Please help me with a little survey (of sorts)
 

I am throwing around the idea of opening a bow / hunting gear shop to be open evenings and weekends.

I would like some feedback from our members here to what they prefer, if you would be so kind.

I know some things I will carry but it isn't justall about my favorite accessories but what everyone else likes too. This is where you guys could help me :D

If you could list me your 3 top choices for sights, rests, stabilizers and specific arrow models. Anything else you really trust as well. Tell me your favorite grunt call etc etc,just anythingthatyou feel is quality equipment for that matter.

It will come in useful as to what else I would possibly want to stock for starters.

Thanks!

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i like the tru glo sights and the trophy ridge

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SIGHTS
HHA
TRUGLO
FUSE
REST
SHEAFER
TROPHY T
GOLDEN
STABILIZERS
FUSE
DOINKER
TRUGLO
ARROWS
NOTHING BETTER THAN EASTON AXIS ETC,,,,

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3 sights- tropghy ridge, truglo, maybecobra?
3 arrow types- easton axis, carbon express, ???
3 stabilizers- s-coil, fuse stabilizers, trophy ridge
3 rests- WHISKER BISQUIT FOR SURE, some sort of drop away-shakey hunter, two prong standard sort of rest

Hope you open up that shop that would be an awesome business to run and own.

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Definately your ASAT 3-D Suits for sure

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Sights:
Cobra
Trophy Ridge
HHA

Rests:
Trophy Ridge
Whisker Buscuit
Trophy Taker

Stabilizers:
Doinker
NAP

Arrows:
Easton Axis
Easton A/C/C
Gold Tip Pro Hunter

Other equipment:

ASAT camo (of course) Scent Killer spray; TruBall releases; Summit Stands; oh man..the list could go on and on. I wish you much luck on this endeavor. I think evenings and weekends is a GREAT idea. I have a good shot at hunting Ohio this fall, hopefully you'll be open and I'll stop by!

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Bows:
Adcock
Morrison
Shafer
:D

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Sights trophy ridge, Hha, truglo

Rest trophy ridge, drop zone, trophy taker

Stabilizer, sims, trophy ridge, doinker

Calls Primos, primos, primos

Bows Bowtech, bowtech, hcetwob.

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Sights

Trophy Ridge
HHA
SpotHogg

Rests

Whisker Biscuit (Deluxe Camo QS)
Kaz-Away
Trophy Ridge Drop Zone or QAD Ultra

Stabilizers

Vibracheck
Simms S-Coil
Fuse

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bows: BOWTECH

sights: trophy ridge series, vital bow gear, and probably tru-glo

rests: trophy ridge drop zone, quad ultra, and as much as I HATE to say it you should probably carry the whisker biscuit because it sells.

stabilizer: a few easton competition stabilizers, assorted hunting stabilizers

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B, I'd like to talk to you about River Valley Game Calls Deer Flute.

Check into Viper Archery Products...pricey for most tho.

Arrows

XX78
XX75
some carbon brand, non specific

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Sights
Sword,Spot Hogg,HHA
Rests
TR Drop Zone,Trophy Taker,Schaffer
Stabilizers
Doinker,Stealth,Fuse
Arrows
Carbon Tech

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Sights:
Toxonic, Cobra, Viper or Extreme

Rests:
Schaffer, NAP, GKF

Stabilizers:
Doinker, Sims, Stealth

Arrows:
XX78, XX75 and carbons........your choice, although I prefer Beman/Easton

Broadheads:
Muzzy, NAP, Rocky Mtn.

I know you are an ASAT man, but if you do stock other camo too......Mossy Oak sits on the shelves around here while Realtree Hardwoods sells. Also Predator.

