Turkey decoy setup? Help me out?

[jonsimoneau]

Hey guys..I've got one more day to hunt turkeys on a phenominal property.  I hunted last weekend and saw a ton of birds, but was not able to get the job done.  I saw at least 10 mature gobblers!  Anyway...what do you guys like best for a decoy setup.  The birds were seeing my decoys but not paying much attention. Do you like a strutting tom with hens? Or a jake with hens?  I've got both...but am torn what to go with.  Keep in mind...I'm not much of a turkey hunter...so any advice would be appreciated!  Thanks guys.

[adeeden]

Jon, if there's that many mature toms there i think using a full strut decoy would probably be a good bet.

The best advice i can give you is to try to set up where the birds are going to strut. There creatures of habit and usually use those strutting areas on a regular basis!

[Gehrke145]

+1

[swp]

jake with submissive hen in the strut area.
Be careful with turkey hunting, it can become ADDICTIVE real quick!!

[wapiti792]

Strutting jake if you have one in that situtation...I took spray paint to B mobile's head and turned it red, cut off all of his beard but 3 inches, and took a real jake fan from a previous fan mount drilled a 1/4 inch hole tp fit the screw into, and trimmed up some of his wing to make him smaller and closer to the ground and used it as the strutter with a hen decoy. I had soooo many mature birds come into that this year including a tom that I shot over (twice). Give it a whirl up there! Down here it's about over. No gobbling since the 5th season went out Friday. GOOD LUCK up there!

[crotch horn]

Personally I would go with a strutting Jake if you have one. Now if you had asked earlier I would have been more than happy to cone in person and help you out.
(ha-ha)
good lick