My experience hunting with a decoy is very limited. Last season i went on a hunt with a friend of mine who had just got one of those high dollar moving decoys for Christmas. We placed it just on the edge of a cut corn field and had 3 does come in to it to investigate. We passed on the does in hopes of a buck but never saw one. I never personally used a decoy due to the fact that i didn't feel that my hunting grounds would be right for a decoy. I have always thought that you needed an open pasture in order for the decoy to be seen from a distance by other deer. This year i am hunting a new farm that is mainly open pastures and bean fields. The thick woods are on the neighboring properties and i feel like this would be a great time to maybe think about using a decoy.

So here are my questions to you decoy experts.

1) Can i get by with using my 3D McKenzie target?
2) Is a decoy best used in an open field?
3) Do i setup my decoy with or without antlers to attract a doe or vice versa?
4) Should i use some kind of deer scent on the decoy? Obviously not estrous urine at this time of year.