Does anyone here Not use decoys??
#1
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Calif
Posts: 1,894

Years ago we use to take "styrafoam"and cape out birds to use as dekes,than i remember haulin around those solid plastic dekes.Now I dont even mess with em much,know dont go bashin me cause I dont use one or two or 3 or whatever you all use,cause this isn't a pro/con decoy post..Just was wonderin how many folks take to the woods decoyless nowadays...?...

#2
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 409

Hunted turkeys long before decoys were on the market with sucess, but I do currently use decoy unless there is just not time, terrain and distance to get set up. If I had to chose between a call or a decoy I would take a call and hunt without decoys. I would change tactics without a decoy...
#4

I alweays have one in my vest but I don't always use it. When folded up and covered with a shirt, it's make a great pillow fora mid-morning nap during those turkey activity low points

#5

I, like alot of other turkey hunters, use decoys at times and at other times dont. I think it is important to have them and use them sometimes and there are times when they dont work.
#6

I own a pair - a hen and jake (Gertrude and Heathcliff), but haven't used either one of then in several years. I carried Gertrude, off and on, for years and only killed ONE bird over her, and I think I would've gotten him anyway. So, no, I don't waste the time, weight, and space anymore. I do miss the pillow, though.
#8

I always have them with me, but don't always use them. I let the situation dictate. Later on in the season, when hunting the fields of the eastern US I think decoys tend to hang birds up more often than not. But in some hunting situations I think they help a lot too. All depends on where and how you hunt, and how pressured your birds are.
#9

ORIGINAL: jepcho
I, like alot of other turkey hunters, use decoys at times and at other times dont. I think it is important to have them and use them sometimes and there are times when they dont work.
I, like alot of other turkey hunters, use decoys at times and at other times dont. I think it is important to have them and use them sometimes and there are times when they dont work.