Archery Shops
 

Just as a quick poll for informational / curiosity purposes. Open your largest area phone book and see how many ARCHERY Equipment/Supplies-Retail You have listed.

In our Youngstown/Warren (BIG-AREA)Regional Phone Book we have 5. A Gander Mtn is included with 4 local Mom/Pop Shops.

Also a quick response telling of your State/Area


Ne. Ohio

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Northwest NC

1 Shop....2 miles
another - 15 minutes
another 30 minutes

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2 miles huh Jeff..Got ya beat... Probably Driver, 3 wood ummm 5 iron? As the crow flies. 1/2 or less mile by road.

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I have 1 here near me in NJ 2 miles from my house. Then 1 other shop advertises under archery in the phone book, but it is a sport's shop. Never been there, never heard of it until now, but I do not think it is an archery only shop.
The one here that is 2 miles from my house, I went there 3 times and every time, it was like I walked into a private club and I did not have a membership card. All conversation stops... the silence is very awkward, and the employee or owner says... are you looking for something? All I needed that particular day was a new cable slide, and the guy actually says to me "why don't you go to Dicks sporting goods, they have those".
Really weird! I have spoken to some other guys who have had similar experiences there... and actually at thebutcher shop/check station I use, I have heard many guys complaining of that shop. I just don't get it.
You would think the owner would really want to welcome new customers and build a better business.
Sorry for the rant.
DW
What a shame too.... just 2 short miles from my house.

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I have one shop about a mile from where I work and a great shop about 2 miles from where I live. Northern Wi

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Eight were listed for the Ypsilanti / Ann Arbor , Michigan area but only two of them offer indoor / outdoor range's thats notinculding the major stores like Wal - Mart , K - Mart , Meijer's , Dunhams or Cabela's and BassPro Shops.

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Way too many. Within 45 minutes of downtown Albany, we have 11 pro shops and 2 D1ck's Sporting Goods.

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Different distance (1/2 mi. vs. 2 mi.)---same clubs:D:D:D

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I just did that Tuesday, actually. Here in po dunk Ohio, I found a grand total of 1 within 100 miles.....Pathetic.

Back in the great state of Missouri, I can think of at least 7 within that same radius.

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OH bring it, big boy!! Please..I'm the Bonds of the golf world!

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Where ya is in OHIO??

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I know that without even opening the book. 4

Bass Pro, Cabelas, Sportsmans' Warehouse - all the same thing, outdoors department stores with archery departments. And the old Nix Shooting Supplies in Lewisville. It's under new ownership and a different name now, but I'll never be able to call it anything but Nix.[&:]

The shop I used to shoot for, T&Sons in Denton, closed it's doors once the old man passed away. Sure do miss the place.

There are a lot more in the area, but you've got to drive all the way into Dallas or Fort Worth to get to them.

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if i had a phonebook id look...but i vividly remember dad throwing it out last week for some odd reason.

but....17 hoyt dealers within 50miles
14 bowtech dealers
and 6 Mathews dealers within 35 miles...*funny some guy at work tried telling my mathews dealers HAD to be 50+ miles apart!)

now...some are the same...but thats atleast 17 shops within 50 miles (could be more...i just picked the big 3) of here...plus a couple dick's sporting goods, gander mountain, cabelas within an hour or 2 drive....

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Hmmm... there are 4 Gander mountain stores within an hour drive, at least6-10 bow pro shops within an hour, and probably a half-dozen more (smaller places) that I don't even know about. There's a gun/sport/bait shop around every corner - it's pretty ridiculous. Cabelas isan hour away.There are 13 D__k's Sporting Goods stores listed in the Pittsburgh area - all mostly an hour away.

SW PA has got to be one of the top areas in the country forgross sales of hunting equipment.

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We have 3 local shops in the immediate area, plus 1 chain store. There is also another about 1/2 hour away. There is also another couple in NY, but they are not in our phone book.
So... 5
They all specialize in differen lines. One carries Hoyt & Matthews. Another Bowtech & Martin, Another Parker... etc.

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2, both 30 min from the house, one north/one south. lets just say the guys north havent treated me right so i head south

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I have four around me.

A-1 Archery, Backwoods Archery, Bwana Archery, and Schaffer Archery.

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Phone book shows one, and it is an hour away, there is one in town here, but it isn't listed, and there is another one a little over an hour away not listed.

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fox valley area wisconsin...im sure theres more tahn 8 but thats all i know off of my head

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Central New York over 10