In fact, it was proven to me once again last week as I harvested a nice tom during Iowa"s first season ... and he was staring intently at my decoys, tail down and neck outstretched.

When it comes to using decoys to attract a wild turkey within shooting range, having a complete understanding of the big picture is essential. And it starts with the bird. Wild turkeys see in color.

While researching the many strutting tom decoy models that are marched ... it comes with a string that you can pull to make the decoy’s tail fan swing up and down. This option is designed ...

Reaping and fanning gobblers are situational tactics in spring turkey hunting commonly used when a gobbler is spotted and the hunter advances upon him behind a strutting tom ... decoy or simply a ...

In fact, if you love to hunt with decoys, think about simply putting out a jake decoy...or perhaps a tom decoy. But it will still have to be set up in the path of a passing flock. Our success ...

They looked real and convincing to me. The hen decoys were feeding while the tom decoy was strutting with his tail completely fanned out. It was only 4:30 p.m. on our first afternoon of this season’s ...

MID-MICHIGAN Tom and his son Brian like to goose hunt with decoys, and they require some ... and basically after you apply it to the head or tail, it almost looks like it is real life.

The only hunting seasons in April are the tail-end of the light goose ... using 2-4 decoys and having at least one hen decoy and one jake, a young tom, who portrays a “youngster” and thereby ...

He was hunting a particularly wary tom that would fly down from his roost in the morning, gobble back at Heinn’s hen calls, but would turn tail and run every time he saw Heinn’s plastic decoy.

This brings up an important point if using multiple decoys. Far more often, a tom will approach a tom decoy, or try to get between it and a hen decoy. Set your decoys so the male, or the space ...

which means that it’s possible for hunters to mistake a decoy for the real thing. You need to be ultra careful when using tom or jake decoys on public lands or even private ground where other hunters ...