Lets talk decoys!

[elkmtngear]

4IDARCHER,

The pronghorn buck decoys work best after Mid September. As Nick stated, you have to find the right buck to get them to charge the decoy. Some herd bucks will just run their does off rather than charge it.

Moo cow decoy will work much better if you are hunting the early Season.

 

[jolemons]

After 4 days of countless stalks with and without decoys, I anchored a good P&Y buck with a 75 yard shot. Out of roughly 12 stalks using the cow decoy, the buck I killed was the only one that didn't immediately run away from the decoy. An interesting thing that I noticed was that the decoy usually scared away cattle as well as the antelope. To make a long story short, the buck that I was able to shoot was more focused on some coyotes than my decoy, so that allowed me the opportunity to get the shot off. When leaving I spoke with some other hunters using a cow decoy and their experiences were the same as mine. The decoy allowed me to get the kill, but it definitely wasn't the magic bullet that I thought it would be.

 

[elkmtngear]

jolemons,
Most cow decoys are profile decoys with head up. Any time an animal has his head up, it tends to put other animals on guard. Also, it looks unnatural moving in.

The SLIP System Moo Cow is quartering in, head down. Very natural for cattle to move in with their head down, feeding and never looking up. It was designed for the approach.

The down side is, range cattle will mug you sometimes, I've had it happen several times.