I just visited the site for montana decoy and i noticed that now they are making them with a pole that inserts into the back. I might try to find out if they still have some of the older types available if you got to stick a pole in everytime it would probably not be very handy or fast not to mention a pian to pack around a long pole. Or that hind end one probaly doesn' t have a pole. I sure did not like the picutre i got in my mind when i read that advertisement about that. And yes elknut it will definatlely add more excitement ,if that is possible, to some of your meetings the only downside is if it is any elk that you are not intersted in they usually will stick around and investigate until they end up winding you and of course they blow out of there.Hence an educated elk. Try it and let me know what you think. By the way nice website.