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Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:13 pm**

Which one and why? Both seem pretty damn nice, can't decide.

Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:15 pm**

Frylock wrote:Which one and why? Both seem pretty damn nice, can't decide.

I'll be hunting over DsD's this weekend. I'll Let you know how it goes. They look friggin awesome.

Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:17 pm**

GadwallGetter530 wrote:
Frylock wrote:Which one and why? Both seem pretty damn nice, can't decide.

I'll be hunting over DsD's this weekend. I'll Let you know how it goes. They look friggin awesome.

You should just crawl around on the ground. That seems to work! :lol:

Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:19 pm**

Bootlipkiller wrote:
GadwallGetter530 wrote:
Frylock wrote:Which one and why? Both seem pretty damn nice, can't decide.

I'll be hunting over DsD's this weekend. I'll Let you know how it goes. They look friggin awesome.

You should just crawl around on the ground. That seems to work!

Yeah, Makes buying decoys for hunderds of dollars seem kind of silly. :lol:

Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:21 pm**

Okay, now that we've got that straightened out how do I hunt turkey's?

Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:27 pm**

Frylock wrote:Okay, now that we've got that straightened out how do I hunt turkey's?

Let them see you around 500 yards away. Then jump in a ditch, they'll run right up to you.

Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:32 pm**

GadwallGetter530 wrote:
Frylock wrote:Okay, now that we've got that straightened out how do I hunt turkey's?

Let them see you around 500 yards away. Then jump in a ditch, they'll run right up to you.

Got it. I'll post pics.

Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:32 pm**

GadwallGetter530 wrote:
Frylock wrote:Okay, now that we've got that straightened out how do I hunt turkey's?

Let them see you around 500 yards away. Then jump in a ditch, they'll run right up to you.

This^

Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:34 pm**

Walk straight at them with a turkey fan taped to your hat

Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:34 pm**

Bootlipkiller wrote:
GadwallGetter530 wrote:
Frylock wrote:Okay, now that we've got that straightened out how do I hunt turkey's?

Let them see you around 500 yards away. Then jump in a ditch, they'll run right up to you.

This^

Serious?

Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:35 pm**

If you can make gobbling noises it is better.

Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:38 pm**

Frylock wrote:
Bootlipkiller wrote:
GadwallGetter530 wrote:
Frylock wrote:Okay, now that we've got that straightened out how do I hunt turkey's?

Let them see you around 500 yards away. Then jump in a ditch, they'll run right up to you.

This^

Serious?

It work for us once. Trying to sneak around and be all serious like. Got busted by a group of 6 or 7 birds. Then they just ran right at us. All the way down the levee. Lol, killed them at maybe 3 paces away. Very close.

Posted: **Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:39 pm**

Frylock wrote:
Bootlipkiller wrote:
GadwallGetter530 wrote:
Frylock wrote:Okay, now that we've got that straightened out how do I hunt turkey's?

Let them see you around 500 yards away. Then jump in a ditch, they'll run right up to you.

This^

Serious?

It worked for us once. :lol:

they thought we were turkeys I guess. We saw them and crouched down and crawled into a ditch. They ran within 10 feet when we let them have it.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:26 am**

DSD, they're 100% made in the US and if anything like the goose decoys probably 1000x more durable.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:36 am**

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I will be the oddball and say Avian X. I picked up a breeder hen and have been satisfied with it.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:44 am**

I have a DSD and it's a nice decoy, but totally unnecessary.

I hunt without decoys about 99.7% of the time

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:51 am**

3geese4me wrote:
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I will be the oddball and say Avian X. I picked up a breeder hen and have been satisfied with it.

Yup. Ive got the Avian-X jake and breeder hen. I honestly don't think the DSD or Dakota look any better and they are quite a bit more expensive. After watching my jake take a 5 minute ass kicking from a pair of jakes last year I am convinced.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:09 am**

DeadEye_Dan wrote:I have a DSD and it's a nice decoy, but totally unnecessary.

I hunt without decoys about 99.7% of the time

Only killed 1 bird while using a decoy, and that was a $10 blow up decoy. They can be fun though, the fighting and raping of a plastic decoy is fun to watch.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:15 am**

I use those foam and rubber ones you got for like $15 out of the big box in the middle of the turkey section at cabalas.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:15 am**

jarbo03 wrote:
DeadEye_Dan wrote:I have a DSD and it's a nice decoy, but totally unnecessary.

I hunt without decoys about 99.7% of the time

Only killed 1 bird while using a decoy, and that was a $10 blow up decoy. They can be fun though, the fighting and raping of a plastic decoy is fun to watch.

Same. Maybe 2. I just roost them at night then go in the morning. They gotta fly down at some point :lol:

:lol::lol:

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:34 am**

So what are the drawbacks of using a decoy?

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:45 am**

Having to tote that bastard around with you.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:47 am**

It's the time of year where this video applies.

TK and Mike demonstrating how you call turkeys...
enjoy.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:09 am**

assateague wrote:Having to tote that bastard around with you.

Been thinking about that, those DSD decoys are big and heavy, and I move slow as it is.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:10 am**

aunt betty wrote:It's the time of year where this video applies.

TK and Mike demonstrating how you call turkeys...
enjoy.

That was darn funny!

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:14 am**

Frylock wrote:So what are the drawbacks of using a decoy?

Not really any drawbacks except carrying it. If you roost the bird, there is no reason to bother with a decoy. I won't even go out anymore unless i know exactly where a bird is. I'm far to lazy to go out for nothing lately

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:23 am**

Eric Haynes wrote:
Frylock wrote:So what are the drawbacks of using a decoy?

Not really any drawbacks except carrying it. If you roost the bird, there is no reason to bother with a decoy. I won't even go out anymore unless i know exactly where a bird is. I'm far to lazy to go out for nothing lately

Gotcha, thanks for the advice.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:27 am**

With me, I hunt a ton of open prairie and like the decoy just as something for the birds to see from off in the distance. If I hunted heavily wooded areas I doubt I would use a decoy because outside of 50 yards a gobbler wont be able to see the decoy anyways.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 2:19 pm**

3geese4me wrote:With me, I hunt a ton of open prairie and like the decoy just as something for the birds to see from off in the distance. If I hunted heavily wooded areas I doubt I would use a decoy because outside of 50 yards a gobbler wont be able to see the decoy anyways.

This.

I'd say probably only about 5% of my turkey kills have been over decoys, but recently it's probably closer to 50%. Been trying to get more on film and have picked up bow hunting as well, so decoys have become a staple for me now.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2014 2:51 pm**

Frylock wrote:
assateague wrote:Having to tote that bastard around with you.

Been thinking about that, those DSD decoys are big and heavy, and I move slow as it is.

That's why i use the collapsable foam ones. They are less than a pound and fold up into your backpack. I hunt mostly woods so don't really care about detail in decoys. Being mobile is the most important thing in turkey hunting to me.

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