One of the best turkey decoys I’ve ever owned was also one of the worst. Fully flocked and realistic as could be, but it was hard plastic and carried in the field like an unfolded hide-a-bed.

The best deer decoys won’t work every time ... He grew up hunting all the wild game Mississippi has to offer. He now lives in the ever-humid Hattiesburg, Mississippi with his chef-of-a-wife and ...

“He’s a legend,” said Pat Meneely, 50, of Minneapolis, another top decoy carver. “At 40 yards on the water, his birds look like the real thing. They’re absolutely the best I’ve ever seen.