Coty&Brooke
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2024
Realistic, great quality, & easy to set up
David
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2024
Avian X is the brand that I have run for some years now in the duck hunting world. There turkey decoys are the same great quality I have come to expect. I figured these would be a already inflated and formed decoys like my others were which surprised me. But the set up wasn't that bad and the quality is good. They are light weight, and the paint and appearance are good quality. The bag it came with was also nice as well.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
We live in the mountains. My husband is a hunter. One day he called me to the window and said wait until you see this. I looked out and saw a turkey in the yard. He is always pointing them out along the road. I swear I thought it was a real turkey. I told him,”You better not shoot that thing so close to this house.” He said he just got it from Amazon. Funny dude!
Christy Neligh
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2024
This is a realistic turkey. Would recommend
ellie girl
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2023
A must for every turkey hunter.Real looking decoy.
Christian Savard
Reviewed in Canada on August 7, 2022
Qualité prix excellent 👌
Shawn Rivest
Reviewed in Canada on June 12, 2020
Easily the best looking decoy I've ever used. Comes with a carry bag thats big enough for two decoys - and folding a stake.
Ryan
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2020
I carried this hen decoy and my cousin the 1/2 strut jake. We decided to run the hen on the ground with the jake behind. These decoys look awesome. Several times I did a double take because they seem so real. We eventually had a Tom come in and attack the jake. He beat on the decoy for what seemed like forever until he turned to the hen and gave me a shot.I’d like to see the inflation method improved. They can be a bit difficult to inflate. You have to pull out what looks like a car tire valve stem that has been smashed and then seal your lips on the decoy blowing around and through the stem. If you only put your lips on the stem, air leaks back at you. The stem is also in a very difficult part to get at if the decoy is folded and deflated. The proses of inflation can be noisy if you are not careful. I left mine inflated and used the included decoy bag to carry. My cousin deflated his about 1/3 of the way (just enough to fit in his pack) and then fully inflated when we set up. Both methods worked well. If you plan on bringing them to the field deflated; I’d recommend practicing inflating and deflating ahead of time.I have mixed feelings on the stake. I like that it folds and easily slips into my vest. I wish it had a built in method to control movement. The decoy will spin around in the wind facing every way possible. I had to place sticks to limit decoy movement. The ability to deflate has been very handy wile traveling and less so in the field. This is the first hunt we’ve used them on and time will tell if they hold up (hopefully the old man doesn’t shoot them). I left mine inflated in the house form February to mid April and they both held air just fine.
Martin Brucher
Reviewed in Canada on April 20, 2020
excellent merci
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on May 16, 2019
you cant beat avian decoys. worth every cent
crfount
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2018
Arrived yesterday, they look great. Very realistic, easy to inflate, look incredibly durable, and I'm looking forward to using them tomorrow (I'll update with results). One caveat: I thought I'd ordered one of each style, but accidentally checked (my fault) three look-out models. I'll keep two, I suppose, because I'm heading out to the fields tomorrow at 4:00 AM, but will return one of them in exchange for a feeder. In fact, I'm so pleased with these decoys that I'll probably order a companion feeder, and possibly one more.Ordinarily I don't write reviews on products just out of the package, but I did want to alert other buyers to be careful in their ordering, as well as attest to this product's high quality. I'll update.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on March 9, 2016
Great product
MF48
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2016
I have a crazy story to show just how enticing this decoy is. It's a long one, but it's good. Read on.This was yesterday--opening day. I arrived early and set out four decoys, 3 of which were a Pri*** jake, lookout hen, and feeding hen. I set the jake up behind the Pri*** lookout, which I put laying on the ground in the breeding position. I positioned the feeder hen, also a Pri***, off to the side and then I put this Avian-X lookout hen at the "back" of this flock. They were all within about 20 to 25 feet of each other.An hour into the hunt, four hens trailed past my set. In tow was a big gobbler who I'd called in from a long way out but got distracted when he ran across these four hens in the treeline between me and his roost. Get this! Though he was following these four hens, he LEFT the hens and made a bee line toward my decoy set. For what? The jake, right? Can't let that little guy breed a hen! Nope. He came right to the Avian-X and, without stopping, he just mounted her. No introduction, no pleasantries, no "Hey, do you come here often?" I started panicking thinking that he was going to pop the air bladder, but I didn't have a shot to take because his head was still down the whole time he was jumping on her. On the third hop, he slipped off quickly and his head came up when he caught himself. He never knew what him. I took the attached picture without moving either him or the decoy.This decoy is gorgeous. My other decoys can't hold a candle to it. I still can't believe that this tom left four live hens to come straight to this decoy--a lookout--while never batting an eyelash that a little jake was in position to breed another hen. I'm sold. I'm going to buy the feeder, though I may keep the Pri*** jake just because he's not an inflatable and can handle multiple beat-downs from angry toms.These things are worth the money, IMHO. The bladder, at least right now, seems unharmed. I will update if it's leaking.UPDATE: Bladder is fine. Bagged another gobbler about two weeks later. No jake out this time, but the only decoy he cared about was the Avian X.