Through trial and error over the last twenty years
i finally settled on using three. Two hens and one small
jake. I place the jake one foot behind one of the hens and place
the other hen about 10 ft off to the side facing the other two.
The two hens are Delta foam decoys and the jake is a Feather Flex.
My jake has been beat up so much Im just hoping he'll make it
another season. Ive tried larger jake decoys but they seem
to cause the toms to lock up just out of gun range. They often
run right in and hammer the small jake.
I havent used the feeding hen decoy but it would be a good
idea. Anything to make that gobbler feel at ease.
In some situations i will attach fishing line to one of the hens to give it a little wiggle to catch the gobblers attention when
hes 100 yards across the field.