What's everyone thoughts on this crazy looking jake?
Everyone should have at least two.
I'm thinking about a whole flock of funky chickens......at least 6 or 7 wimpy looking jakes, i.e. a gaggle of jakes guaranteed to attract at the very least, a 5 year old gobbler with 1 5/8" spurs.
Well it's definitely something different!
Maybe its just me, but I can not see the photo. Anyone else have this problem?
Don't think there is a photo. Google Flextone Funky Chicken. Better yet, here! LOL
http://www.flextonegamecalls.com/products/featured/funky-chickentm.html
There's also a video there at the bottom of that link.
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Biggest pile of crap they could put on the market.... Sad thing is there are people out there that will actually buy that thing......
Looks horrible! I am sure there will be plenty of people with them though.
Quote from: batts on February 21, 2013, 03:13:58 AM
Biggest pile of crap they could put on the market.... Sad thing is there are people out there that will actually buy that thing......
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Gimmick, but people will buy it and Waddell will smile!
Quote from: guesswho on February 17, 2013, 02:15:55 PM
Everyone should have at least two.
From the looks of that thing you'd need at least 3 to look like a life sized jake bird.
I know some people will buy it, but if I were Flextone, I'd be embarassed to put that on the market.
Quote from: batts on February 21, 2013, 03:13:58 AM
Biggest pile of crap they could put on the market.... Sad thing is there are people out there that will actually buy that thing......
Nah, at best it comes in third behind the Squealing Hen and the Dead Silence locator call. :TooFunny:
That thing is ridiculous! :TooFunny:
The thing is I have no doubt it will be like any other decoy and work at times, but will equally prove to be detrimental at times as well. I just get irritated at the marketing of these products as "AWESOME" or "GAME CHANGING" or "FOOL PROOF" or "BEST KEPT SECRET REVEALED" or......oh well, you get the picture.
That is just crazy. I can think of better ways to spend my money........
Quote from: alloutdoors on February 21, 2013, 04:29:54 PM
Quote from: batts on February 21, 2013, 03:13:58 AM
Biggest pile of crap they could put on the market.... Sad thing is there are people out there that will actually buy that thing......
Nah, at best it comes in third behind the Squealing Hen and the Dead Silence locator call. :TooFunny:
This^^^ :agreed:
never tried one of these but a friend of mine was using one similar the last few years and he said it works phenomenal.....just sayin
Like to here more on this one.
Quote from: bosstom3 on March 03, 2013, 03:19:48 PM
never tried one of these but a friend of mine was using one similar the last few years and he said it works phenomenal.....just sayin
just shows how stupid turkeys can be.
I wouldn't buy one. Like some have said I'm sure it'll work on occasion, but wow it looks terrible and wouldn't help with visibility that's for sure. There's a lot of other products similar in price I think would be much better IMO.
well that's a sad looking thing, didn't someone have a dek that looked like it had been ran over by a truck I am thinking primos might have had it
Honestly can't say as I don't use decoys anyways, but my neighbor swears by it. The decoy is designed for fields with growth, as to have the neck and head visible, and can place it as high as needed, at least that's how he uses it, and says they have come right to it?
they look funky!!!!! might work might not... waddy will sell anything????? how bout the flextone calls he has his name on that look like a pine cone???
Nah, at best it comes in third behind the Squealing Hen and the Dead Silence locator call. :TooFunny:
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if u have the money .....why not??????? we have bought more stupider stuff than that!!!!!!!!!!!
i'll pass...id rather put my money towards a new call or shot shells
flextone will make anything that can/will/might make money
it might work though.. u dont no till u spend ur money
Every turkey hunter should have 1.
If you cant say anything nice,don't say anything at all......so I won't say anything... ;D
makes my DSD look terrible :popcorn:
I personally prefer to use the funky chicken during my celebratory dance after busting a gobbler!!! :you_rock:
hehehe... But seriously, I could see the application for it around here; the long neck could help get the head up above some brush/weeds/grass on some pastures we've got that have grown up, so... I might get one, I might not... Could be one of those deals where I snag one on the cheap, once they stay on the shelves all season long & I try it out next season... We'll see...
In the meantime, I've repainted my jake & intend to use what's always made gobblers madder than hornets!! ;)
Lol 49ers Merton hanks dance
I only wish i invented that awesome 'turkey killin machine'.
