What is the best deer decoy?

JohnPatterson · Jan 31, 2018

Hello, I need to order two deer decoys and wonder what are the best ?
I watched a review of the best deer baits here https://under-the-open-sky.com/best-deer-decoy/. And I can't decide which one to take? "

iH8DemLibz · Jan 31, 2018

Bass Pro sells/sold a Miss November deer.

Inflatable.

"Be My Girl" playing in the background...

44man · Jan 31, 2018

catch a fawn about to be weened, train it like a dog and when it goes into cycle tie her to a try close to your stand?

not politically correct?

Boom Boom · Jan 31, 2018

Yeah, same thought, a pet deer.

outrider58 · Jan 31, 2018

Stay away from big burly mature looking decoys. They can scare some deer. Especially if your deer tend to be on the scrawnier side. If you're looking for the biggest buck in the forest, then maybe go for big decoys. It's like the rule on rattling.

Doco Overboard · Jan 31, 2018

Get a bedded doe. Use it during the rut. Half size flat black or dark gray silhouettes will work near a field edge, heads down like they're feeding. Set them up so they cast a shadow opposite the way you expect a deer to come from. You be on the other side sun to your back with rifle or bow. This is where you have to watch your scent, and know your digs. Aim them away from same way the prevailing wind is coming from. Good deer in open habitat feed with the wind approaching from the rear most of the time. Surrounding pressure will dictate how much and what time. Hard cold wind in their face will make them head the other way unless it gets well past dark time.
If your in the woods and its thick, just put a small piece of white tissue paper in between some thick, ass high bushes. Just so it flits around a little bit. Rattle some horns and watch a transition area where some deer duck in and out through a little hole and be in position to shoot it. Like where a cut over meets a timber line. Not a beat up doe trail but near one so you can shoot both the hole and the trail at the same time.

Doctor_M · Jan 31, 2018

This one works well...

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welder516 · Jan 31, 2018

I am not a hunter , but I think the kiddie petting zoo's have what the Dr. ordered .

In all seriousness I would not want to bait if I was a hunter , I would want to track and rub my hands in the scat so I could tell when the deer passed thru and what is was eating . But I am old school

outrider58 · Jan 31, 2018

Doco Overboard said:
Get a bedded doe. Use it during the rut. Half size flat black or dark gray silhouettes will work near a field edge, heads down like they're feeding. Set them up so they cast a shadow opposite the way you expect a deer to come from. You be on the other side sun to your back with rifle or bow. This is where you have to watch your scent, and know your digs. Aim them away from same way the prevailing wind is coming from. Good deer in open habitat feed with the wind approaching from the rear most of the time. Surrounding pressure will dictate how much and what time. Hard cold wind in their face will make them head the other way unless it gets well past dark time.
If your in the woods and its thick, just put a small piece of white tissue paper in between some thick, ass high bushes. Just so it flits around a little bit. Rattle some horns and watch a transition area where some deer duck in and out through a little hole and be in position to shoot it. Like where a cut over meets a timber line. Not a beat up doe trail but near one so you can shoot both the hole and the trail at the same time.

A lot of folks don't realize this or the fact that most un-pressured deer walk with the wind, using their eyes to look for danger in front and smell danger from behind. Same with bedding. The rump usually points into the wind and face looks down wind.

Mr H · Jan 31, 2018

Doctor_M said:
This one works well...

Beat me to it....

Matlack · Jan 31, 2018

Sean?

newmuzzleloader · Feb 1, 2018

Doctor_M said:
This one works well...

Fawn Hall ?

Dave Taylor · Feb 1, 2018

You find her in a petting zoo didja' Dr. M?

Mr H · Feb 1, 2018

Dave Taylor said:
You find her in a heavy petting zoo didja' Dr. M?

Beancounter · Feb 1, 2018

The best decoy is a dark blue Chevy truck after you made the last payment and dropped the full coverage insurance.

Or so I've heard.

outrider58 · Feb 1, 2018

Doctor_M said:
This one works well...

She must be a reindeer. She has antlers.

Dave Taylor · Feb 1, 2018

You say she's gotta "RACK", Meister Outrider?

You find her in a heavy petting zoo didja' Dr. M?

Spit on my screen after readin' that Meister' H.

The best decoy is a dark blue Chevy truck after you made the last payment and dropped the full coverage insurance.

Spit on my screen again after readin' that BeanCounter.

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