Len, it sounds like good business practice to me. The shop that I shoot for and work at during the busy season ( voluteer work) can help you get the "hardware" for target shooting, but onlycarries in stock items more geared for hunting. Its funny that you mention that only a small percentage is target and the majority is hunting. That is exactly why you see Hoyt getting moreinto the hunting market more recently and not putting all their eggs in to one basket with the target bows. They are trying to keep up with the trend.That is the main reason why it takes so long to get target color bows this time of year. They are making sure that the main money maker is taken care of first. Big companies are even seeing the same thing and capitalizing on this.

If a shop is a true pro shop, I would expect the guy behind the counter knows what he or she is talking about and not just share in a common interest with the customer. As an archer starts to pick up more and more, it would not take long to figure out if these so called pro shops fit the bill as a pro shop.

We have had a shop in town for a long time where the owner was a 15 time state champion and so forth. The bows that came out of that shop were set up absolutly terrible. Servings looked like they were done in a 3rd grade art class, and knock points were set up so that the bow was going to shoot straight into the ground. I know that he knew better, but a couple of people that he had working for him had nothing but a common love for archery with the customers and probably knew less than the people coming in for help.

We now have a Cabelas and also a Sportsmans Warehouse in town. It is amazing the bows that come in the shop which were originally purchased at one of these places. Service is one of the key factors why these bows keep showing up at our doorstep. It is easy to find someone to sell bows for you. It is another to find someone who knows what to do after the sale is made. That is where a pro shop will stand out. A true pro shop will be able to walk you right to the end product and make you want to come back for expert advice when it comes time to make another purchase.