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Ok, I forgot to take my med's today so this may or may not make sense. I have a decoy question. I've noticed something while watching professional turkey hunters on tv. It seems like a lot of the gobblers they kill over decoys are funny, not funny ha-ha but the other kind of funny. On these shows I see gobblers walking past hen decoys to go mount and molest a gobbler decoy. :scratch:

My question is if I decided to use decoys wouldn't I be better off with a couple gobbler decoys than with hens? Maybe not use the stake, just put it on the ground in the ready posistion. Also should I use one with the fan up instead of down. Looks to me like that might be more attractive to other gobblers. Any thoughts?
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Hey Buddy

Hope to see you in Nashville with a DSD Hen & Jake decoy tucked under each arm. You think you kill alot of gobblers now. You can thank me now or you can thank me later. :thumbup:


Take Care Ricky :struttin: Good luck this commin spring. I will be in Alabama on March 15th. Barbour Co. that is.
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That video wasnt Brokeback Gobblers was it ?
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redarrow wrote:That video wasnt Brokeback Gobblers was it ?
:lol: :lol: :lol:

I would have loved to had a video of that hunt . That gobbler didn't know wheather to S@#$ or go blind ! :thumbup:
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vaturkey wrote:Hey Buddy

Hope to see you in Nashville with a DSD Hen & Jake decoy tucked under each arm. You think you kill alot of gobblers now. You can thank me now or you can thank me latter. :thumbup:


Take Care Ricky :struttin: Good luck this commin spring. I will be in Alabama on March 15th. Barbour Co. that is.
Your DSD's will be the only turkeys in Alabama. Ain't seen one in Bama in over five years now. I think it's all related to my question. They liked gobblers instead of hens and never reproduced. Maybe thats why they call them gobblers?
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guesswho wrote:
vaturkey wrote:Hey Buddy

Hope to see you in Nashville with a DSD Hen & Jake decoy tucked under each arm. You think you kill alot of gobblers now. You can thank me now or you can thank me latter. :thumbup:


Take Care Ricky :struttin: Good luck this commin spring. I will be in Alabama on March 15th. Barbour Co. that is.
Your DSD's will be the only turkeys in Alabama. Ain't seen one in Bama in over five years now. I think it's all related to my question. They liked gobblers instead of hens and never reproduced. Maybe thats why they call them gobblers?

Oh that's right ! Aint no turkeys in Alabama ! :thumbup: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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You gonna get you a pop-up blind too?? :oops:

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MKW wrote:You gonna get you a pop-up blind too?? :oops:

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A good Hunting blind is a real asset in the woods. :thumbup:
I usually have one in the pull cart along with decoys, chairs, cooler, toaster oven and the Honda generator. It will conceal your movement. Especially when you are making your lunch or reading your NWTF Magazine.
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Gobbler wrote:A good Hunting blind is a real asset in the woods. :thumbup:
I usually have one in the pull cart along with decoys, chairs, cooler, toaster oven and the Honda generator. It will conceal your movement. Especially when you are making your lunch or reading your NWTF Magazine.

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Gobbler wrote:A good Hunting blind is a real asset in the woods. :thumbup:
I usually have one in the pull cart along with decoys, chairs, cooler, toaster oven and the Honda generator. It will conceal your movement. Especially when you are making your lunch or reading your NWTF Magazine.

I also try to take my pop-up outhouse with me. You never know when nature is going to call. Plus you can shoot through the crescent of the moon on the door if they sneak up on you while you're reading your N''WTF'' mag.. :bootyshake:
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Gobbler wrote:A good Hunting blind is a real asset in the woods. :thumbup:
I usually have one in the pull cart along with decoys, chairs, cooler, toaster oven and the Honda generator. It will conceal your movement. Especially when you are making your lunch or reading your NWTF Magazine.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Hognutz wrote:
Gobbler wrote:A good Hunting blind is a real asset in the woods. :thumbup:
I usually have one in the pull cart along with decoys, chairs, cooler, toaster oven and the Honda generator. It will conceal your movement. Especially when you are making your lunch or reading your NWTF Magazine.

