I would like to try a deer decoy a few times this year. Just wondering what works and what doesn' t? What the best ones to buy? Any stories or comments?

Thanks!!

Cloud 9, I have owned two decoys, one was a Flambeau Doe, the other a Carry-Lite Deer Decoy. The first one, the Flambeau, was stolen. I got tired of carring it around in the dark so I started hiding it near my stand, this was on leased property, so if you get one my advise is don' t leave in in the woods. I haven' t used the Carry-Lite much, the lease I' ve had the last few years is all wooded, no real opening where the decoy can be seen. I have a new lease this year with some open areas and I plan to start using it again.
I generally put a white rag on its tail. I have looked at the Tail Wagger and may try one of those, have read where they are very effective. I pertty much do what the experts say and put the decoy facing away if it' s set up as a doe and facing toward me if it' s set up with antlers on.

I used the Carry-Lite with the Tail-Wagger all last year with no luck[&o] (to be fair, I was unable to hunt the entire month of January, when the rut is in full-wing down here)

I did have another hunter put the stalk on and shoot it however (do a search for " Dang, He shot My Deer Decoy" ).

After season was over, I painted all the white on the decoy with fluorescent orange spray paint.

Buy the book " Rattling, Calling & Decoying Whitetails" by Gary Clancy

darn good book on decoy tactics

also a good read is " Decoying Big Game" by Judd Cooney.

It also deals with other animals, instead of focusing solely on whitetails.