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Whats your experience/ advice with tools such as these? Is it basically jus a 50/50 that you get on the right bird or birds? I have heard they are more effective early in season when birds are establishing their dominance. Also when gobblers are still in groups, as there a little braver in numbers or maybe it's just that your chance are better of having a dominant mature bird in a group...
But then I've heard ppl say they've had more jakes and 2 yr old birds, come into a strutter decoy than they have mature birds...??

What's your thoughts?
 
I have never used a full strut decoy, but I have seen gobblers come to a regular jake decoy and do like they do on tv, but only three times. I hardly ever use decoys though so my sample size isn't worth very much.
I do use a gobble call quite often and it sometimes elicts gobble respones when nothing else will. Although it could have very well happened to me, I do not think I have ever "gobbled up" a gobbler but I normally don't try. I am sure it would work on occasions though.
 
i have seen one bird come into a stutter decoy, all the others have seen it and ran away even mature field bird was coming on a string and turned and ran the other way. i use jake and hen decoy when i use decoys
 
make them gobble said:
i have seen one bird come into a stutter decoy, all the others have seen it and ran away even mature field bird was coming on a string and turned and ran the other way. i use jake and hen decoy when i use decoys
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I have never personally used one, but know somebody who used one one time. he said as soon as the gobbler saw it it ran off. Like I said earlier, the regular jake, mine is either a feather flex or flambeua, not even sure because I hardly use it, does work occasionally though.
to me scaring off one gobbler isn't worth it. I have killed plenty without decoys so I don't see why I would need one now.
 
Ive never used a strutter but do use a gobble call in several situations. Last year I was trying to get my wife an old gobbler that was very territorial over one certain pasture. I had called to him sparingly for maybe a 60 minute timeframe and all he wanted to do was just gobble and walk back and forth on a little ridge in the field. I dropped back about 30 yards behind my wife, yelped and then immediately hit the gobble call. That old gobbler came charging down right into her lap and she drilled it. Ended up having 1.5 inch spurs.
 
I have had them hang up at 90 yards and strut and gobble for hours. I have had them stand across the field and gobble at it. I have had as many as 9 jakes come in and strut around it. Never kiled a bird over it. But, I've used it less than 10 times over several years.
 
A friend of mine doesn't own a single call, but he kills a limit over a strutter decoy every year. I've seen several die with gobbling as well as hunting over a strutter
 
I have never used a decoy of any kind and don't plan on ever using one or needing one.

I have used and killed a fair number of birds by gobbling at them. I gobble using a diaphragm and it sounds amazingly realistic unlike the gobble calls on the market. Caution is obviously required when gobbling.
 
had a nice bird come running in to my struter jake last year, popped him out 20 yards out.

just had my jake and a hen out and he came running from so far out he was nothing more than a black dot when I first saw him
 
knightrider said:
decoy makes an awful good back rest!!!
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Yep! I don't hardly ever use em, its pretty much just folded up in the back of my vest all season. I literally leave it in there all year for a back cushion
 
I've used a bmobile for years. I have yet to see a gobbler not come in to him if its seen. His name is Fred! :D
 
BHC said:
Whats your experience/ advice with tools such as these? Is it basically jus a 50/50 that you get on the right bird or birds? I have heard they are more effective early in season when birds are establishing their dominance. Also when gobblers are still in groups, as there a little braver in numbers or maybe it's just that your chance are better of having a dominant mature bird in a group...
But then I've heard ppl say they've had more jakes and 2 yr old birds, come into a strutter decoy than they have mature birds...??

What's your thoughts?
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I killed a mature bird last year the first week-end of May coming to my buddy's "Spin-N-Strut". He left a hen he had just bred and came straight to our decoy spread - 2 Flambeau Shady Lady's and the "Spin-N-Strut". Convinced me.
www.spin-n-strut.com
 
I dont hardly use a decoy at all but if I do I have better luck with a strutter decoy later in the season. and I hardly ever gobble. I have the b mobile as a strutter. but at the nwtf show mojo had a strutting decoy that was pretty cool if 150 I doubt ill ever use it. im not sure if it is even legal in tn. it moves in circles and the fan goes up and down I believe it runs off 4 AA battery's. I have better luck not using a decoy though it seems.
 
I had 2 hens and a strutting tom decoy setup when I first started turkey hunting. One day I had a bunch of birds coming towards me as all they could see were the hen decoys. But when the big tom of the group got into a position to where he could see my strutting tom decoy, he bolted off. The closest he came was within 60 or so yards. I never took that thing out ever again. Waste of $80 for me.
 
I hunt mostly fields and use decoys all the time.I've had great success using them out in the pasture but I dont fool with them when hunting the woods.
 

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