Does the bass pro guy know his stuff?
 

I went to the new bass pro that opened in oklahoma city last week and talked to a guy that worked in the archery departement. He told me that matthews makes parker. You guys know if he' s right?

RE: Does the bass pro guy know his stuff?
 

I' m darn-near certain he' s wrong; one of the other guys will be along to tell you for certain.

I bet he got confused because Parker was one of the first companies Mathews licensed their cams to.

RE: Does the bass pro guy know his stuff?
 

Nope. Two different companies.

RE: Does the bass pro guy know his stuff?
 

I seem to remember that Parker is the guy who designed Mathew' s single cam, then left and started Parker. There are experts out there who will tell you more definitively than me.

RE: Does the bass pro guy know his stuff?
 

I would say hes wrong , parker uses some bowtech cams on one of their bows . But both companies market a bow called genisis , and it appears to be the same bow ?

RE: Does the bass pro guy know his stuff?
 

Matt Mcpherson designed the solo cam bows for Matthews. Then he started making Mcpherson. If he is now the owner of Parker Bows, I don' t know.

RE: Does the bass pro guy know his stuff?
 

:D

No, definitely not. :) As was mentioned above, the only real link between the two companies that I am aware of is the Genesis bow.

RE: Does the bass pro guy know his stuff?
 

Always take what the BPS and Cabelas store employees say with a grain of salt. I' ve NOT had good experiences dealing with them in person. SOME of them really know their stuff but NOT ALL! I have a BPS near my work that I visit occasionally, and for every bit of good advice I' ve heard being given (to me and others) there has been equally bad/wrong advice offered.

RE: Does the bass pro guy know his stuff?
 

One thing with BPS and Cabelas employees is that they know a little about everything, but are still specialized in their areas. For instance a guy might know everything about handguns but when it comes to rifles, they know just a breif amount.

Even though the employees don' t know everything, an employee that works full-time for over a year, will know more about every product in the department as a whole than 95% of the hunters that come into there. And that would deffinately be on the low end. At least at Cabelas, haven' t dealed with BPS for years.

RE: Does the bass pro guy know his stuff?
 

From what I' ve seen at the Bass Pro near me, is that they know a little about everything, and nothing about a whole lot. A local shop told me that someone brought in a bow that Bass Pro had put a new string on. They didn' t have the right size, so they put a longer string on, and wrapped the extra several times around the peg. It' s a neat store to go to, but when I want professional help, I go to Len' s.
Mathews does not own Parker. Mathews developed the Genisis bow, and it is marketed under Mathews, Parker, and True Flight.
I may be wrong, but I believe that Mathews was licensing out there cam, to High Country and others, long before Parker was around.
Charlie