How to set up your turkey decoy spread for early season, mid season, and late season.

How we set our turkey decoy spreads for season. everything from what type of decoys we use, how we use them during the season and of course why we set them up the way we do.
Turkey decoys
Primos killer B amzn.to/3ca0gc3
Flextone jake amzn.to/3cVwfvV
Flextone upright hen amzn.to/316JdBj
Flextone feeding hen amzn.to/2QoX4AN
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[@karolinaopaczynska7562]

Very useful thing to have. Shaving everything,

[@oneangrycanadian6205]

That’s the set up I use. I figured a tom would get upset seeing a jake with a couple hens. Great informative video my friend. Opening of the video is looking nice and professional keep up the great work!!!

[@pineylife]

Thank you my friend. These set ups have worked for us in the past years and we got some new decoys this year that has been a game changer. Thank you on the compliment on the video we are trying a few new things. Hopefully we get better and better at this video thing.

[@dana44169]

Thanks for that video,was just what I needed

[@pineylife]

Your welcome and thanks for watching

[@keiththompson5588]

I will have to try some of them setup's Thanks for the info

[@pineylife]

Your welcome and great decoys for the price

[@yanblondin7490]

Opening morning, wich is last friday of april in Quebec, a tom, a jake, a feeding and a looking hen. The hunt took 15min. He ran to those decoys like the turkey devil was after him. Our season ends on the 3rd monday of may. Im going tomorow morning. I'll try the 2 hens set up. Monday morning i had a gobbler, well, gobbling, for 1h1/2 hour in the forest ( not the property im allowed to hunt) but never commited in the open. My first year turkey hunting, first morning, had my firts🦃 at 12 yds, with a crossbow, sitting with back to a tree. Best hunting fun of my 45 yrs life!!!

[@pineylife]

Hello from Tennessee, Sounds like you have had a great morning. Keep us posted on the double hen set up. Fingers crossed it works before season closes. our season is ending here very soon. There is nothing like turkey hunting. Good luck my friend.

[@Void_Extendo]

Awesome video…

[@madcaddisflies]

This is helpful thank you

[@pineylife]

Thank you and I'm glad you got something out of it. The jake decoy set with breeder hen worked great for opening morning. Thanks for watching

[@dink5042]

Great content and explanation, really appreciate you taking the time to show visuals and explain why you position your decoys which way and what you've seen work and not work. I'm glad you talked about hunting from a blind too, as this will be my first year ever that I hunt from one as i finally saved up and bought a Barronett OX 5 this year. Love hunting birds in spring nothing gets me more excited to be outdoors then good weather and hearing that gobble! Happy Hunting!

[@pineylife]

You are welcome and thank you for watching. Comments like this make the videos worth doing. You bought a really good blind. Good luck and happy hunting my friend.

[@jjuicebox2]

Great video man, we appreciate the information. Turkey hunting makes my nuts tingle more than anything else; they are such majestic and beautiful birds. Gonna get out there opening morning this Saturday and give it a try. I'll strap on a gopro and see what happens

[@pineylife]

I know what you mean . lol. I cant get enough of turkey season. They are holding us up in Tennessee two more weeks this year. We cant chase them till mid April. Good luck opening day and keep me posted. Thanks for watching

[@efaciler2462]

Tingle those nuts !

[@nickb8618]

Early season by me usually means flocked up birds yet which means bigger decoy spreads I’ve run as many as 9 hens and Tom. It fires up the dominate tom in a hurry off the roost. It’s usually a quick tag out for me 1st season in wi on the biggest gobbler on the farm. I need a lot of hens out cause that dominate bird has hens roosted with him and one or two hen dekes just ain’t worth the fight but 9 hens is to him. Landowner preference I always draw 1st season. As I guide my brother and gf later seasons I down size to Jake and feeder hen and breeder hen. I got 6 avians but do have some flex tones to beef the spread up

[@pineylife]

Great info. Thanks for sharing. I read a article on this subject once before in field and stream magazine. They had the same concept you do on pulling the mature tom off hens. Sounds like it works good. I have all flextone in my main set but have older decoys I could try that set up with. Once again thanks for sharing and thanks for watching

[@nickb8618]

@@pineylife worked like a charm yesterday morning pulled the boss tom off two hens and he came spittin and drummin all the way to the decoy flock when my brother dropped the hammer on him.

[@pineylife]

@@nickb8618 congrats to y’all. Our season is winding down fast a few more weeks and we are done.

[@dtb5350]

Thanks for the tip, I'm going turkey hunting for the first time I hope I get a gobbler!

[@pineylife]

Your welcome and thanks for watching. The jake over hen for early season worked great! All three of my toms came straight into the decoys. Three birds in Five hunts! Give it a shot and hope you knock one down. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

[@dtb5350]

@@pineylife that's what I read about, I have a jake and two hen decoys and from what I hear a tom will go after a jake decoy

[@pineylife]

@@dtb5350 If you haven't checked out the 2021 turkey hunting playlist yet you should check it out. Episode 1 , episode 3 and episode 5. All three of my hunts i ran the same decoy spread and on two of three hunts the tom destroys the jake decoy only reason he didnt on episode 3 is because i busted him before he got to the decoy spread,lol. Thanks for watching

[@dtb5350]

@@pineylife thanks for the tips

[@pineylife]

@@dtb5350 you're welcome

[@brandonyoung7760]

I like to have the hen facing opposite of the direction I expect a Tom's going to come in from.

