Originally Posted by
kellyguinn
I am looking at updating my decoys. Do yall have any recommendations. I have the fold up foam ones right now and they are starting to be more glue than foam..lol
I really like the killer-b by primos but it looks a little bulky and not real sold on using a full tom to call them in I would think that a jake would be better. I wouldn't want to scare the smaller ones away. I'm not too picky right now..lol I have to walk in 1/2 to 1 mile in some of the places I go so the bulkiness and weight might be an issue.
Maybe I can get it all updated and put one in the freezer and on the board if I get to go this friday
All I have is a couple cheapo's, Delta's i think. Last winter got bore and cut the back of the jake deke off and rigged it up with a fan from a bird i had shot, since these pics i've changed it to a jake fan, which seems to fit better and makes more sense having it on there. Not sold on having dekes out, think they can screw ya just as much if not more so than help ya. But since using it ive had mixed reactions. Last yr we had a group come in and when they noticed em didn't seem to get much reaction out of them, but when the shot finally came they were going right to it. This yr befor i shot my jake we had a hen and a jake come out of the woods up to the feild, the jake was following a bit behind the hen and as soon as she stepped into the feild, seen the dekes and spun right around back into the woods and took the jake with her. If it had been a descent tom following her think the dekes would have been shot and burried on site!!! But shortly after they left a bigger group came in and the one i shot plus 2 others went right to the dekes. I think dekes are like calls or dekes for whatever you are hunting, cheap or expensive they don't work all the time, sometimes will ruin a hunt, but on the right day at the right time will seal the deal for ya. Personally i think it comes down to you and what you can afford and what YOU want, If i had money to blow and could drop 500 bucks on a couple Dave smith decoys would i have them......sure i would, but i cant and i know you can get the job done with a cheap one too. Any ways heres the pics of my modified, semi-productive dekes