reeve - I can see that happening too but I was in some open woods off a road. I watched him work his way uphill on the road (it was almost too good to be true) and the second he stepped up on my bench and got line of sight and noticed the jake he literally turned and ran. I have a pack of 8 jakes running around (was 9 before my wife killed0 and they are probably working over some of the single gobblers so I think that's the main problem... the current environment opposed to the decoy itself. ha. I'm hoping to get back out Wednesday.