[@pineylife]

Good point and I appreciate you sharing. Good luck my friend

[@brandonyoung7760]

@pineylife yes sir you too. Saturday is opener for us in Kentucky 🤞🏻

[@pamountainmilitia3977]

HI I have been looking at the avain x jake and hen and I have avain x goose decoys and like them but not as well as my bigfoots, anyhow I keep giong back to the Flextone Turkey decoys I need some new ones so I think after this season IM getting the jake feeder combo and then the upright hen, I really like the way the flextone jake and hen decoys look just as good as avain for alot less money thanks for the great vid. PS That stake system is better also.

[@pineylife]

Hello James, The avian decoys are some of the most realistic decoys on the market and the price shows. lol. For the price the flextone decoys are worth every penny. The Flextone breeder chic is a awesome addition this year also. I then jake and chic set up on all three of my tennessee birds this year. I released a video of it and all the kill shots. Your welcome on the vid and i'm glad you liked it. Thank you for watching

[@pamountainmilitia3977]

@@pineylife Thank you sir from PA> I really like the flextone so that is what I will go with and save some money and by the looks of your vids, they work just as good as any high dollar decoy, I know I hunt geese and fish , always think the lure that looks the most realistic will catch all the fish but somehow the not so fancy ones work better lol You have a wonderful season, and good luck. and make some more Thunder chick vids you do a great job, and thanks, God Bless.

[@pineylife]

@@pamountainmilitia3977 We sure will! Good luck to you too. . Keep us posted on your season. Thanks for watching and thanks for the support. God bless

[@pamountainmilitia3977]

@@pineylife Well update I got the flextone Jake and Hen and this morning 5 Gobblers came in silent it is may 20 th so I have not been hearing any gobbles lately, anyhow The flextons did the job this morning I got one of the 5 he had a 5.5 inch beard, but man a Turkey I am so happy my season was not great up until this point and I had the Thunder Jake a few feet behind the up right Hen worked like a charm, they were fooled for sure, and thank you for your vids they helped me decide what decoy to get I still want a feeder hen lol, I will put som picks on my chanel when I get the chance and Thanks again from PA>

[@pineylife]

@@pamountainmilitia3977 Heck yeah man, Glad you got one. Congrats on the bird my friend! This right here is why we make the videos if it helps just one person it worth it! Your welcome and once again congrats from all of us at piney life!

[@smeghead60]

Would this theoretically work for chickens too? We got wild chickens running around the neighborhood and I wanted to catch some

[@pineylife]

Sorry I don’t think this would catch wild chickens. These decoys are to get the turkeys close enough to shoot. Thanks for watching.

[@jjuicebox2]

Lol this has to be a joke, right?

[@lukewillhite6239]

Is a Tom decoy even worth it if the jake decoy works better?

[@pineylife]

Actually since this video was made I quit using killer B. Main reason is that the Jake decoy is getting the job done and its a lot smaller than the tom decoy. Check this video out that I made at the end of last season. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2KYnaiZjbyYmqM

[@bannin2000]

I have a tom decoy I got clearanced out season end for years now...never used it because I'm to scared...heard it scares them off numerous times.

[@pineylife]

@@bannin2000 I used killer B tom decoy for many years and it was real effective. But what I started doing was putting a Jake fan on the decoy and boy did that spice things up. lol. I even had jakes fighting him.... If your decoy allows you to change fans and you can get a Jake fan to put on it. Your set. Main reason I went with the jake decoy is because its just smaller and easier to carry.

[@clay8222]

My personal opinion only: Birds are more fun to hunt one on one. No blind. No decoys. More of a challenge. More of an accomplishment to beat him at his own game knowing I did the work myself. I’ve taken 40+ toms decoy free. Middle Tennessee hunter here.

[@pineylife]

Hello neighbor. Very impressive and congrats on your success. Everybody does it different but totally understand your point on no blind no decoys. When your running a camera the decoy sure helps keep his attention while your self filming. and of course the blind helps hide movement too. lol. Thanks for watching and good luck this season. Keep us posted.

[@clay8222]

@@pineylife Good luck to you this upcoming season. Was not at all hating on your video. Just stating my personal approach. You’ve earned a subscriber.

[@pineylife]

@@clay8222 thank you. I know you wasn’t knocking the way I do it. Everybody is untitled to there opinions. It’s more rewarding to take a bird with no decoy or blind and kill him in his natural element. Might have to get a camera man to tag along and give it a shot opening day. Lol. Thanks for subscribing and welcome to Piney.

[@tfred2129]

Best tip here, get rid of the blind and decoys and learn the bird.

[@pineylife]

Appreciate your input and your look on how something should be done. Just remember. We are all on the same team no matter what tactics we use. For me I will use whatever I can use to get good footage and kill my turkey or deer. Thanks for watching.

[@tfred2129]

@@pineylife You do you boo boo

[@pineylife]

@@tfred2129 will do. You too.