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Title: Question about decoy placement submissive hen w/o male decoy
Post by: bigcountry25 on February 16, 2015, 09:25:01 PM
I have never had any luck with a jake decoy with and without hen decoys.

So without a Jack decoy could I place one hen in a submissive position and the other in the feeding position? Or will the submissive hen need a male decoy to work? Which it never has for me because everytime I have used a jake or gobbler decoy the birds just will not come in.
Title: Re: Question about decoy placement submissive hen w/o male decoy
Post by: Old Gobbler on February 16, 2015, 09:43:55 PM
 Put the hen decoy right at the feet of the jake like it's almost touching it

It also helps to place the hen decoy in a spot where there is little foliage or grass so that it can be seen

Place the decoy in a safe spot etc..
Title: Re: Question about decoy placement submissive hen w/o male decoy
Post by: bigcountry25 on February 16, 2015, 10:13:48 PM
I have tried everything with a Jake or full grown gobbled decoy and have never in all my years of hunting had a Tom come in. but if I take the Tom away I have more luck.

So if I had a feeding hen and a submissive hen with no male decoys would a Tom come to the submissive hen or would he think something is not right with out a male decoy
Title: Re: Question about decoy placement submissive hen w/o male decoy
Post by: bigcountry25 on February 16, 2015, 10:17:16 PM
The birds I hunt have a lot of hunting pressure when the first weekend comes in but season opens on a Monday so I can hunt them before they get too educated