i dont use decoys as of yet...so i dont know....i dont think folding them hurts....dont know anyone that carrys them in a bag full size....i do know one way NOT to carry them...have to mention it...maybe this guy and his son and daughter didnt wanna wrinkle their decoys....i had a particular bosstom that would show up EVERY morning like clockwork......some days hed come on the bench where i was set up....or once in a while him and his harem of hens would go above me on a trail..the bench was cut into the hillside a loooooong time ago for logging and the trail is DIRECTLY above me to my left...im about 15yds away...can see up to the edge..sitting there waiting for him to sound off as did chatting with his hens.....next thing i know a head pops up on the trail....man thats a small hen??? whoa another small hen?? wierd looking....whoa...WIERD looking redhead beside that hen!...knew better...stood up....DAD DAUGHTER AND SON.....2 kids carrying decoys.....on stakes...and they were short and dad was to their right so i couldnt see any of them.....just make out turkey heads....all in full camo...marching up the trail....no orange.....decoys on stakes....coulda been badddd news if i was trigger happy......dont carry them like that!! maybe they didnt wanna wrinkle their decoys!!