Higdon Outdoors Recalls Battery Packs on XS Series Motion Waterfowl Decoys and Replacement Battery Packs Due to Fire and/or Burn Hazards
Home product recall 23-166. Announced by CPSC on Mar 30, 2023.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Mar 30, 2023. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Replace what’s offered
- About 45,000 (In addition, about 500 were sold in Canada) units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The recalled waterfowl decoys’ lithium-ion battery packs or replacement battery packs can overheat while charging or soon after charging, posing a fire and/or burn hazard.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled XS motion decoy battery packs and XS replacement battery packs and contact Higdon Outdoors for free replacement battery packs and chargers.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: replace.
- How to reach the firm: Higdon Outdoors at 800-962-0656 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or email at recall@higdonoutdoors.com or online at www.higdonoutdoors.com and click the link for Recall or www.higdonoutdoors.com/recall for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves lithium-ion battery packs and replacement batteries on XS series Pulsator, Swimmer, Crazy Kicker, Flasher models of motion decoys used for waterfowl hunting. The Higdon brand is on the product and on the packaging. The following models are included in the recall and each of the recalled models contain a lithium-ion battery. All recalled batteries have a sticker on the battery and the top line on recalled batteries reads “Sun Li-ion Battery.” All recalled items containing a battery labeled “Sun Li-Ion Battery” are subject to this recall. 50033 - XS Pulsator, Mallard Drake 12V 50044 - XS Pulsator, Mallard Hen 12V 50534 - XS Pulsator, Pintail 12V 52053 - XS Battleship Swimmer, Mallard Drake 12V 52064 - XS Battleship Swimmer, Mallard Hen 12V 52533 - XS Battleship Swimmer, Pintail 12V 52624 - XS Battleship Swimmer, Canvasback 12V 52243 - XS Battleship Swimmer, Bluebill 12V 53012 - XS Crazy Kicker, Mallard Drake 12V (with timer) 53072 - XS Floating Flasher, Mallard Drake 12V 53077 - XS Splashing-Flasher, Mallard Drake 12V (with timer) 50734 - XS Pulsator, Canada Goose 12V 52753 - XS Swimmer Canada Goose 12V 50053 - XS pulsator mallard combo pack Drake/Drake 50054 - XS pulsator mallard combo pack Drake/Hen 54034 - XS pulsator and Swimmer combo pack Drake/Drake 99117 - XS Battery 12v 2.5Ah Li-ion, 2021 (for all XS motion)
About 45,000 (In addition, about 500 were sold in Canada) units, as CPSC gives them.
Battery packs and replacement batteries on XS Series Pulsators, Swimmers, Crazy Kicker, and Flasher motion decoys used for waterfowl hunting.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 5 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Imported by Higdon Outdoors LLC, Paducah, Kentucky.
- Outdoor sporting goods stores nationwide including Bass Pro Shops and Rogers Sporting Goods, and online at www.higdonoutdoors.com from October 2021 through February 2023 for between $50 and $200 and the replacement battery that sold for about $35.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The firm has received 20 reports of overheating, including nine fires, seven of which involved property damage. No injuries have been reported.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.