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Old 02-09-2010 | 05:24 PM
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would you prefer a hen, gobbler or jake decoy during the spring. i haven't turkey hunted much so i don't know which works better at attracting mature gobblers
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Old 02-09-2010 | 05:49 PM
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jake tending a hen is what I like
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Old 02-09-2010 | 06:22 PM
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Here it is;


http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...box.jsp.form23
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Old 02-09-2010 | 06:27 PM
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Do you like the gobbler better than the jake?
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Old 02-09-2010 | 07:58 PM
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I like the tom decoy better then the jake. I use the pretty boy and pretty girl decoys they work awsome.
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Old 02-10-2010 | 04:33 AM
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ive done alot of "experimenting" with decoys... mainly ive used a jake and a hen and tried a few different set ups with that... we tried a mounted full body strutting tom one time... it didnt work very well just because it was heavy and the birds werent on that day.... last year my dad had a jake fan laying around so i decided to shove the tail of the jake decoy inside the body and i screwed the fan onto the decoy... we shot three turkeys in 3 days using that all three came running into the decoy... when my brother shot his it was at about 4 yards in full strut and trying to beat up on the decoy
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Old 02-10-2010 | 06:11 PM
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get the softest one on the market so you can have a good back rest during the mid day nap time, bout all they're good for in most situations.
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Old 02-10-2010 | 06:27 PM
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i've been looking at the pretty boy and pretty girl and also the She-mobile and jake-mobile. which ones would you prefer
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Old 02-10-2010 | 08:24 PM
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Any decoy brand should work, I prefer light ones that fit in my pack a jake and 2 hens. Although most of the time I shoot toms without decoys.
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Old 02-11-2010 | 05:14 AM
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I would preffer the pretty boy and pretty girl combination they are a little more heavy but they work awsome i have shot six birds in the last 3 years with it. Every bird i shot in the last three years was with these 2 decoys. For me they seem to work great. Last year i shot a tom that had a 10 beard, 1 inch spur and weighed 20 pounds. And it pulled him away from an entire group of hens so they sure do work.
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