I will say, I was very, very skeptical when I went with my uncle to take my young cousin on his 2nd youth hunt and my uncle pulled out a funky chicken and set it up. But to my dismay, I watched as 2 big gobblers and a huge group of jakes came to it on a rope after they flew down, and my cousin smoked one at 15 yards... may it have been a one time thing? Possibly, but they sure seemed to be very interested in it.
Quote from: bamagtrdude on February 24, 2014, 01:11:13 PM
I Could be one of those deals where I snag one on the cheap, once they stay on the shelves all season long & I try it out next season... We'll see...
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Well we know it worked at least once.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRCz9jA-7RQ
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^^^^^^^^^^
Funky Chicken
Dance
sure is different
took my nephew last year youth hunt, he had one and wanted to use it so wanting him to enjoy the day and feel involved we put it out with a hen and had mouthy hen followed by a good gobbler come right to it... He missed the tom and as we sat there talking it over heard another gobble and shortly two jakes showed and came running to it but he did not miss one of them... so not sure what to think other than on that day things were working for the funkster !!! lol
I personally don't use decoy's but I've been telling people for a long time to get at least two of them, see post number two in this thread. There's a couple reasons this thing will work. One, a turkey reacts instead of thinking. Two, I only know of one person that has ever mentioned number two. But I've noticed he's a pretty observant fellow.
not for me but whatever floats your boat.
Quote from: guesswho on February 17, 2013, 02:15:55 PM
Everyone should have at least two.
And three silent dog whistles and 4 squawl'in hens....and a partridge in a pear tree.
I'm going to make me one out of an old Pink Flamingo yard decoration, paint it black and put the turkey colors on it and bam !
The stuff they will make to make a dollar I'd just spend the money on gas and do little extra scouting better way to get your bird
I think it would work fine in many situations...
mudhen
Quote from: mudhen on March 14, 2014, 07:43:56 PM
I think it would work fine in many situations...
mudhen
:agreed: Apparently, someone thought it was real: http://reviews.cabelas.com/8815/421316/flextone-funky-chicken-turkey-decoy-reviews/reviews.htm
Given the right time of season I think a Tom would attack a black trash bag. If not attack it, breed it. lol
I am one of the quote suckers that bought one. I only used it once last year and had a gobbler coming running in to it (which my partner missed) He totally ignored the hen decoy and faced off against the funky chicken. The reason I only carried it once is because it does not collapse down very well and feels like your carrying a football in your vest.
I'm going to say some things that are going to pee off a bunch of you but here goes...You guys need to open your minds...The principle behind this goofy little fella is that it triggers aggression. It does...I have two mature gobblers and a jake this season that will attest to that. One of the matures beat up on poor little "tiny tim" for the better part of four minutes. He was so enraged that he beat him and pecked him after knocking him flat on the ground. He absolutely wore him out! The other mature stood nose to nose with him in full strut until I sent him to "turkey Valhalla." The jake looked like a prize fighter. Wings down and out, circling,throwing a right, then a left. All of them essentially ignored the DSD hen that was less than 4 feet from him. My friend didn't let his gobbler close enough to administer a beating but the gobbler was on his way...You can laugh and ridicule all you like, and you can run on hearsay all you like. Give the "jacked up jake" a try and be honest with yourself about the results. There's only one conclusion...This thing is genius! It looks ridiculous...Yep, it does...It works...No question...I'm not new to this game. I've been a few rounds with these gobblers. I'll try something new. If it works, I'm all for it...If it doesn't, I'll be the first to say so...No question in my mind, this one is a keeper!
Oh, and an added benefit is that you're less likely to get shot by another hunter...This thing is so goofy looking it should give a hunter pause, at least enough to say to himself, "Wait a minute...That thing isn't real..." So there you have it, my two cents...
Sixbird: That's awesome; thx for sharing!!
Quote from: bamagtrdude on May 21, 2014, 06:51:04 AM
Sixbird: That's awesome; thx for sharing!!
No problem man...I just see how that goofy little thing works for me and I see people lining up against it. I can only assume that they've never tried it and judge on how it looks, which is of course ridiculous...I'm convinced it works, no reservations...
Quote from: sixbird on May 22, 2014, 09:08:40 PM
No problem man...I just see how that goofy little thing works for me and I see people lining up against it. I can only assume that they've never tried it and judge on how it looks, which is of course ridiculous...I'm convinced it works, no reservations...
