We get several of these calls every day. I mean....EVERY day. All the time. Constantly. Sorry, pet pieve of mine...I feel better now.


Yes, pro shops carry upper end bows....that's why the bow manufacturer's make them......Most of them you can ONLY get at a pro shop. Hoyt, Mathews, Bowtech, just to name a few. These same companies have "secondary" companies that cater to the big name stores..Hoyt has Reflex, Bowtech has Diamond, and I forget what Mathews has...Those you can get at either a big name store OR a pro shop....They are also lower end prices, so they aren't nearly as bad. You're gonna pay a pretty penny foreven a "decent" bow. The old Bears you get at Wal Mart..well, you get what you pay for.

People go to a pro shop for lots of reasons. First hand, personal service done RIGHT, most shops also offer some free shooting time at their range when you buy a bow from them...I don't want a bow I can get at Bass Pro or whereever...I want something I have to go to a Proshop to get. Again, you get what you pay for. The "Wal Mart mentality" as I like to call it is ruining the local pro shops.

I don't mean to imply that Diamond or Reflex aren't good equipment, they most certainly are! In fact, most Diamond bows were in the Bowtech line, and most Reflex were in the Hoyt line...Same bow, just discontinued in one and shifted to the other. Cheaper price. But a Pro shop is STILL the best place to get one. But, do what you need to do. A bow is better than no bow at all, but I think you'll begin to see what I'm talking about.