If you looking to buy it for everyday hunting, then maybe it's not a good idea. However, if you're looking for a decoy to have some fun with and work a gobbler that's been taking ya to school, you can't beat the pretty boy. The mess bag that came with that has shoulder straps, so carrying it in isn't that big of deal. Like NS wrote, I've carryied in more and heavier things deer hunting and what little goose hunting I've done.