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Has anyone hunted with this weird looking decoy, and does it work? Seems like people all over the internet swear this thing works like a charm. I can't see how something this unrealistic would work so well. Any experience with it?


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A few guys I know kill with it regularly!   Have not brought myself to trying one yet, but would like one for run and gun hunts.

I typically leave the decoys in the truck while prospecting, If I am hunting a field that I know birds use I will likely use my dsd set!   

It would probably at the very least be safer. If someone came up on ya they would be more likely to recognize it as a fake and not get so trigger happy.

 I took wood survey stake and put a  Red Solo Cup on top of it and killed a big gobbler one time , now i always carry wood survey stake and red solo cup on ever hunt....

I can give some insight to the Funky Chicken, so from the behavioral/biological aspect of turkey hunting there are a number of body ques that one can learn, from the elongated neck of the Chicken and the amount of RED on the neck it is looking to instigate a fight, this is why they are coming to the decoy, and yes to a smaller degree the size of the body. So yes a Funky Chicken can work if you decide to use.

MK M GOBL

Quote from: Greg Massey on January 21, 2020, 07:38:01 PM
I took wood survey stake and put a  Red Solo Cup on top of it and killed a big gobbler one time , now i always carry wood survey stake and red solo cup on ever hunt....

LMBO. Backing up on a gobbler with your pants down around your ankles works too. You saw it here first if you happen to run in to it. For your thread, I've been told the funky chicken works.

I've killed one gobbler over a Funky Chicken - also easy to pack in.

Found one on clearance for $9.99 about 4 years ago.  Only time I've used it, we were successful:

We had a group of 3 hen decoys and one Funky Chicken out on a field edge.  4 hens and 3 toms flew down at the other end of the field.  One of the guys did some soft hen calling but nothing too aggressive.  The birds worked across the field feeding and then started heading back the other direction when one of the hens stopped and looked over at our decoys for about 30 seconds.  She caught back up to the rest of the group and within a minute the 4 hens came running DIRECTLY to the Funky Chicken.  The toms strutted right in following them and we took two home with us.

A few pictures below...

Red are the 4 hens
Blue are the 3 toms
Green is a hen decoy
White arrow on the 2nd photo is the funky chicken

You can see that by the last photo, all the birds are in the vicinity of the Funky Chicken

Awesome pictures


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Quote from: tal on January 21, 2020, 08:43:46 PM

Quote from: Greg Massey on January 21, 2020, 07:38:01 PM
I took wood survey stake and put a  Red Solo Cup on top of it and killed a big gobbler one time , now i always carry wood survey stake and red solo cup on ever hunt....

LMBO. Backing up on a gobbler with your pants down around your ankles works too. You saw it here first if you happen to run in to it. For your thread, I've been told the funky chicken works.

Sounds like an Old Pro Turkey Hunter. ;)

Quote from: tal on January 21, 2020, 08:43:46 PM

Quote from: Greg Massey on January 21, 2020, 07:38:01 PM
I took wood survey stake and put a  Red Solo Cup on top of it and killed a big gobbler one time , now i always carry wood survey stake and red solo cup on ever hunt....

LMBO. Backing up on a gobbler with your pants down around your ankles works too. You saw it here first if you happen to run in to it. For your thread, I've been told the funky chicken works.

Just make sure your backing up to a real gobbler and not one of masseys trick sticks, he might have a trip wire a couple feet in front of it. I'd hate to find ya out there impaled.

It works great and easy to carry. I wasn't sure until I tried him.

I've had it work spectacularly and I've had it scare birds. They work, it's just, if gobblers are being beat up by jakes, they'll shy away. If not, they'll likely come in aggressively. I had a gobbler beat up on chicken for probably 7 or 8 mins., nonstop until I could get a shot and end that beat down.


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Yes I use one and they work.  They have literally sprinted in to it.  Other times nothing has come in, but I don't know if that was due to the decoy or they just didn't want to come in. 

My friends and I have killed a pile of birds over my FC decoy over multiple years and states.  I have only ever seen one bird shy away from it (including hens and other jakes), but it came over a hill way left of where expected and popped out basically right on top of the decoy and it spooked him, so he turned and walked away.

In my quest for a Super Slam, the Funky Chicken (and an inflatable Avian-X hen) goes with me on my trips where i must fly.  Gun and all my gear has to fit in ONE case and so every square inch of space is crucial.  Without him i would not be able to enjoy the thrills of using a jake decoy on distant hunts.

I use my DSD jake when i can drive and my Funky Chicken when i must fly but FC has not failed me yet!