Decoys Articles

Hunting over a DSD Posturing Buck decoy, at a range of only 10 yards, Jay Gregory hammers a big Iowa whitetail with his recurve.

Most bowhunters spend a lot of money in pursuit of whitetails, yet the vast majority of them don’t own this affordable doe decoy — and that’s a HUGE mistake!

Tips for using scents, calls and decoys to fool rutting whitetail bucks.

Flambeau’s Boss Buck and Boss Babe decoys were designed to stop cruising whitetail bucks in their tracks.

Blocker Outdoors reintroduces Ol’ Hank — an accurate, effective and transportable 3-D whitetail buck decoy.

This Florida wild turkey has a beard so long it brushes the ground as the bird struts/runs to a gobbler decoy.

A hunter places a remote camera in her turkey decoys and captures crazy-cool footage of a big tom attacking her jake decoy.

When gobblers won’t respond to your calling and strut into bow range, it’s time for plan B — or C, D or E!

If you’ve had spotty success with decoying gobblers into archery range, give these details a shot.

Levi Morgan likes hunting near food plots but not over them, and that’s an important distinction.

The author has found an ideal solution to decoying whitetails in far-off public land hotspots — and her name is Trixie.

The author has a love/hate relationship with deer decoys — but the more he understands where and when to use them, the more he loves them.

Many successful, experienced bowhunters believe in the maxim, “Take the first good shot.” Not me — here’s why.

Not only will the new DSD Bedded Doe decoy be deadly during the whitetail rut, but it should work well during any part of the deer season.

The new Bedded Doe Decoy from DSD looks so realistic that in the author’s opinion, rutting bucks won’t stand a chance.

Never used a deer decoy? Here are six tips for luring a buck into shooting range. At times a decoy works so well that it feels like cheating!

Beating the dreaded “October lull” requires understanding the massive changes in the whitetail woods, then adjusting your strategy to stay one step ahead of your quarry.

The Grind offers the What the Flock turkey decoy pack for turkey hunters who rely on a lifelike setup.

When it comes to so-called “confidence decoys” for wild turkeys, the only option is a feeding hen, right? Wrong.

Oftentimes it’s the whitetail bucks you didn’t kill that you remember the most.

Primos Hunting has added a dynamic duo to its wild turkey decoy lineup for 2022, the Lil’ Gobbstopper Hen and Jake.

The author makes a major bowhunting blunder, and it costs him a big gobbler at point-blank range.

The author puts a two-dimensional Trixie Whitetail Doe from Montana Decoy to the test during the 2021 archery deer season in South Dakota.

Decoying can be deadly on whitetails, especially when hunters hide with the aid of treestands and ozone generators.

The author thinks back on the 2021 whitetail deer season, and three lessons learned along the way.

The Montana Decoy Ultimate Full-Strut Gobbler is an ultra-portable 3D turkey decoy designed especially for run-and-gun hunters.

Mature whitetail bucks don’t often give bowhunters second chances, but his one did, thanks to a well-placed deer decoy.

The new-for-2021 Montana Decoy Trixie Whitetail Doe is lifelike and easy to pack.

The Montana Decoy Archer’s Choice Plot Pack can be used throughout the entire archery deer season to lure whitetails into shooting range.

You don’t need a ground blind for bowhunting turkeys. The key is hiding behind one or two strutting decoys.