Seems this year, it's been a big push by the pro staff hunters that they work (not all the time, but in the right locations and proper timing they do).

I tried last year with two 2-D renzo decoys. It was the funniest thing ever. A mature doe with her two fawns notice the decoys on the other edge of the field, she came running in, stomping her feet and snorting & wheezing like crazy. I swear I thought she was going to fight the decoy. However she went around behind the decoys (downwind of course) to scent check the decoys. I was trying to move and get this on my camcorder when she say me move, either from me turning the camcorder on or me laughing so hard?

Who woulda thunk it?

Anyway, it was too eary to place out the doe decoys, I further read on the subject and the does work best during and right after the rut.

Buck decoys (get one with SMALL antlers) work better in early pre-rut season. Large antler bucks tend to scare off smaller & medium size bucks, but I'm sure this is debatable on state and region.

I still can't justify the cost for the 3-D decoys, but $30 bucks I can handle.

PS, also read the best decoy (everyone has an opinion) is a laying down doe placed in the open fields edge, food plot etc.

JIMO, Rod.