I've used a strutter for the last two seasons with mixed results, but basically cool results: opening day last year, I worked what seemed to be a dominate bird--when he came up to the ridge and saw the strutter, he ran and putted for what sounded like over a hundred yards--a couple of days later, I took my first bird of the season who was just looking at the strutter decoy in a dumbfounded manner just within shooting range--this year, I plan to mount a jake fan on the decoy and test it--which brings me to my question: Would like to know the forum's opinion of what set ups work best--is there a major difference in using a strutter in the early part of the season or later during the second gobbling period when the hens stay away longer during the day--all opinions will be appreciated--
Regards to all--
Warshard