There is a Gander Mountain in Crown Point Indiana (30- miles or so southeast of Chicago) that I had a chance to visit will up seeing family last summer. They stocked Hoyt, it was the first time I actually saw them in person. You could pick bows up there but they had nylon lock straps on them to prevent people from drawing them. I think they had some models set up for demo too but I didn't take the time to shoot one.
I brought the change in Hoyts warranty to the attention of the guy running the shop here and now they are stocking a couple of different models. Before, he said they didn't keep Hoyts on the rack because he wasn't satisfied with the warranty they offered.
I finally got to shoot one of them babys a couple of weeks ago. It was a Magna Tech ZR200 VersaCam. I'd say there isn't much doubt Hoyt makes a good piece of equipment, and that's just from a first impression of about 20 arrows.
Dusty9, welcome to possibly the best forum on the face of the planet<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>. Just some friendly advice if I may. Try to be a little more polite, maybe reread your post and consider how your coming across if you don't mind me saying so. You won't find any bigger of a Hoyt fanatic then the honorable PABowhntr or anyone anymore helpful.
Enjoy archery and the outdoors and have fun Dusty.
I didn't pay attention to prices but I just read Tribal's. The shop I'm familiar with usually blows retail price on bows out of the water. They've had a customer come there from about 250 or 300 miles to the north who shopped around for his best price.

Edited by - chiefheadhunter on 01/22/2002 08:56:40