I've been using 2 hen turkey decoys for a distraction, in areas where I'm deer hunting. The decoys are always in plain sight, so as not to startle the deer. I've had a couple of smaller bucks (a 4 pointer and a 6 pointer) that have reacted the same way that the large doe did, that I shot last week. It takes their concentration off of looking in the trees or checking the wind, etc. 
Yesterday morning the time change bit me, so I was in a hurry to get to my tree stand and didn't take the decoys.
A "basket rack" 8 pointer came in and acted like he was a little on edge, while scent checking everything and eyeballing the trees, etc. It was one of those times when the turkey decoys would've gave him something else to concentrate on and less on the trees, scent checking, etc. Using these decoys is going to be my "go to" for a while or until I see it causing problems. So far, it's been nothing but good. 
Has anyone else tried this "tactic", while hunting deer?
Yesterday morning the time change bit me, so I was in a hurry to get to my tree stand and didn't take the decoys.
A "basket rack" 8 pointer came in and acted like he was a little on edge, while scent checking everything and eyeballing the trees, etc. It was one of those times when the turkey decoys would've gave him something else to concentrate on and less on the trees, scent checking, etc. Using these decoys is going to be my "go to" for a while or until I see it causing problems. So far, it's been nothing but good. Has anyone else tried this "tactic", while hunting deer?
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