if your area has mature toms that usually run around with a good number of hens...then a tom decoy with a hen or a couple of hens could be a good thing........i find, atleast in CA, that the toms with just 2 or 3 hens will tend not to come to a tom decoy, so i usually just use a couple of hens and try to get him to come in close enough to take a gander..........