Rick James

I regularly travel about 35 miles to my favorite facility. The Sportsmens club I am a member of is only 5 miles from my house, however a friend owns a facility called the Archery Barn and they have 60 yards indoors, a seperate 20 yard range indoors, a full shop w/ all the tools you could ever want, a 15 target 3D course outside, and a full FITA field outside that goes to 90 meters. In the winter we bring the 3D's inside and can setup a pretty nice course. They also have a DART video system that will be up and running soon hopefully, it has been sitting in a box for quite some time now. I can't imagine how many miles I put on thecar going there last winter, I was there at least 2-3x a week.

Buellhunter

Thanks again for the replies.
I will put this info to good work.

VA HEAD HUNTER

im kinda lucky gander mt is about 4 miles from my house and i live at the indoor range there. i shoot everyday and man they have the coldest dasani water ive ever had lol

VA Vince

I drive about 35 miles to my archery club. We have a 20yd indoor and a 28 target field/3d course.

Goose 11

I travel about an hour to my favorite range, it's in Prattville, AL. The owner there is a really good archer. I have bought several bows from him, learned more from him,and really like his indoor range. He has the "Techno-Hunt" and it's alot of fun in the evening when you can't shoot in the dark anyway, or during those months like now when the temp rarely gets below 90 down here during the day.

I don't think your location has to be in a super populated area, just advertise, or let word of mouth get you the business. If your area is like mine, there aren't too many bow shops! I am actually closer to the shop where "T-Bone" from the Realtree videos works, and he is really good, but I still drive over to my friend's shop.
He has a web-site that may be helpful to you: http://archeryunlimited.net/index.html

God Bless you and your new business!
Trae

YooperMike

My wife and I travel about 40 miles twice a week to shoot at an indoor range (BlueRidge Backwoods, Monticello Illinois.) Regardless of being a naturalist or not, the indoor ranges are awesome. Adjustments are easy inside, all the tools are right there at the shop, plus the weather is NEVER an issue. It sure is nice in the winter.

Buellhunter

My goal is to provide a range and shop that will let people justify driving a little ways to get there.

Thanks to everyone that posted and voted in the poll.
I am going to look inside the building Monday morning with the owner and negotiate the rent/lease terms.
Then it's off to the bank to see if I can get some $$ to get started.

Arrowmaster

I have my own range as well, But I would shoot at an indoor range. Especially if they had the dart system. I just love shooting at the dart system. Its a lot of fun...