Heading to South Texas this weekend for a dove hunt. I have never used a mojo before. Is there anything to placement or is it self-explanatory? Is there any benefit to setting up more than one in the same area?

I've used as many as four but mostly just one. I didn't notice a difference. Just put it in a visible area that's not in the shade and in range. If the birds come from a particular direction set it up perpendicular to that line for more visibility.

I was a skeptic back when they first came out but I haven't hunted without one in several years. They really work and especially on mourning dove.

Good luck!

If there are a lot of people in the field to keep birds moving I wouldn't even put one out. I find them most effective with 2 about 6-8' apart, and I use them when hunting pressure is low to help funnel birds to you.\

I had a field this past weekend with 20 hunters in it, there were 18 Mojo's out, they don't seem to work well when everyone has them out.

In my experience one is better than two. They do work IF the birds haven't been shot at that day. If there is a lot of pressure on the birds they do tend to flare away from the mojo. If you notice they are flaring birds then move it to another place away from your spot well out of range and they can help direct the birds to your spot. But they DO WORK.

I love these things specially on a field with plenty of hunters shooting. What i've noticed is that most of the time when the shooting starts the birds will come in hot to a mojo thinking its a safe place to land. I like one up about eye level and one on the ground about 4' apart, birds will land between them a lot of times. The more mojo's in a spot the better, but a pair gets them looking your way. Beware of the falcons and hawks, they can mess up a mojo wing.

They work, use it.

It's a great tool when the birds are not flying a set path and it's hard to know where to sit. I think it helps to get them up higher. When there are a bunch of people in a field and all the mojos are on the ground they won't work but stick one in a tree and put a few decoys around it and they will start coming. I agree that one works better then multiples. I use zip ties to mount them to fence poles or trees.

I put two out usually unless others in the group bring some as well. I usually set one up facing north/south and the other within 10ft facing east/west. Dove and most other birds tend to land into the wind just like an airplane so setting one up facing the prevailing wind of that day will work as well. You simply need to catch their attention with those spinning wings so having two setup in different directions will certainly assure that they are visible from any angle. The worst part is when the birds actually start to decoy the Mojo and literally try to land on them and then your buddy tries to blast them and gets the Mojo as well, ask me how I know about this haha.

I have found that getting them up higher off the ground has been more productive. I use various homemade extensions and get them up 4-8ft off the ground. Best has been to mount on top of homemade PVC dove tree 7' tall along with stationary decoys.

I put one out in front of me... sometimes put two a few feet apart... about 20 yards away from my sitting point....

I agree with Stompy. Don't bother with them if there's lots of birds. Even in areas with an average amount of birds I still don't get them out until mid morning...if at all. Depends on my bird count. I like the fast shooting early with no joes holding me down.

I painted 3 vertical stripes on the white side of my wings and they'll try to land on top it as opposed to wings that are plain white

This year they have been staying away from the Mojos, when there are birds.

Keep it simple, go with one. If you want to up your game, go with 2, point 1 north/south, the other east/west, then you got all directions covered.

How effective is mojo? Honestly you do not know till you try it. Mojo work or they don't, you just do not know till you put them out.

I put mojo out, birds come to it I kill them. Birds flare from mojo I move away from mojo and kill flared birds.

Thanks for all the advice and information everyone! I can't wait for the hunt and I will report back. If the dove are flying, it will be a bonus as this will be a fun time spent with family and friends.

The best thing about a mojo is they take the focus of the dove off the hunter to the decoy........Also work on birds that have lost a mate.

I like to put them somewhat near me (within 20 yrds) so that the birds look at them and not me. As to the effectiveness of them, I've had birds land in between them, around them and flair when they got close. I can't say they always works but I have never noticed them hurting the hunting, only helping. As others have said, two a couple yards apart is plenty. Put them in an open space where birds would normally land.

So can a great horned owl. My MOJO's got a bent wing shaft from last year.

In my experience mourning doves come to it but white wings and collared ignore it.

I've seen dove come and land right beside them, have also seen dove come in and do a little hover before trying to fly back out. I like using them.

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I can imagine that they would really work well in a feeding field along with some deeks placed on the ground to look like feeding birds.

As far as just pass shooting in pasture fields and such it's really just the mourning dove that I've had good success with.

I've seen quite a few people over the years post that the MOJO's work good on white wings to, that has not been my experience with them.
Like to know if these people having good success with white wings coming into their MOJO's are hunting in known feeding fields or just pass shooting in pasture type land.


They also work well on teal.

Well, we did head down to Dilley on south zone opening weekend (with about 5,000 of our closest friends). First time hunting Dilley area, it was fun. Our group had a nice size field with maybe 12-15 hunters spread out around the edges and tree lines. My son and I started with one mojo facing the wind about 15 yards in front of us. The dove coming into the field definitely spotted it and would come in to check it out giving us a good opportunity. In general the dove were not flying all that great compared to the day before according to our buddies who had started on Friday. To experiment, we setup another about 50 yards away and experienced the same type of behavior. (We really only saw mourning doves so are not sure how white wings would or would not have noticed.) In the afternoon, we setup the two mojos about 10 yards apart at right angles to eachother. The birds were flying much less in the afternoon than even in the morning. However, when flying by our spot, they definitely were affected by the mojos and would circle around to take a look. I don't recall any of them actually landing but they typically came in low enough for a good shot to be taken. Another duo in our group setup what looked like an airport runway of mojos, maybe about 12 all together in a long straight pattern. For most of the afternoon, the birds were not flying so it was hard to tell what affect this had. Late in the afternoon the activity picked up and we did notice birds flying across the field from the northwest to the southeast which was along the picket line that these other guys setup. There were also birds coming into our field from due south. One guy setup two or three mojos directly on the south end and any of those birds coming in would circle his grouping. So, all in all, I think it really depends on how the birds are flying to begin with, but the mourning doves definitely take notice of the mojos. However, to maximize the take it really requires observing the flight paths and setting up in the best position. If I can figure out how to get some pictures in here, I will do that soon.

I like 2 to 4 depending on the place. High on a pool bank, visible in all directions help; I like them to point south west, and to be in the sun as long as possible. Once they are in the shade, they are about useless.

They work.
If bird numbers are light put one or two out.

If bird numbers are good leave them in the truck.