If and when I use decoys; which is seldom, I try to use a harem of hen. I use 5 feather flex decoy hensand a insuboordinate jake. Iuse my decoys after our first weekend if the birds are not responding to locater calling or tree yelps. Also rainy days, edge of a field, can be a deadly combination. Those birds during rainy days dont like to brush their feathers againstwet undergrowth and will often times head for theopen fields. Don't get all caught up in the decoy fad. I've killed 90% of my birds without the aide of decoys.