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Zink Avian X

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Just bought one yesterday, looks amazing but weighs alot. The outside is made of flexible plastic but you have to blow it up so there must be a balloon type thing or a chamber on the inside.
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drakeslayer23
isnt that thing like 120 bucks? lol
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Matt
drakeslayer23 said:
isnt that thing like 120 bucks? lol
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No the dave smith hen decoys are $120. The avian-x decoy is around $80.
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drakeslayer23
I seeee
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ICDEDDUX
They are a nice looking deek!
I think they have a little to much white for coloration, but a nice looking deek.

I love my DSD flock:D
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ICDEDDUX said:
They are a nice looking deek!
I think they have a little to much white for coloration, but a nice looking deek.

I love my DSD flock:D
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I agree I think the white is a bit much. Otherwise they look really good.
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Cut 'Em
Yes, whom ever painted them went a little over board on the white
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J. Abbas
Zink definitely does his research and does nice work, don't count out that he has a theory on the extra white???? Never know.
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Cut 'Em
True, I think it might be for a visual to get the turkey's attention
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Richard Hedd
How easy would this decoy deflate/be ruined from a turkey spur, fence barb, thorn bush, etc.? I've never held one in person, wondering how thick they are? $80 seems like a lot for an inflateable decoy, but it's your money.
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They seem to be pretty durable, the decoy came with a dvd Turkey Time II. It never showed the decoy getting spurred, however a tom tried to breed it and scratched it a few times with his claws. I do not know about a barbed wire fence, it should be alright, but I'm not going to be the one test it. :p But that's my opinion, see if you can hold one and see what you think.
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TheDuckSlayer
How did the hunt go for this decoy? And do you think it would pop if gotten shot, how would you patch it?
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Cut 'Em
I am pretty sure a bullet would penetrate the plastic, as far as patching it would go, I would not be much help. :p
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drakeslayer23
bought the avian X jake yesterday looks BA!! Cant wait to get out there and use it!
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grubby
Just left cabelas and that decoy looked awesome but decided to buy a dozen of his goose decoys for $80 more
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bullcan
Cut 'Em said:
Just bought one yesterday, looks amazing but weighs alot. The outside is made of flexible plastic but you have to blow it up so there must be a balloon type thing or a chamber on the inside.
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I will be carrying two hens and a jake out into the turkey woods this spring.
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durlam86
bullcan said:
I will be carrying two hens and a jake out into the turkey woods this spring.
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Debating ordering a couple hen's...they seem pretty durable and look amazing. Just not sure how bad I want to hike through the ravines/ridges of southern Iowa then have to blow up 2 decoys when I get to my spot...haha could see that making me light headed. I guess you could leave them inflated and carry in a decoy bag. I have heard a lot more good reports than bad though...
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durlam86 said:
Debating ordering a couple hen's...they seem pretty durable and look amazing. Just not sure how bad I want to hike through the ravines/ridges of southern Iowa then have to blow up 2 decoys when I get to my spot...haha could see that making me light headed. I guess you could leave them inflated and carry in a decoy bag. I have heard a lot more good reports than bad though...
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They come witht here own decoy bag that u can keep them aired up in.
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bullcan
durlam86 said:
Debating ordering a couple hen's...they seem pretty durable and look amazing. Just not sure how bad I want to hike through the ravines/ridges of southern Iowa then have to blow up 2 decoys when I get to my spot...haha could see that making me light headed. I guess you could leave them inflated and carry in a decoy bag. I have heard a lot more good reports than bad though...
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I love mine. I just leave them inflated all the time. They say that it only takes two breaths to inflate one... Maybe if you're an olympic swimmer. I used my compressor to inflate them. I don't think they're too bad to carry, but I'm not very old by anyone other than drakeslayer's standards... What I would do to be 18 again.
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Cut 'Em
Mine is still inflated from last season, I love mine also, the sticks that come with them make for very easy transportation. Paint has held up awesome too.
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