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Post by larryhagmansliver on May 27, 2013 6:25:39 GMT -5
I have noticed nicer and more expensive deeks on the market these days. I'm still using the old $10 rubber chicken decoys, but wonder if they are a waste of time. I had a jake come in and pay no attention to my foldout hen. The fact that she didn't move probably didn't help the situation. He circle my blind looking for the source of the call and finally go bored and walked off. The next time out I tied some fishing line around her neck to create a little movement if something were to show. Nothing did. Just wondering how many of you have upgraded to something more realistic if you had the same problem.
The Liver
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Post by oggie on May 27, 2013 9:01:42 GMT -5
My 4 Feather Flex decoys are 18 plus years old haven't had a problem with them bringing in birds. Tried the B Mobile and the Dirty B with mixed results I think it was a little different this year for decoying birds alot of other hunters I know had trouble with getting birds to commit. With that being said I have been looking into replacing my decoys simply because they getting worn out holes in them and the stake grommets are torn out so they wont even stay up on the stakes anymore
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Post by featherduster on May 27, 2013 9:42:03 GMT -5
I use 2 Floozie decoys and wonder why I even bother.
This year the birds ignored them as if they were rocks in the field.
The other day I caught a small portion of an interesting hunting show on tv where several Turkey hunting pros were asked about the use of decoys and of those about 1/2 said they prefer to hunt without the use of them.
I am about to join that group myself.
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Post by MuzzleLoader on May 27, 2013 10:32:18 GMT -5
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Post by larryhagmansliver on May 27, 2013 13:10:04 GMT -5
Muzzleloader, Those are some nice looking decoys. May have to pull the trigger on one next spring.
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Post by dbd870 on May 28, 2013 4:21:27 GMT -5
We didn't get out much but that was my experience as well.
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on May 30, 2013 6:18:38 GMT -5
My turkey this year came running down a ridge and trashed my B-mobile decoy. Had replaced the silk fan that comes with it with a real fan.
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Post by bowhunterjohn on Jun 3, 2013 6:03:25 GMT -5
Thanks for the link ! great looking decoy and great price I believe decoys can make or break your hunt if you use them but some of it is how you set them up . I've had birds come right to my decoys, then have them totally ignore them ? I think movement is the greatest factor, even did some testing last season in Georgia with some battery powered movement and it worked well. I do however like those DSD decoys, seen a lot of video footage where the turkeys are just hammering the decoys |
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jun 11, 2013 19:47:36 GMT -5
I learned a great lesson on my first turkey hunt. I had an expensive feeder hen and an expensive killer B. I called a turkey in and he was about 300 yards out in a field. He spotted the decoys and started running towards them. He ran about 30 yards and came to a complete stop freezing in place for about 15 seconds. He then decide to feed and venture back into the woods. I believe and have been told that my killer B was intimidating to him. He'd probably lost too many fights to pick one with the killer B. The killer B is great for THE dominate tom; he'll fight anything on his turf. Personally, I would have been happy with a nice jake. I went home and ordered a funky chicken. He's a skinny jake who's ready to fight. Lots of jakes and tom's think that they can whip him. I looking forward to hunting with the funky chicken ($25).
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