Hey guys..I've got one more day to hunt turkeys on a phenominal property. I hunted last weekend and saw a ton of birds, but was not able to get the job done. I saw at least 10 mature gobblers! Anyway...what do you guys like best for a decoy setup. The birds were seeing my decoys but not paying much attention. Do you like a strutting tom with hens? Or a jake with hens? I've got both...but am torn what to go with. Keep in mind...I'm not much of a turkey hunter...so any advice would be appreciated! Thanks guys.
Jon, if there's that many mature toms there i think using a full strut decoy would probably be a good bet.
The best advice i can give you is to try to set up where the birds are going to strut. There creatures of habit and usually use those strutting areas on a regular basis!
+1
jake with submissive hen in the strut area.
Be careful with turkey hunting, it can become ADDICTIVE real quick!!
Strutting jake if you have one in that situtation...I took spray paint to B mobile's head and turned it red, cut off all of his beard but 3 inches, and took a real jake fan from a previous fan mount drilled a 1/4 inch hole tp fit the screw into, and trimmed up some of his wing to make him smaller and closer to the ground and used it as the strutter with a hen decoy. I had soooo many mature birds come into that this year including a tom that I shot over (twice). Give it a whirl up there! Down here it's about over. No gobbling since the 5th season went out Friday. GOOD LUCK up there!
Personally I would go with a strutting Jake if you have one. Now if you had asked earlier I would have been more than happy to cone in person and help you out.
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good lick