Early in the season, when toms still tolerate one another, a spread comprising several breeding hens can pull in multiple gobblers at once. (Shutterstock photo)
April 28, 2025
By J. J. Faux
It’s been more than 40 years since a smarter-than-me outdoorsman realized that wild turkeys like to hang out together, and that by deploying a fake bird or two near your hunting setup, you can lure in other birds. And so, the notion of the turkey decoy was born.
Crude, hand-painted paper and cardboard imitations soon gave way to hard-plastic and foldable foam birds that could be easily tucked into a hunting vest. Then came posture-specific dekes, white birds, super-realistic feathered decoys and even, at one time, self-inflating counterfeits that you could roll into a baseball-sized sphere and disperse around your hunting area. Some worked, others didn’t.
Though...
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