I read somewhere if not on here that taking one of the antlers off a decoy can lure in a rival buck more easily. This is because the rival will see the decoy as a lesser buck and easier to put a whoopin' on. I believe in the logic but my question is this...

If I am looking toshoot onlymature P&Y or better bucks, is this tactic really neccessary? Will the big boys really care if a decoy is single antlered or not? On the flip side of that logic, could a mature buck be less interested in a decoy if one of his antlers is missing because he views this decoy as unworthy or a fight?

I'm not sure it really matters...

P&Y bucks come to a buck with 1 antler prob. the same they would one with 2 and vice versa. Ifhe's coming to a deke, imohe's coming to the deke and if he's not..1,2,3,4 horns is not going to make a difference.

A friend of mine had a guy from WI come hunt with him a couple of years ago that shot a 196" off a single horn decoy...That bruiser wouldn't have cared if it had 10 horns attached to his head. 1st shot was in the shoulder and that just pee'd him off so when he came back for round 2 with an arrow hanging out his shoulder, he got it in the boiler room w. the 2nd arrow.

That's for jogging my memory...that thing was a size large whitetail!