[1callmaker]

Run and gun. fast set. Funky chicken. light weight, quick and deadly.

 

[Oldloggy]

Set up so when the gobbler breaks over the top of the ridge he's in range. Deadly . No dekes. Ive had luck a few times with a jake standing over a hen laying down . Mostl do with out them

 

[tyepsu]

I've had great success using the dsd Jake and avian x breeder hen. I place the Jake behind the hen as if he is approaching to breed her. It will sometimes scare away younger birds, but makes the old toms super jealous and come in looking to kick butt.

 

[joshua.d.shaffer]

Interesting thread. I’ve always used two collapsible hen decoys which I always found to be a pin to dig out and set up. I may change it up for a Avian X Jake/hen set up in a mesh bag. That seems like a quicker more efficient set up, especially for archery hunting birds. Thanks!


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[df06]

It is a radio controlled motor, mostly used in radio controlled cars, planes. I have a handheld unit that activates and controls the servo motor so that the decoy rotates. This live movement is just too much for the incoming gobbler to ignore.

Thanks

 

[Cbump911]

Interesting thread. I’ve always used two collapsible hen decoys which I always found to be a pin to dig out and set up. I may change it up for a Avian X Jake/hen set up in a mesh bag. That seems like a quicker more efficient set up, especially for archery hunting birds. Thanks!


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Yeah the ones I have are a pain and look terrible. Two piece stakes, then a wing nut, then the decoy looks creased in places due to being folded.

 

[lmbunch69]

I don’t like to use decoys. I find myself setting up for the decoy and not the turkey. Best bet is to set up where he is in range as soon as you can see him. Make him come look for you. Just one more thing to lug around as well.

 

[BigXX78]

I have at least 6 or 8 decoys--hens, jakes, a tom with real tail feathers. I mostly "run and gun" on public land with a bow (gun too occasionally). Over the years, I've found that the really wild Eastern toms often just know it's a decoy (except for the tom with real tail). I figure they've either seen hunters and decoys before, or they're expecting to see a specific behavioral reaction that's missing. I hate to set the tom decoy up where gun hunting is allowed. Now, I mostly just set up quickly (no decoys) and call the turkey in to where he has to look for me. I've had much better luck like that than risking spooking them with decoys.

 

[Oldloggy]

I don’t like to use decoys. I find myself setting up for the decoy and not the turkey. Best bet is to set up where he is in range as soon as you can see him. Make him come look for you. Just one more thing to lug around as well.

Right on!

 

[huntingnwfl]

I don’t use a decoy unless I plan on hunting a field. Hardly hunt fields. If I do it’s a cheap foam foldable hen decoy and a funky chicken. But most of my run and gun is in thick florida brush. mostly hunt public land so I don’t like to bring decoys. A few draw hunts I will use one if I have a bird roosted the night before. After that it gets left in the truck

 

[Bamatiger]

Avian X for me

 

[Dafis]

AI is at it again

 

[bowhunter_1110]

avain x

 

[nightvision]

A gobbler fan cable tied to an old arrow.

 

[Iowa-lefty]

Since switching from cheap decoys to a DSD 1/4 strut Jake and hen, I have greatly reduced birds hanging up. Even had an eagle swoop on and smoke the Jake one time. Scared the crap out of me when he hit it. I just carry them in the bags they came with. I stuff the hen in the bag with the Jake and carry over my shoulder.