i have used deer decoys for the last couple of seasons early in the bow season just to make observations. i hunt winter rye planted green fields in a makeshift branch and tree blind. what i have found out is that doe-s always circle around trying to figure out whats going on. they stamp there feet and snort sometimes to try to get a reaction. fawns will sometimes run in but always stay 30 yards out. i have tried both types of decoys. the standing and the feeding. the feeding one always brings them in closer. i think that it puts them at ease and when the deer try to get my decoys attention and my decoy seems busy feeding without picking its head up the deer seem to get use to the decoy and begin to feed themselves but always at a good distance away from it. so my set up is to put the decoy almost down at one end of a field and i set up a blind down the long side of the field 70 or 80 yards from the decoy. hunting on top of the decoy will not give you a shot . never had a buck just walk right out. i have had them come out and just look on the wood line grunt a little then leave. also i would use one of those tail wag battery powered kits or a tissue taped to it because if there is no motion the deer seem to get spooked or leave. just my experience