Gave one of my decoys a minor paint job

[Big Jeremy]

Decided to give one of my Jakes a little face lift, mainly to give it more of a white head. I'm no professional, but I'm ok with how it turned out.


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[Clydetaylor1]

I like it!!!!

[yelpy]

What's the reason for white? It does look fine..

[Big Jeremy]

Less intimidating, is the thought. I've read of others trying it with success. I can always remove it if I don't seem to be liking results.


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[bbcoach]

Here's a good read  http://bestturkeydecoy.com/body-language/  It talks about posture and head color.  It conflicts with what MKMGOBL says.  He uses white heads on his dekes and has great results.  I'm thinking of giving the white a go to see what happens as well.  Maybe MKMGOBL will see this and chime in.

[SinGin]

Less intimidating, is the thought. I've read of others trying it with success. I can always remove it if I don't seem to be liking results.


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Looks very submissive with the white head

[dublelung]

That looks good to me.

[Gen.27:3]

Nice job

[dirt road ninja]

Bright white = stud bird (or at least in his mind).

[larry9988]

Love to see that white cap coming through the woods early in the morning, but it's when a gobbler is strutting up to me and is lit up and coming to my calls, not being submissive.

[Kytomgetter]

That'll work!!!

[Big Jeremy]

I'm getting conflicting reports here. I look forward to the woods helping me determine my final thoughts. I'll update when I have a chance to use it. I don't use decoys that often, anyway.


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[Chris O]

I am interested to hear about your results!! Good luck.

[bbcoach]

I'm getting conflicting reports here. I look forward to the woods helping me determine my final thoughts. I'll update when I have a chance to use it. I don't use decoys that often, anyway.


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Jeremy, not trying to confuse you at all.  I had heard white was aggressive, so my Avian 1/4 Strut Jake sported a mostly red head.  If you look at many decoys, they are painted mostly red as well (check out Dave Smith's).  MKMGOBL has got me thinking about white so last night I repainted my jake mostly white as well.  I'm going to give white a try and see if I can get some attacks.  My personal opinion, I believe a lot of factors play into decoy success/failure.  Time of the season, body posture, color, positioning just to name a few.  It's a tool I'll keep experimenting with and see what works for me as well. 

[Big Jeremy]

I'm getting conflicting reports here. I look forward to the woods helping me determine my final thoughts. I'll update when I have a chance to use it. I don't use decoys that often, anyway.


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Jeremy, not trying to confuse you at all.  I had heard white was aggressive, so my Avian 1/4 Strut Jake sported a mostly red head.  If you look at many decoys, they are painted mostly red as well (check out Dave Smith's).  MKMGOBL has got me thinking about white so last night I repainted my jake mostly white as well.  I'm going to give white a try and see if I can get some attacks.  My personal opinion, I believe a lot of factors play into decoy success/failure.  Time of the season, body posture, color, positioning just to name a few.  It's a tool I'll keep experimenting with and see what works for me as well.

DSD has a white head line out now, too. Certainly can't hurt to try.