Leave the Mojo Decoy at home?

[LlanoHunter10]

Going to a new dove day lease I've never been to. It's not situated on a sunflower field, but near a pond on a flyway from Sealy the doves use to go roost. Was told by the land owner to leave mojo at home as it doesn't work that well and may have the dove avoid my spot cause they know a hunter is near. Never heard of this. What say y'all? Does this make sense so early into the season? I've always had good luck bringing the dove in. Whether the Mojo's attributed to that I cannot say, but it seemed to help.

[MooseontheLoose]

Take it with you. If you notice it flaring birds or that they're avoiding it, turn it off or take it down.

[HoustonHunter94]

I sat on a pond by myself this past weekend, sat under the shade of a tree on the dryer end of the pond and had a mojo and 2 flicker things out. Easiest shooting I have done in a long time. They were just floating in. I would take it if you have one, can always take it down if you notice they are flaring on you.

[jerp]

They work great early but as the season goes on I have seen birds flare off the mojos or avoid that part of the field entirely. It only makes sense that early season survivors could associate them with being shot at. That's when I go back to the good ol' solid body clip-on dekes and maybe a few of those flickers.

[BlackHogDown]

Easy enough to take them with you. If they seem to bust you, take em down.

[huntingfanatic]

Flickers worked really good for us past weekend

[Lynn21]

Had 3 out this past weekend and slayed em. They sucked em in like crazy.

[boy wonder]

We used a couple and had mourning dove land by them, even after being shot at . The white wings totally ignored them.

[zztex]

We used a couple and had mourning dove land by them, even after being shot at . The white wings totally ignored them.

Exactly my experience last weekend

[dgilbert]

That about the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.

[BBBGP]

Mojos work better for mourning dove than WW in my experience. You will occasionally have a ww come look at it but not try to land on it like the mourning dove. Bring it.

[El General]

Going to a new dove day lease I've never been to. It's not situated on a sunflower field, but near a pond on a flyway from Sealy the doves use to go roost. Was told by the land owner to leave mojo at home as it doesn't work that well and may have the dove avoid my spot cause they know a hunter is near. Never heard of this. What say y'all? Does this make sense so early into the season? I've always had good luck bringing the dove in. Whether the Mojo's attributed to that I cannot say, but it seemed to help.

You are probably going to be shooting whitewings and in my experience they don't like mojos.

[bowhntrmatt]

The probability of them working if they are at home is 0%. The probably of them working if you have them is better than 0%.

[SmTx]

That about the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.

I shoot a lot of doves each year and mojos can be terrible for a field and they can be the greatest thing ever. I'd definitely start without one trusting that the guy who is day leasing to me wants me to leave happy and not going online complaining about "I paid X and there were no birds!!"

[TexasCanesFan]

We used a couple and had mourning dove land by them, even after being shot at . The white wings totally ignored them.

Totally agree on white wing. Yet to see a white wing react to one at all.