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Wow, how do you narrow this stuff down?.........You want the best stuff or stuff that will sell? They aren't always the same as you know.;)
I'll list my favorites in order for each category

Sights: Spot-Hogg, Sword, Viper
Rests: APA, Trophy Taker, Golden Key
Broadheads Fixed: Rocky Mt., Slick Trick, G5
Broadheads Mechanical: Rocket, Rocky Mt., NAP
Stabilizers: Stealth,SIMS,Doinker
Arrows: Gold Tip Pro Hunters, Easton A/C/C, Gold Tip XT
Releases: Scott
Vanes: Duravanes, Vanetec, Bohning
Stands: Summit
Peeps: Fletcher Tru-Peep

If you want a decent Optics line Nikon is probably a good choice withtheir popular Monarch series, but I also Like Pentax whichI use. Alpen is a sleeper as well.

Camo: ASAT....that's all I'll use as long as it's available.

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nasty strings

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My advice is to stick with the accessories. Sights, arrows, broad heads, strings and possibly targets. Offer bows and/or tree standsat adiscounted rate, custom ordered only. You won't tie up your money in high dollar inventory but allow you away to win clients over with price. You mayalso want to add some sort of basic bow range to start with a chronograph to draw in your clients. You can expand in any direction in the future as certain business models develop.

Good luck buckeye. When/if you open let me know your address so I can drop buy and patronize your store.

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i think if you do good work on whatever you put on folks bows, and teach them what they'll need to be able to do to tune their bows, you'll be successful. my neighbors have been very receptive to me explaining to them, and showing them why they need to practice enough to dot the bull at 30 yards for us to finish tuning their bow (at least the way i do it). i haven't yet heard the folks at the shop down the street put any of the responsibility on the new shooter, or explain to them why, and a lot of folks end up very upset their bows aren't tuned properly. - when until they can shoot more consistantly tuning their bow is really impossible.they think its like a rifle until someone explains it to them.

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Thanks for the feedback so far everyone. If some of you guys don't mind sparing a couple minutes I would like some more feedback.

Iam a little surprised with the popularity of a couple manufactures and would like to see if the trend continues....

Matt

Right on. My main purpose for starting this thread :)I know what all I think is best but I guess that doesn't really matter a whole lot in the big picture. I am not one of those no, no , no thats junk, buy one of these guys. Besides, I wouldn't carry something I thought was not high quality anyhow. So I guess that was a null point too ;)

Rob

I will PM you about your calls if and when I do go through with this.

Gibblet

I know what you are saying. We do have some nice shops around here but I believemost all lack in customer service and personality.

Mobow

Where you headed to here in Ohio?
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TTT

I am getting closer to making this happen. Some more feedback would be great.

Thanks.:)

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SIGHTS...Spot Hogg,Copper John,G5
Rests...MZE,Whisker Bisquit,Drop Zone
Stabilizers...S-coil,Doinker,Stealth
Arrows...Carbon Tech,anything from Easton Gold Tip



I would also have a few arrow spinners for customers to use as well as a few scales and a chronograph for them speed freaks.

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Hey, keep us posted as you get things rolling, I started a little over a year ago and it's been a challange ,we are small in some respects but make up for it withcustomer service... I think thats the key- we all pretty much sell the same things but the time and advice you offer is just as important too! Good Luck.....Joe

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Hope you get it going Buckeye...

Sights: spott hogg real deal, G5 sights and Extreme archery
Rest: Trophy Ridge, Nap drop aways, Muzzy Zero effect, Trophy taker
arrows: Carbon Express and Beaman
Bows: Bowtech, Diamond and hoyt
broadheads: montec, nap, rocky Mtn mechanicals, muzzy
Any Simms vibration add-ons

Good luck buddy.

Kel

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SIGHTS- Tropghy Ridge, Truglo, Cobra (make sure you carry some type of pendulum sights)
ARROWS- Easton ST Axis, Carbon Express CX hunter, gold tips
STABILIZERS- Doinker A bomb, Fuse, Trophy Ridge,
RESTS- Whisker Bisquit, Nap drop away quick tune 4000, Muzzy zero effect

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For a deer call try a River Valley Game Calls Deer Flute. www.rivervalleygamecalls.com

Turkey calls also...

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I had to cut and past that so I wouldn't have to keep going back to the first page to see what info you were looking for... :D

All of this would be dependent upon what sort of profit margin each manufacturer built in, of course...

