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 Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
#5042392
03/28/14 01:46 AM
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Joined: Feb 2012
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DQ Kid
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Who will be hunting with decoys/calling vs. a feeder without decoys? Not criticizing, just curiosity more than anything...
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
[Re: DQ Kid]
#5042555
03/28/14 03:37 AM
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Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 365
Buccaneer
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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Decoys & calling. Love it
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
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#5042565
03/28/14 03:43 AM
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Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,326
sqiggy
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Veteran Tracker
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I still refuse to kill a turkey under a feeder.
If I can't call one in, then it ain't gonna happen, but I will use a decoy.
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
[Re: DQ Kid]
#5042569
03/28/14 03:54 AM
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Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 354
trash2
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
[Re: DQ Kid]
#5042621
03/28/14 05:15 AM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,457
BDB
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Not against either but I prefer to keep it simple. I will use a decoys with my kids sometimes but when alone I go bare.
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
[Re: DQ Kid]
#5042645
03/28/14 06:48 AM
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Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 32,588
kmon11
junior
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junior
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Have been using decoys for over 30 years. some times I do not put out decoys and have hunted around feeders, but not at them. quite often though will start the day between a feeder and roosting area.
How ever you hunt them, just enjoy, spring turkey hunting is fun
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
[Re: trash2]
#5042719
03/28/14 11:58 AM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,985
talkturkey
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x2... just calling. Too much fun!
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
[Re: DQ Kid]
#5042733
03/28/14 12:14 PM
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Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 148
Newt1234
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Woodsman
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I haven't seen many toms come in gobbling and strutting to a good lookin' feeder before. Maybe some do but again I haven't seen it. When they see that sexy decoy and hear those clucks, purrs, and yelps though, it's on. Calling turkey in the spring is my favorite type of hunting. Nothing quite like it.
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
[Re: DQ Kid]
#5042751
03/28/14 12:38 PM
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 685
BlakeJ
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The whole point of spring gobbler season is to call one in. Keep your feeders going to feed the birds, but hunting them is boring and defeats the purpose.
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
[Re: DQ Kid]
#5050339
04/02/14 01:43 PM
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Joined: May 2007
Posts: 8,166
westtexaswatkins
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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I hunt mainly with my son so to increase the odds we will hunt at a feeder with decoys and call 
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
[Re: Newt1234]
#5050916
04/02/14 07:07 PM
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,486
Smiling Mallard
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I haven't seen many toms come in gobbling and strutting to a good lookin' feeder before. Maybe some do but again I haven't seen it. When they see that sexy decoy and hear those clucks, purrs, and yelps though, it's on. Calling turkey in the spring is my favorite type of hunting. Nothing quite like it. LOL! X2
"Call 'em up close and shoot 'em in the face" 
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
[Re: Newt1234]
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04/03/14 12:13 AM
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Posts: 334
LittleD
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Bird Dog
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I have more than once, but there were some hens under it feeding.
Danny
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
[Re: DQ Kid]
#5052158
04/03/14 01:34 PM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 15
Krane_Killer
Light Foot
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Light Foot
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Hunting over a feeder is like pass shooting for sandhill cranes...it's ok! This is what I live for! And the same with turkeys! 
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
[Re: DQ Kid]
#5055901
04/05/14 09:37 PM
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Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,091
jakebunch
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hunting deer at a feeder is bad enough, i use a call and decoy for the turkeys.
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
[Re: DQ Kid]
#5056109
04/06/14 12:44 AM
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TXGH
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Pro Tracker
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Why not calling with decoys at a feeder? haha
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Re: Hunting Decoys or a Feeder
[Re: DQ Kid]
#5060024
04/08/14 02:06 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
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passthru
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I've called in a hundred over the years. Yes the gobbling is an adrenaline rush but this weekend I will be set up at my feeder, with a decoy and my bow. I haven't hunted turkey in years because calling them into a shotgun was too easy. Whether you lure them with food or sex it's still a lure. If I can kill one or two with my bow then most likely I will never hunt them again. However I still love the gobble in the mornings at the lease or lake.
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