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<blockquote data-quote="jimss" data-source="post: 1558731" data-attributes="member: 66919"><p>urbaneruralite, what state/s do you hunt? I've had a tougher time having success using decoys than run and gun hunting! I'm not sure how many times I've set up decoys and groups of turkeys or toms head the opposite direction! If you hunt heavily pressured public land birds that have experience with decoys you may find that it's tougher with decoys than just calling...especially if you are a good caller and know what you are doing without decoys! </p><p></p><p>High pressured birds often don't see movement in decoys or stare at decoys and figure out something isn't quite right and head the opposite direction! The walnut sized brain turkeys I hunt are obviously a lot smarter and spookier than the ones you hunt! There is an art to figuring out the correct decoys, decoy set up, calling that will ceil the deal! I'd say 95% of the toms I've harvested (and I usually kill 4 to 9 a year) are shot without using decoys...and it's often a piece of cake not using decoys! I have struggled harvesting the same toms with decoy setups. </p><p></p><p>I wouldn't consider using decoys "cheating" or "playing with dolls"! In fact, I would say the opposite is true where I hunt! Everything often has to be perfect to harvest toms with decoys...especially heavily pressured public land toms! Anyway, I wouldn't bash those that choose to use decoys!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jimss, post: 1558731, member: 66919"] urbaneruralite, what state/s do you hunt? I've had a tougher time having success using decoys than run and gun hunting! I'm not sure how many times I've set up decoys and groups of turkeys or toms head the opposite direction! If you hunt heavily pressured public land birds that have experience with decoys you may find that it's tougher with decoys than just calling...especially if you are a good caller and know what you are doing without decoys! High pressured birds often don't see movement in decoys or stare at decoys and figure out something isn't quite right and head the opposite direction! The walnut sized brain turkeys I hunt are obviously a lot smarter and spookier than the ones you hunt! There is an art to figuring out the correct decoys, decoy set up, calling that will ceil the deal! I'd say 95% of the toms I've harvested (and I usually kill 4 to 9 a year) are shot without using decoys...and it's often a piece of cake not using decoys! I have struggled harvesting the same toms with decoy setups. I wouldn't consider using decoys "cheating" or "playing with dolls"! In fact, I would say the opposite is true where I hunt! Everything often has to be perfect to harvest toms with decoys...especially heavily pressured public land toms! Anyway, I wouldn't bash those that choose to use decoys! [/QUOTE]
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