100 percent of the time, decoys have kept the deers attention allowing me a better chance to draw and shoot, even stand up, get my bow off the hook and shoot sometimes. But from my experience, does aren't attracted to the decoys, but they do make them more at ease when they encounter them from the right direction, but will or can spook them when they approach them from the wrong direction. I always carry at least one and usually two and try to display them where they are visible from two different directions during the rut. After the rut, I try to put them off the trail the opposite side from me so as a doe comes along the trail and sees it, she will be looking away from me. Another trick I do is use a full length unfletched arrow with broadhead to use in place of the steel posts that come with it, it makes the deer look bedded, or like a doe does in front of a buck when they're chasing