I'm not necessarily putting what I like (although some of my personal favorites are included), but what I think would sell well at different price points; it's all about being able to cover the widest-possible spectrum.

Sights: Spot Hogg (upper end), Trophy Ridge, Archer's Choice (lower end)

Rests: NAP, Muzzy, Trophy Taker

Stabilizers: Stealth, Doinker, Sims

Arrows: Easton ACCs, Beman Black Max (in Elite, too) Carbon Express (Maxima and CX) and Gold Tip XTs (OK, so that's four... ;))

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Service
Service
Service

You'l have to work out what you will stock with the distributors.

Stay out of debt.

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Lots of good products have been mentioned, I wish you well on your venture.

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OK, saw where you asked for other things as well...

My grunt tube of choice for years and years has been HS Strut's True Talker, though it'll be accompanied by River Valley's Deer Flute this year as well. I've heard good things about a new call MADD is coming out with this year, something about an "angry" call or something...

I use TONS of HS scent wafers in fresh earth scent. Also the scent-away spray...

I would think having some basic LaCrose boots would be good.

Sims vibration stuff (string leeches, etc.)

You could see if you could market WWAG's portable presses, too.

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Sorry, buckeye...didn't see that originally. Glad you pulled this back up, and I'm glad you're getting close to making it happen!!!

To answer, I'll be in the Lima area. My wife is originally from there and has family still living there.

What kinds of stuff are you looking at handling?

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service and have some lanes if possible to try the products out.

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A shooting lane of at least 20 yards is a must- multiple out to 30 preferred.

Sights- VBG (if you can get an e-mail out of them- I couldn't)
Tru-glo- simplicity in design

Rest- TT, DZ, cobra, nap

Stabilizers- Doinker & simms

Arrows- Easton & beman - Black ICS hunters. & elite hunters

Block & bag targets would be nice if you could get a sweet deal on them.

Pop up blinds if the price was right.

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Thanks again for all the replys, I could use as many as HNI members are willing to offer.

Mobo

Well here is some of my specifics.

I have a detached 2 1/2 car garage (30X24) that I plan to start up in.Indoor range space is pretty much a no-go except for a 10 yard tuning and try outlane. Although I do haveplenty of outdoor shooting available.

Of the "big 3" I live in an area that I could carry BowTech and Mathews as Hoyt is spoken for locally.

To start a full service shop.... Except no string making, I'll leave that to the pros :D

Here are some specifics (accessories wise) I do plan to carry for sure. I am still looking for other brands to help fill in (RE: this thread :D) and try to appease as many as possible.

Arrows. Goldtip. Easton - Beaman.
Sights. Spot Hogg. Trophy Ridge. Copper John. Cobra.
Rests. Muzzy. Trophy Taker. Trophy Ridge. NAP.
Releases. Scott
Stabilizers. Simms. Doinker. Fuse.
Broadheads. Slick Trick. Muzzy.

Full line of Simms products.
Full line of Whitetail hunting products. (calls, scent killer products etc...)
Specialize in Whitetail health and nutrition products.

I have a decent amount of cash to start up withI am in the process of setting up my dealership with distributers now.

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If you really want to be sucessfull, try carrying a smile every day... Most of the ones here in the Dallas Ft. Worth area don't know what that is, and don't act like a know it all!

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Too badI don't live closer; I'd definitely support your efforts.

Thought of checking in to how conceivable building a business website is?

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Great idea, Greg!!!! That way, those of us that aren't very close could patronize as well!!!

I am assuming you'll be selling ASAT, or ......Enigma........whatever.....I know the shop I work at handles a lot of items, we just don't stock them. That way, we can sell them a little cheaper because we don't have the overhead. Items like Summit Stands, ScentLok, just about any sight you can think of and most broadheads. We just have to order them for people that want them. I've been trying to talk him into a website as well. The problems are obvious, but could be worked out I think. Good idea.

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I think everyone already mentioned mine! ;)