to go to him. He was only 25 yards from me, but the decoy sure held his attention. I messed it up by shooting over his head, but the decoy did help. I also started placing my decoy just over a ridge line so the gobbler has to commit to coming up over the ridge to find his date. When he sees her, he is already in range. I think this could prevent him from hanging up if he could see her from say 100 yards or so. Maybe as the season goes on, may be a good time to try without the decoy. Just depends if the birds you are hunting had any bad experiences associated with decoys.

Good luck!