I've used both jake and strutters. The only strutter I've used is ones I attach a real tail and real wings. There's nothing like using the real thing! The wind blowing through feathers looks a lot different than if blowing against plastic/rubber! I can practically see tom's eye's pop when they see the real strutter tail fanned out! I have often had success using just a strutter....sometimes just hens, and sometimes a little of everything. I also use an open blind and can all of a sudden pull out a strutter to get a tom's attention. When he was watching a couple hens and all of a sudden a fanning tom shows up....you can imagine how that irritates the tom!
