I started out with one hen and killed my first turkey that way. Two Toms came in and made a b-line to her when she was within sight. I think the competition between the two birds helped. After that, I noticed that birds would hang up more when they came in alone. My guess is that they wanted the hen to come to them. I added a jake and I think that helped. If the hen is staying with that jake, a Tom will have no part of that and come on in to square off with the jake and take his lady. You'll probably hear most people use 2 hens and a jake, and some use a full strut Tom, I guess its the ability to read a situation and use what's best for it. For me, one hen and one jake seem to work, so thats my typical set-up if I use dekes at all.