RE: The value of a specialty archey shop
 

Anyone from the Milwaukee WI area? Gotta shop suggestion?

I've been going to West Town Archery and so far I give them a B- rating. Looking for a grade A shop to give mynext $700.00to.

Sorry, I don't mean to hijack this thread but I didn't feel it right to start a new separate one when we're already talking about exactly this here.

RE: The value of a specialty archey shop
 

Right on, buy all my clothing from Cabela's, but the bow and acc are pro shop only.

RE: The value of a specialty archey shop
 

Hmmm, do you by any chance take your bow in to get a dab of paint put on the top limb? I wish I would have the confidence to go hunting the same day I go my bow back. If I have to replace a vane, I shoot it a few dozen times to "double" check!

RE: The value of a specialty archey shop
 

Milwaukee area, I can think of shop in Lake Geneva, forget the name right now right now though.

I travel about 40mi to go to my local archery shop, its not really local, but the guy knows his bows and everything else. I bought my Mathews LX from him, great guy, gave me a discount of $100 just for bringing in a friend who ended up buying an LX too. Set me up cut my arrows, tuned the bow, and I was one happy man.

RE: The value of a specialty archey shop
 

Specialty bow shops are the only way to go. Not only do the people who work there usually know more there are usually less employees so you get to deal with the same people most of the times you go in there. Also i think these shops usually have better prices than the big sporting goods stores. I got extremely angry at a guy who told me he wanted to get into bow hunting but it required over $1,000 to get started and told me i was an idiot for saying you could get into it with good equipment for under 600. The difference was that he thought he knew all about prices because he worked in one of these large sporting goods stores with their outrages prices.