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Which Jake decoy
Started by Drthorn, April 01, 2025, 05:22:34 PM
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Drthorn
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Which Jake decoy
April 01, 2025, 05:22:34 PM
Primos gobstopper or Flextone Jake
Wanting to purchase one but can't decide.
Which one do you all like ?
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April 01, 2025, 06:22:07 PM
Idk, but my advice: look up the specs and buy the one that weighs less 👍
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April 01, 2025, 07:52:35 PM
If weight is an issue ... go with the advice above
If not ... Dave Smith
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Re: Which Jake decoy
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April 01, 2025, 11:23:03 PM
I like the
Funky Chicken
... The turkeys seem to hate that thing.
Hunted with one last weekend for the first time in a while, and a trio of jakes came in, and absolutely beat it. First they wing-beat it, and when it went down, they stomped and pecked it...
In the past I have hunted over Dave Smith, and own a Zink... Had birds come into them, but also had birds avoid them like the plague. I feel far fewer birds have shied away from the
Funky Chicken
.
It looks ridiculous, but is seems to simultaneously insight intense anger and confidence. Lightest jake decoy made to boot. I have seen it send birds into a rage like no other decoy (although I have never used full-strutt decoys).
If I am going to take a jake decoy, rational observation would point towards the Zink decoy, which looks very realistic, and not bad to carry... But my experience with the reaction to the
Funky Chicken
makes me choose that one... Plus being too lazy to carry the larger/heavier decoy.
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April 02, 2025, 06:01:53 AM
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: April 02, 2025, 07:55:18 AM by joey46
One more vote for "Funky". He scored for us again last Monday. Already posted the story and a picture of two Jakes giving Funky the "bad eye" in my recent post "Kept Plugging Away". My buddy has a breeder hen decoy and we placed Funky over her. An hour after the jakes left two long beards, from a distance away, spotted him and attacked at a dead run. We got them both. Was not Funky 's first buddy double for us over the years. My buddy says he's almost embarrassed to have Funky in the pictures but he gets over it. Lol.
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April 07, 2025, 04:47:07 PM
I've got a Funky Chicken deke but I never have been able to convince myself to use that ridiculous looking thing.
Maybe this spring I'll give it a whirl.
I've had great success with a B-Mobile with a real fan standing over a laying hen deke. I've had several gobblers with hens spot B-Mobile, leave his hens and run in to fight him.
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April 07, 2025, 05:47:38 PM
Intuitively, almost anyone would go with a DSD or Zink, or other realistic decoy over the Funky Chicken. It is difficult to imagine that such an unrealistic decoy would do anything but scare birds off... But...
I have a buddy that put some decoys out for some residential birds...
Had several hen decoys, DSD jake, and Funky chicken... According to him they addressed the Funk every time over the DSD. I was witness to one such trial, and I was immediately impressed by the birds completely ignoring the DSD to go to that Funky Chicken with extreme aggression.
I previously used a Zink Jake, which looks quite realistic... I have had birds come to address that decoy, but not nearly with the ferocity of the Funk...
When birds do address the Funky Chicken, it usually gets the "wing-slap." One time the silly thing when flying through the air, rolling down hill after getting slapped.
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April 08, 2025, 12:38:33 AM
As far as a Jake decoy goes, I like the 3/4 Strut body position (Mine is a DSD) but the most effective decoy I have ever used is my White Headed Strutter Design/Tactic "Jake" Decoy, again DSD but I have "Gobblerized" the decoy with full fan and long beard and bought him for body size and carry weight. My "Motion Magic" Base, Manual Motion System just add to this, just plain DEADLY.
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April 08, 2025, 05:00:31 AM
I know it wasn't one of the original choices, but the DSD 3/4 jake has assisted in many a turkicides around here. I like to put him over the DSD breeder hen, if they are around, get ready. Z
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Re: Which Jake decoy
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April 08, 2025, 06:23:20 AM
Photoform Jake from Primos. I use decoys rarely, only on a windy, bad weather day. The Photoform Jake and Hen never failed me. Even the hens are comfortable coming to them. They are very lightweight, and pack very well. Good luck!
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Re: Which Jake decoy
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April 08, 2025, 06:30:20 AM
Another Funky vote from a safety perspective as I mainly hunt public land.
Last thing I want is a load of TSS coming my way due to a decoy being too realistic.
When placing the decoys, I put thought into ensuring a hunter would not approach from the opposite side of where decoys are set.
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April 08, 2025, 07:03:11 AM
I use an Avian X 1/4 strut jake over/or 3-foot proximity of a laydown hen and 1 feeder and it is deadly. Head them all in the same direction and you have an inviting jealous situation that NO gobbler, or jakes for that matter, won't come to visit. Most jake decoys are realistic, so get the one you feel is the most life like and fits your wallet. Remember acrylic paint from Walmart can be easily applied to any decoy to create a color palate of your choosing. I prefer a white faced jake myself.
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April 08, 2025, 07:09:39 AM
I have used Funky Chicken with success.
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April 08, 2025, 08:32:00 AM
Depends on your hunting style, long hikes with occasional use maybe a funky chicken or a packable Montana type.
Hunting smaller properties from only a few spots a full body 3/4 strut type decoy of your choice, I prefer a DSD buy once cry once, mine is probably 12 years old and looks the same as when I bought it.
I rarely use it since I stopped bow hunting but it's deadly!!!
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April 08, 2025, 11:52:46 AM
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