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Apr 27, 2007 16:47:15 GMT -5
Post by larryhagmansliver on Apr 27, 2007 16:47:15 GMT -5
What is your deke set up? I have two of those cheap collapsible hens that I put out. When birds get close to them, they pay no attention and are staring at my blind trying to figure out where the clucks came from. I have been eyeing those pretty boy/girl dekes wondering if they are worth the benny they want for them. Seems a little pricey. Do any of you own them and do the Toms come running in for a fight when they see them? That's how they are advertised... It seems $100 is just a little steep for some molded plastic.
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Apr 27, 2007 17:04:14 GMT -5
Post by Woody Williams on Apr 27, 2007 17:04:14 GMT -5
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Apr 27, 2007 21:56:04 GMT -5
Post by jajwrigh on Apr 27, 2007 21:56:04 GMT -5
I use the same series as Woody, but I just have a lone feeding hen.
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dekes
Apr 28, 2007 11:35:47 GMT -5
Post by hoosierwilk on Apr 28, 2007 11:35:47 GMT -5
No decoys for me. I've had much better luck without them. hw
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Apr 28, 2007 20:21:47 GMT -5
Post by featherduster on Apr 28, 2007 20:21:47 GMT -5
I use one ugly hen decoy and I face it toward me at about 15 yards.
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dekes
Apr 28, 2007 21:00:45 GMT -5
Post by danf on Apr 28, 2007 21:00:45 GMT -5
I've got the breeding pair, and a second hen that I use. Can't tell you how well they work (or not), though I can say that toms don't particularly like it when one of them has blown over!!
Usually set the jake up right behind one of the hens, and the other hen a yard or two away from the "breeding" pair.
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dekes
Apr 30, 2007 21:36:32 GMT -5
Post by gobblerfreak on Apr 30, 2007 21:36:32 GMT -5
Larry The Deke set up I was usin when I harvested my Gobbler included my CUSTOM B-Mobile set up as a Jake, about 4" directly behind a hen on the ground in a breeding position, along with a feeding hen about 3' away from them, all DEKES were set facing me. (My hens are also custom dekes, I use the Guide Series from Gander Mountain with custom paint) Heres a couple pics of my CUSTOMIZED B_MOBILE, in the pics its set up as a Gobbler but I also have a Jake set up.
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dekes
May 1, 2007 8:38:47 GMT -5
Post by dec on May 1, 2007 8:38:47 GMT -5
Nice looking custom B-Mobile Gobblerfreak. I did mine up very similar. I wanted to do the wing feathers too, but I didn't have enough of them laying around. They will be an addition in the near future though. Here is mine. Totally re-painted. I also use custom painted Delta hen decoys and a custom painted bobble head hen.
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dekes
May 2, 2007 8:44:16 GMT -5
Post by larryhagmansliver on May 2, 2007 8:44:16 GMT -5
I think we need to have a custom deke contest next year.
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dekes
May 2, 2007 9:52:15 GMT -5
Post by gobblerfreak on May 2, 2007 9:52:15 GMT -5
I'm game, got a whole flock of em I actually bought 5 sets of decoys this winter before finding what I was after. Finally settled for a "Guide Series" flock from Gander Mountian. Totally repainted them and may add feathers this summer. I'm workin on another B-Mobile with a repainted head from a Flambeau "Masters Series" Intruder Jake. It'll be sort of a half strutt sort of thing.
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