To be honest, I don’t know how many turkeys I’d killed before I set my first turkey decoys; probably a dozen or more. The way I was taught, the hunter made the yelps and the clucks and the purrs, and ...

At first glance, one might think that there is really nothing to putting out turkey decoys. Right? Just put the plastic replicas in a field, get yourself hid nearby and call. Birds see the decoys and ...

Turkey decoys have changed the way turkey hunters chase springtime gobblers. No other decoy has helped to put more beards in spurs on the ground than the hen decoy. The use of a hen decoy can be a ...

NEW RINGGOLD – It is a decoy spread that has stood the test of time. From South Carolina to New York State, oh so often a display of two hen decoys, sometimes accompanied by a jake, has been just too ...

When the 2010 Minnesota turkey hunting season opens a half-hour before sunrise on Wednesday, hunters will be faced with various decisions. Many hunters employ decoys to help lure an amorous gobbler ...

A skinny "jake'' turkey decoy, left, and a flopped-over foam hen turkey decoy were enough to help lure in a nice tom turkey for John Myers in May near Barnum.

When I first started chasing gobblers in the spring, very few people used decoys. Now many feel naked if they walk into the field without a turkey decoy or three. I hunted several years before getting ...

Some turkey hunters swear by turkey decoys. Others swear at them. Odds are, any turkey hunter with a few spring seasons behind him has done both. Employing fake turkeys certainly can improve a ...

A gobbler was hot and headed toward us, yelling his head off every time I scratched out a yelp or purr on the slate call. He was right over there, maybe 100 yards or so away, still hidden by a slight ...