I had a really good feeling it would work - and work extremely well. During the winter (deer season), I saw a group of 7 gobblers, and guess which one was getting picked on & his tail whooped the entire time? Yep - THE FUNKY CHICKEN!!! It seems like it's in a mature gobblers "nature" to pick on the wimp. Prior to that moment, I hadn't seen the funky chicken deke - but when I *DID* see it, I was like -- ingenious! :) Glad it worked for you; I'm going to try & pick one up on the cheap & add it to the arsenal for next season.
Saw one for $25 bucks somewhere...I'll try to find it again...
Amazon, Walmart and Eders have them $24 and change. Pretty good deal. I think I paid $30 or so...
10-4; I'll check it out!! Thx for the heads-up
No problem man...Let us know how he works for you next year...I think you'll be happy little "Tiny Tim" came hunting with you...
I don't think I would mind trying the Funky chicken, but I would hate to have a jake come in and bust up my decoy setup.
That decoy looks ridiculous to me...
But I have been hunting long enough to realize that realism is not always the best answer... I never would have guessed that a spinning metal bar would attract ducks to the degree it did... I know of duck and goose calls in the past, that worked better than more realistic sounding calls as well...
Sometimes eliciting a response or maybe curiosity can work better than realism at its best....
Before poo-pooing this thing, I would ask how many have used this thing with poor results?
Before buying the thing, I would have to see more than a marketing video of it working though...
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I know I'm starting to sound like a "chicken groupie" but I know this thing works...Check out Youtube. There are plenty of vids. there that aren't sponsored... :newmascot:
:funnyturkey: It looks ridiculous, but I saw a jake in some tallish grass and it looked similar. If it works, use it.
I just read this post for the first time, and I almost lost it when "El Pavo Grande" joked that he was thinking about a whole flock of funky chickens. I truly laughed out loud! That is funny stuff right there.
I hunted some public land last year here in Florida and saw a flock of them on fire break 150yds away, new they were funky chics at first glance. So do the turkeys i'm ganna guess.
Guys I'm not so much knocking it, but sometimes things work, sometimes they don't. Some birds may come to a decoy no matter how it looks. The right bird, right time has em gobbling at car keys and running towards footsteps as you walk. Now should we use car keys as a locater? My point is not to compare a funky chicken to car keys. It's to say we never know what could happen. As far as people mentioning Toms beating the funky chicken up, I'll say I do believe them but only when someone puts a realistic jake decoy in a field about ten or so feet from the chicken, and has Toms ignore the realistic jake but run to the funky chicken, and sees a history of this can we say it's better. Til than I'm keeping my DSDs
Quote from: sixbird on May 20, 2014, 09:17:59 PM
Oh, and an added benefit is that you're less likely to get shot by another hunter...This thing is so goofy looking it should give a hunter pause, at least enough to say to himself, "Wait a minute...That thing isn't real..." So there you have it, my two cents...
Here is a review from Cabela's:
QuoteIT REALLY WORKS!!!
This decoy brought in a big gobbler each time I used it. They really wanted to beat up this funky looking oddball. Apparently it was so funky and real looking that another unknown hunter stocked this decoy and and shot it...the hunter was very sorry (embarrassed) for shooting my decoy, He handed me $40 and walked away. I'll bet he doesn't tell anyone about this adventure. Overall the decoy worked great and I will be using it again and again. I would have given 5 stars but the beard fell out on a rainy day...I glued it back on.
I would not be surprised to see these work on turkeys, but I do find it a bit dismaying that it fooled a hunter... :help:
I do not believe that turkey's are an overly smart bird, but I do believe they are cautions... Everyone that I know that has used one says that birds are really aggressive towards it... For $25 I am willing to give it a go this year, just to satisfy my curiosity.
Just like anything else, if they really do work, and everyone starts using one, they will become increasingly less effective.
My son had to have one for youth season last year and to my suprise it worked great. Long beard come in to 15 yards from us.
well i got me one of dem ther funky chickens, may actually put it in the field but bought is as a companion to put a seatbelt on for when i pull in to camp the evening before the opener. i'm always doin' somethin' crazy. lol
I've had mine work. Sorry you aviandakotadsd sponsored guys. Lol
Sounds like it works. May have to try one. Hard to believe it would but seems like it does.
I just came back from Cabelas and they were putting out a huge number of these. I asked the stock boy if he hunted and if he thought they would sell. He is a hunter and he said that this is theur second batch of these decoys that he has put out. Go figure??