what decoy(s) and or set up will you be using this turkey season ?

I will be using pretty boy & pretty girl.

Still got my old reliable she-mobile...

May pick up one of them new Redhead Strutting gobblers. Decoy of the year...and I know the fella what marketed it to BPS...:D

never use them.

thats what we have the pretty boy and pretty girl they do good i think

I have a flambeau hen and my Montana full strut... Adam has some too we can mix in, but I've killed birds with this set up numerous times....

You may see some here.;)

http://www.guidesandlodges.com/mcpherson/PhotosTurkey/go

never use them.

Hear ya. Wacked two out of three with no decoy...:D

When bowhunting I use just two hens set at 20 & 25 yards. When gun hunting sometimes I'll throw in a half strut jake to pi$$ old tom off. I've tried a lot of set ups and these work for me. To date I have seven bow kills and five by gun.

Think about it, season starts in less than a week, hard to wait!! Already have seen a couple of toms all henned up in love.

Good luck to all.

I WOULD NOT!!!!!! use a strutting tom unless you KNOW the bird you are hunting is the big stud in the woods trust me when I say this lesser birds will RUN from it. Now having said that I do think a jake decoy would work in the same manner at some point in the season but I will just use hens if I use decoys at all

I have a flambeau hen and my Montana full strut... Adam has some too we can mix in, but I've killed birds with this set up numerous times....

You may see some here.;)

http://www.guidesandlodges.com/mcpherson/PhotosTurkey/go

One thing about that decoy it would be easy to carry.

Didn't you post that picture (of you) here ?
Must have been prior to the SILO hats ?


I have a real tail fan for the pretty boy and it's going to be a pain to carry along with the other gear I will have.

flat can you carry that fan in the back of your vest?

flat can you carry that fan in the back of your vest?

I could if I had a vest. lol
One of the few things I dont own.


YIKES
Chance of snow Monday guess Iwont be getting hot in the blind.

I could if I had a vest. lol
One of the few things I dont own.


YIKES
Chance of snow Monday guess Iwont be getting hot in the blind.

I didn't have one for the first couple of years, then bought one of Wallyworld's clearance items after season. I use it a lot to carry my decoys, even though once in the blind I take it off. Weather can't be much worse than youth season.

I WOULD NOT!!!!!! use a strutting tom unless you KNOW the bird you are hunting is the big stud in the woods trust me when I say this lesser birds will RUN from it.

I respectfully disagree... I've had jakes come running into my set ups, big toms, and everything in between. :p

Stormn75- I'm with Bob on this one. I used the Primos B-Mobile for the first time last year and we had two jakes run in and plummet that thing. Whipped ol' B-mobile's arsk.

I use B-Mobile with 2 hens on private ground where there isn't much pressure. On hard hunted public ground like Shawnee NF I don't take a decoy with me at all. I think the pressured birds down there are onto the decoys as they always seem to hang up or vacate the premisis when they see the deeks. I just sneak in as close as I can to a gobbler and try to set up in some real thick stuff to where he can't see too far and has to come in and try to find the hen. I usually just use soft putts on purrs and do a little scratching in the leaves...good tactic on pressured birds.

Joe

I am using the Redhead strutting tom and my buddy took it to a taxidermist and had him paint the head more realistic and we put some real feathers and fans on it. It looks great and I will try and put a picture on here.

I am using the Redhead strutting tom and my buddy took it to a taxidermist and had him paint the head more realistic and we put some real feathers and fans on it. It looks great and I will try and put a picture on here.

Like I said, it was Decoy of the year at the show I heard. How about that beard? is that real or what? With a real fan on there, it's golden! Good Luck!

Like I said, it was Decoy of the year at the show I heard. How about that beard? is that real or what? With a real fan on there, it's golden! Good Luck!

Nice rod quote OZ but you left out the bleeping part. lol :D

I'm just not a fan of decoys I would rather just call a bird and make him look for me decoys only seem to work at one point in the season and if you put them out and have a bird run from it you wont want to use it again

Nice rod quote OZ but you left out the bleeping part. lol :D

LOL! I am law abiding...unlike the orginal quoteee...:D

In regard to transporting a turkey fan. I take a piece of cardboard. I cut it about 3/4 greater than the width of the fan. I then "fold" the edges over and staple on 3 sides. This makes a "sleeve" to slide the fan in to. Fits in the back of my vest fine.

In regard to transporting a turkey fan. I take a piece of cardboard. I cut it about 3/4 greater than the width of the fan. I then "fold" the edges over and staple on 3 sides. This makes a "sleeve" to slide the fan in to. Fits in the back of my vest fine.

Thats about what I ended up doing, made a cardboard sleeve.

The "gap" that is created on the back side of the sleeve is perfect for pulling the fan in from its base. It has really worked well for me.

BTW I realize I am a "noobie" on this site. I tend to read FAR more than I post. I did however kill my best bird ever on Sunday, April 19. I sat for 5 hours in the rain. Around 10:30 the rain cleared out. To make a long story short, at 12:15 I took a 25# bird with an 11 1/2 inch beard and 1 1/4 inch spurs... Made the wait worth it.

I am using the B-Mobile and a hen. Almost bought the pretty boy and girl but a little too bulky for me to tote around. This year was the first time I have used the B-Mobile and I killed a nice one on my first day out with a 10.75 in. beard. Will post pics of him in just a min.