Beef cow decoy ?
 

I am bowhunting WY. this year in Oct. has any one used the new cow decoy for spot and stalk and if so how did it work for you.Thanks !

I just watched them on tv use it in New Mexico.It seemed to work great,there was two of them and the camera man behind it.

No doesn't work...

moo cow decoy
 

Have you used one your self or are you just assuming that it doesn't work !!

Yes we tried one a few years ago and it didn't work... We got to almost 800 yards before they bolted just outta bow range.

Thanks for the info !!!

we made one out of plywood one time to stalk geese feeding in corn fields. worked ok as they seem to let there guard down some but was still tuff to get into shotgun range of them. but they would have been gone in out of rifle range with out it so like I say it worked but??? Good luck if you try it let us know how it goes.

I have seen two guys succesfully use a brown blanket on Pronghorns to get into rifle range. I doubt the cow decoy would work every time, but I am certain it would work often enough to make it a tactic worth trying. I think it would have to be in a pasture/area where the goats were used to seeing cattle.

I can't imagine carrying anything extra in the places I elk hunt.

Champlain Islander - Have you seen the decoys from Montana Decoy. They are screen printed on a layer of fabric and are flat. They only weigh a few ounces. Their two dimensional nature works on prey animals because the majority of prey animals have very poor depth perception due to their eyes being located on the sides of the head. Pronghorns with their bulbous 8-10x eyes are known to have particularly poor depth perception.

No I haven't and imagine from your description that they are pretty compact. I think there is probably a place for them similar to turkey decoys. If hunting around a water hole from a tree stand or blind they could help especially considering you have adequate time for set up. When you have a bugling bull coming in I wonder if there would be time to set up. I have hunted with turkey decoys in my vest for many years and the 2 birds I got this year were both over decoys which is a rare occurance for me. I usualy don't have the time to set them up but spend the few minutes getting to a good position to final call the birds. Like everything decoys are another tool I guess.

You should check them out. They make one for elk hunting that is basically the head and neck of a cow elk on a stick. It is good for archery hunting if you have someone else behind you doing the calling, and they poke it out from behind some brush or a tree. I wouldn't dare use it in rifle season though.

BTW - I like your signature line. You in the Green Mountains of Central Wyoming?

I might check the decoys out. Green mountains of Vermont. We are the Green Mountain State. I live on an island in northern Lake Champlain (Champlain Islander) which is a very large fresh water lake between Canada, Vermont and New York. I change avatars often but like the elk since it is my favorite animal to hunt and I try to go every year.

I knew that about Vermont, but I wasn't thinking about the east. Between talking about Pronghorn and Elk I guess I was in a western state of mind. I've driven throught the Green Mountains in west central Wyoming a couple of times and always wondered where they got the name from since there is virtually nothing green there. Vermont on the other hand is lush and green. The only part of Vermont I am familiar with is a stretch of highway we rode through on a return trip from Maine. Some of my buddies belong to the Blue Knight Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club and their HQ and Museum is in Maine. A couple of years ago we rode our Harleys up the coast to get there and then came back thru Vermont and New Hampshire so we could stop off in Laconia.

That is a nice ride. I always loved taking my harley to Maine. One summer I did a solo trip to Nova Scotia all the way to the Cape Bretton area. Laconia is a great place during bike week. I don't ride anymore but still miss that yearly beer fest.