I use them as often as possible, and have been very successful with them. I don't think I have seen turkeys I normally wouldn't have seen without one, however they help me position the turkey where I need for a shot, and allow me to get that bird in the last 50-75 yards without me needing to call and blow my cover. They also allow me to get away with small movements/weight shifts, etc when his attention is drawn to the decoy. Keep in mind, I never hunt fields as they are limited here and the fields are usually no good after the first day or so....most of the hunters are pretty lazy here and drive the birds into the woods.

I always use a single hen decoy because usually I would rather be mobile than worry about moving 3 decoys. 99% of the birds I kill (2 a year on average) I have to move on multiple times to get them to come in, so being mobile is more important. The property I hunt is usually got 5-6 hunters on 900 acres, and I consistently kill more birds than anyone there, and I am convinced that it is because these people don't cover enough ground, most of them sit in a single place with a huge flock of decoys and end up listening to me work birds.

I always setup my hen decoy facing away from me, usually the gobblers will come in and try to get behind the decoy and end up facing away from me very close. I would probably do the opposite if I used jake decoys as they would probably approach them from the front to confront the jake.