RE: Decoy in the Woods
If you are bowhunting,you just need to have the decoy so the bucks can see it,and put themselves in position for a shot. If you are hunting Dec 3rd when the rifle season begins,I'd recommend having it out in the open since you just need to have the buck show himself. Up close and personal just wo'nt be necessary. I'll have my buck decoy and a bedded doe out in the edge of a pasture on opening morning. Even though it will be post rut,I almost always see some chasing. I put out a little doe in heat,and do some rattling and calling too. Getting fired up!