RE: Struttin' tom decoy
a strutting tom would be a great thing when hunting a TRUE boss tom....i think jakes and young 2yr olds would probably see him and shy away...just my thoughts.....though i had a very very brave jake beat a big tom to me last year on the first day...had the big boy on a sting coming to the calls..45yds strutting...just enjoying his show..ready to smoke him when he quit strutting....out of nowhere a jake ran AROUND him and straight to me......that tom was MAD..had a bunch of jakes(atleast 3-5) gobbling hard core coming to my calls in a diffrent spot....i was hunting a TRUE bosstom king of the woods...had him going first....he was about 60yds away ontop of a hill just out of sight....i never seen the jakes but they didnt sound like mature birds...all short gobbles and going bonkers...never quit gobbling...i heard that big ole bird THUMP atleast one of them younger birds...i think a jake decoy would work better...then atleast the birds that arent boss toms will still come in for a fight..