I also try to take my pop-up outhouse with me. You never know when nature is going to call. Plus you can shoot through the crescent of the moon on the door if they sneak up on you while you're reading your N''WTF'' mag.. :bootyshake:
I don't read the N"WTF" magazine. I do however use the N"WTF" magazine while I'm in the pop-up outhouse for other more appropriate tasks.
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guesswho wrote:
I also try to take my pop-up outhouse with me. You never know when nature is going to call. Plus you can shoot through the crescent of the moon on the door if they sneak up on you while you're reading your N''WTF'' mag.. :bootyshake:
I don't read the N"WTF" magazine. I do however use the N"WTF" magazine while I'm in the pop-up outhouse for other more appropriate tasks.[/quote]


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Not funny just normal turkey male behaviour. I don't think it has anything to do with decoys either. In the spring I have seen them being funny and when they finally stood up there was nothing there but dirt under them. Sometimes if they come in with 2 and I shoot one his buddy will be funny with the one I shot as he lays there dying. As far as tactics to target the funny ones just keep doing what you always do. Odds are which ever one you shoot he is or was funny at some point. Now there's something to ponder.
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I think a Jake decoy is all anyone needs. You be the hen and the Jake Be the Jealousy maker. A awe full combo for the Local Gobbler. :thumbup:
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my opinion is IF a gobbler walks into any setup with a male turkey in it, then he is coming to fight said male imposter...meaning, it makes sense to me these toms we see coming into coed setups behave "funny" and virtually ignore the hen in it until he drives off his competition

when they come into lady only setups, well, no one to chase off now is there?

i have seen many a suspicious tom sneak around my coed setups to know such a setup can be a gamble though...which is why i often use just hens, occasionally add a jake, and only rarely use a Tom in my spreads.

not sure if this was a rhetorical question, but figure id throw in my $0.02 anyway...
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SpurHntr wrote:my opinion is IF a gobbler walks into any setup with a male turkey in it, then he is coming to fight said male imposter...meaning, it makes sense to me these toms we see coming into coed setups behave "funny" and virtually ignore the hen in it until he drives off his competition

when they come into lady only setups, well, no one to chase off now is there?

i have seen many a suspicious tom sneak around my coed setups to know such a setup can be a gamble though...which is why i often use just hens, occasionally add a jake, and only rarely use a Tom in my spreads.

not sure if this was a rhetorical question, but figure id throw in my $0.02 anyway...
I agree. Tom decoys seem to work really well on TV, but they can make sub dominant birds really skittish. I usually use 2 hens and a jake, if I use dekes at all. And that is usually in a field setup. I often do not use them in the woods. I like to set up in a place where, if a tom could see my decoy, he would already be in range, and therefore dead. :mrgreen:
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Gobbler wrote:I think a Jake decoy is all anyone needs. You be the hen and the Jake Be the Jealousy maker. A awe full combo for the Local Gobbler. :thumbup:
Because all you hunt is "funny" jakes making a jake decoy perfec!
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drenalinld wrote:
Gobbler wrote:I think a Jake decoy is all anyone needs. You be the hen and the Jake Be the Jealousy maker. A awe full combo for the Local Gobbler. :thumbup:
Because all you hunt is "funny" jakes making a jake decoy perfec!
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I'm wondering if some of these toms are like most quail hunts. Put the birds out and then go back kill them. A buddy of mine calls them "Put-n-Take" hunts.
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gobblingghost wrote:I'm wondering if some of these toms are like most quail hunts. Put the birds out and then go back kill them. A buddy of mine calls them "Put-n-Take" hunts.

Funny you should say that...I was doing some forestry work on a working plantation near Albany, GA back in about 2001 and that's exactly what they did for folks that paid to turkey hunt there. They had a pen with probably 50 big gobblers in it. They'd take one out and release it just before dark the evening before they were gonna take a client out to hunt the next morning. They had a pretty high success rate! :banghead:

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Decoys are a funny thing anyway. With a goofy turkeys brain, you never know what they are thinking or what they are gonna do from day to day.
I mostly use them to get thier attention, and keep them looking at them instead of me,...lol
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Shooter wrote:Decoys are a funny thing anyway. With a goofy turkeys brain, you never know what they are thinking or what they are gonna do from day to day.
I mostly use them to get thier attention, and keep them looking at them instead of me,...lol

We should have had more decoys out that one day..... maybe he would have been looking at them instead of you putting on your facemask and gloves..... :toothy7: :thumbup:
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Grizzly Johnson wrote:
Shooter wrote:Decoys are a funny thing anyway. With a goofy turkeys brain, you never know what they are thinking or what they are gonna do from day to day.
I mostly use them to get thier attention, and keep them looking at them instead of me,...lol

We should have had more decoys out that one day..... maybe he would have been looking at them instead of you putting on your facemask and gloves..... :toothy7: :thumbup:
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