How far would you place your decoys if the hunter you were taking has a limit of 20 yards?

25 yards with the Jake decoy facing the hunter

15 yds. with hen decoy facing hunter.

I would put them out 10 to20 yards.

There are times when a guy pretty much knows what direction the birds will come from in a left to right (or vice versa) situation. If you are fortunate to know that, then I don't think distance is as critical as long as they set out within range. What I do in that situation is set the dekes to thefar side of me so it forces the birds to cross in front of me on their way to inspect the decoys. Normally they never know what hit'em.

Since your friend wants to shoot no more than 20 yards, putting a jake decoy at 25 yards will bring a tom in right at 20 yards. Normally, a tom will come strutting in and will face the jake decoy before he initiates a fight with decoy. When I hunt with my bow, I'll position jake decoy at 20 yards facing me and as gobbler comes in he'll circle decoy in a strutting position then will face decoy before he spurs the jake.

If I am hunting out of a blind I would say only 5-10 yards. If you are just off the ground, like 15 yards or so.

15 is good, maybe 20 if you are confy with a little more distance

I would say 15 to make sure, then if the Tom is a few steps further, you are in good range!

15-20 yards and lend him a good gun that would cleanly kill at 35 yards...BT

everyone has there range and setup. if the max is 20 yards, then I would set the dekes at 15 yards. that way if he comes in to the back , he will still be with in the 20 yard range.if he comes inbetween you and the dekes, that ok also.

he may not want to fight and only strut back and forth,if he does that and the dek. is at 20 yards then he will be out of you range.

JMHO.