Decoys...how realistic do they need to be?

[bamagtrdude]

Looks good.  I may have to make you an offer and hire you as my product control manager at RCD.

Sure, just as long as I don't have to submit to a background check or drug test!   

[guesswho]

Looks good.  I may have to make you an offer and hire you as my product control manager at RCD.

Sure, just as long as I don't have to submit to a background check or drug test!   

As long as you can hit the cup you pass. 

[nativeks]

I used the foamers for years. I bought a DSD to test it and won't be going back. I've never seen turkeys respond to decoys like they do these decoys. Sure when you catch them on the right day they come to the cheap ones, but Ive had them come and hang out for an hour around the DSD. And it happens more often.

[Dtrkyman]

I use a stuffer hen, before I had that decoy I rarely used one, now other  I simply will not hunt without it,  they absolutely respond better to this decoy.

Never had much success with the cheapos, I know they can work but if you think they are as good your kidding your self.

This past spring I had my stuffer out with my friends dsd flock, called a long beard in and he went directly to the stuffer despite the 3 dsd dekes that were right there.

I primarily bowhunt anymore and most of my birds are shot within a couple feet of the decoy which I place 5 to 7 yards from my blind or wherever I am hiding, my wife bow killed her last tom as it was breeding the decoy!   

[ddturkeyhunter]

I used the cheep foam decoys for years with no big problems, if the birds responded it didn't matter. I first got the up right DSD hen and WOW, have had more fun just watching the old boss hens pick fights with that I will never go back to cheep. I have the flock now but use only the hen decoys most of the time because I hunt too much public land. Besides it so funny watching them toms try to get up top of them hen decoy to breed them, worth every penny.

[tomstopper]

Turkeys are a hard bird to fool.  Excellent eyesight and equally good hearing.   There's no substitute for a high end decoy.  Their worth every penny.

As soon as I read the title of this post, I knew this was coming...... Still think the top pic is priceless.....LMAO