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Gave one of my decoys a minor paint job

Started by Big Jeremy, April 09, 2019, 09:37:50 PM

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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


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

Quote from: Big Jeremy on April 09, 2019, 11:06:09 PM
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


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Gen 27:3  Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me,

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


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

Quote from: Big Jeremy on April 11, 2019, 11:08:57 PM
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

Quote from: bbcoach on April 12, 2019, 07:24:52 AM
Quote from: Big Jeremy on April 11, 2019, 11:08:57 PM
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.