Distance to decoys

[Vesty]

Turkey season coming soon. I'm trying to dial in. What distance do you place your decoys in front of your blind.

[Bowguy67]

Do you use a blind? If so they can be close. I’d say no matter what no farther than 15 and 10 is maybe ideal. If you use a jake the bird may approach it from the front. Do not use a male type decoy facing away from you. It’ll put the bird farther. Either head facing you or I prefer sideways

[Pete McMiller]

I hunt in a ghillie and sometimes a piece of burlap.   I use two decoys at 6 and 8 yds., occasionally out to 10 yds but never further.

[old_goat2]

Ten paces to my hen decoy and fifteen to my Jake,

[Yooper-traveler]

8ish yards mostly.

[YosemiteSam]

Roughly 10 yards for me.  That way, if they're anywhere close to the decoy, I know I'm good to go for a shot.  But a lot depends on the terrain & how much time I have to plan things.  On public land, I have to react to the situation at-hand.  So I'll setup whatever situation I can wherever makes the most sense at the time. 

[Sam McMichael]

I'm working out of a brush blind and wearing a ghillie suit. My decoys are at about 12 yards. Don't know how effective this is, because, so far, nothing has come to me.

[Friend]

Jake set facing the blind at nine yards...one hen approximately 2 steps in front of the Jake angling towards the blind....a 2nd hen may be set to the opposite side of the first hen decoy but positioned 4 to 5 yards to the side of the Jake and  3 to four yards back.

[hitman]

No farther than 10 yards. Most of my shots are less than that. I place a hen decoy lying on the ground and a jake about to mount her and a few yards to the side an upright hen facing them. Last year I had a gobbler scrape his wings against my blind heading to my decoys.

[sveltri]

After talking to some really good turkey hunters this past weekend about setups I got to thinking about my past successful hunts and what I remember about those setups. I don’t think a specific distance between dekes really matters or their orientation towards each other. What helped me was having the male face me, I usually just hunt with an ASAT leafy suit, so I need to create an opportunity to draw.  If I can get the bird to face the decoy and strut, at some point his head is hidden by his fan. Additionally, I think having the male decoy between the real bird and the hen decoys really helps to bring that bird in. Just my $.02.

[stagetek]

Close. Usually about 5-10 yards.