This decoy/ doe-in-heat set up works good if you find a small field that bucks like to chase does in.


This is what we had. It was a small field way back in surrounded by woods. I had been hunting that field for several evenings. Each evening, there were a couple bucks chasing does around the field. The rut was in full swing.

I would wait in my treestand at the edge of the field but they wouldn't come within range. I got a brain storm. I was going to give them a doe that wouldn't run.

I drilled a hole in the rear of my McKenzie target, big enough to insert a 35mm film canister. I put a cottonball in it and soakedit in doe-in-heat scent.

Early the next afternoon, I took my decoy to the field and set it up. I then got a clean rag and put some doe-in-heat on it and dragged itacross the field to the decoy. I made several drags from different places in the field, all leading to the decoy.

It worked but I missed. A couple days later I tagged a buck from a different hunting area. Since I was tagless, I took my dad to this field and did the same set up. He ended up getting oneof the other bucks that afternoon. I had a ringside seat to all the action. I still kick myself for not taking the video camera.