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I went to Wally world tonight, and believe it or not they had nothing for turkey hunting!! they had one style of camo shirt and that was it!!
Last year they had a ton of stuff. I have no clue what is going on here, but i need to find a outdoor store in a hurry now! Any of yalls wal-marts done this??

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Our little walmart here has whatever you need. Not a problem locating any item you need.

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Screw Wal-Mart and everything that they stand for!!!![>:]I would just as soon pay double the price and drive 50 miles than to walk across the street and give them a nickel.

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Our local store doesn't seem to stock nearly as much as they used to , I didn't buy much from them this year . Since this is a very rural area I found this rather strange . Fortunately all I really need to buy was shells .

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I second this...I try to give them as LITTLE business as possible![:@]

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hhmmmmmmmmm, this subject always seems to bring out the uneducated, who are mad because they cant acheive the status that are freedoms and rights have allowed all american citizens to become.

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These debatesalso seems to bring out those who have bad grammer, cant spell or type, and have little clue about what they are talking about.
Ps. I am a college graduate who is about to enter a PhD program. Say what about uneducated?:)

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i suppose you are right, how in the world did i become a broker knowing so little of the business world.


ever heard the one about how many degrees a rectal thermometor has ?

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:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:DGot to remember this one!

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Spur, can you tell us why?

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Not really sure, maybe your secretary has been typing your letters/memosfor you? If you figure it out let us all know.;)

Nope, dont really care either. We "uneducated" people as you call them dont know what a rectal thermometor is. Perhaps your would care to elaborate?;)

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LOL............well i didnt hire her for looks only, i mean that is what sheshere for :Dand as far as the rectal thermometor, well depending on where you attend school you have $200,000 worth of books. One of them should have the answer you seek

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We have two established Super Wal-Marts here and they are in the construction process of building two more super wallys in this god forsaken town.

As far as uneducated rectal sniffers and thermometer tasters cut it out you guys it was a simple question about wether or not your local store provided for us not who is the child of the group...

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to answer your question, i believe that wal-mart stores are pulling guns off the racks in areas of low percentage sales and upgrading the amount of product stores carry in areas of high percentage sales. i would imagine that this movement will be in affect also for other hunting/fishing supplies.

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I agree, but this particular Wal-Mart is in south Georgia, and there are alot of hunters and fishermen down here. I was in a Wal-Mart near Atlanta the other day and they had more hunting stuff than the one in rural Georgia. It isnt really adding up

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i agree that it isnt making much sense as to the locations of stores not having hunting supplies. My only thoughts of this are numbers that we dont see. Where i am there are wal-marts everywhere you look.( due to the fact i live in the same town as wal-marts home office.)i can walk in one wal-mart and theyhave nothing for the hunter/fishermen.2 miles away to the nextand they have everything you would expect be in a wal-mart sportinggoods department. so as to why this is, I dont know.i think if you wrote a letter to wal-mart you would get more accurate info then you will get on here.

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I have 4 super Wal-Marts and 5 Reg's in my immediate area and about3 Supers and 4 Reg's in a 20 radius.The closes Super has NO guns and Ammo cause of a 2000 signed petition against Guns. All the others, some are fully stocked and some are not. The ones which impressed me where, Lake Wales, Fl and 2 in Talahasee,Fl. The ones in Talahasee were like a Bass Pro in hunting equipment and accessories.

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The closet walmart is 60 miles from me and they have guns but very little turkey gear.We sure don't have the convenieces of the larger cities here but I have never felt the need to lock my doors either!!!

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my walmart hasall the huntin supplies i need except they dont have a great vareity of brand names although they do have the good brand names but that is down here in the south were everyone hunts hope you have luck findin ur supplies if u have a bass pro shop thats about the best place to get supplies

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I dont shop at Walmart, Target ot K Mart. Keep my buisness local.

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All this fighting about Wal-Mart......Kinda funny, and kinda sad. If you shop at Wal-Mart, great, good for you, and if you don't , great as well. But damn, if you have to bring a pseudo-commerce debate, email each other privately. There is something about free will, and I personally choose not to shop at Wal-Mart. Local reason or not, my choice. Now back to the question at hand about Wal-Mart having nothing in stock. Its all about the voices above in management. they are the ones that really control inventory, marketing, and profit control. I have talked to many hunters, especially in the turkey realm, and have found that the local Wal-Marts here were not stocking the 3-inch or 3 1/2 inch shells. It all came down to profits. The local Wal-Marts and K-Marts decided that only a few during the season were buying the shells, and were not selling as many as the darn 2 and 3/4 sizes. So it brings the answer of management again. that is why for ammo, I stick to reloading, unless its a rimfire, but then I still go to LGS. And for any further stuff, the internet has become a great tool for product locating.....Whatever you do, do it for you.:)

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Don't believe they hold stock year to year either.
Season closes it goes on sale.

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I also will not shop at Wal-mart and will go out of my way to do so!

JW

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Only been in one store one time.

JW

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A good read on this subject is the "The Bully of Bentonville".

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Ask them about Vlasic Pickles & rubbermaid![:@]

JW

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The NJ and PA walmarts around me seem to put the Turkey Hunting equipment on clearence the week turkey season starts. Tons of stuff the week before opening day and nothing a week later. Last year they were selling turkey shells for$1 a box, mouth calls 25 centsand other calls for $2 on opening day.

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I shop Walmart myself. I find many of the Hard Working Americans that work there are just trying to feed there families...But anyway, Its getting harder to find turkey gear at walmart nowdays.

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I've seen a similar trend in the last few years in our local Super Wallyworld, which is only 6 years old, and asked the sporting goods manager...

Here was the reply (of course greatly condensed and paraphrased):

Because seasonal hunting supplies are classified as annual seasonal items (grouped with Holiday decorations, LOL), they are clearanced by the Home Office in each store on specified dates.

In our store, beginning the second full year of business, the department was only selling ~25% of the inventory at full price, with the latter 75% sold below cost. SO...the Home Office decided to greatly reduce the principle inventory, so they could recover more of their initial investment.

So in a nutshell, we (the hunters) quickly determined (after the first season) that everything would be clearanced immediately after the season ended. Hence, beginning the second year of their opening, we (the hunters) bought everything on clearance, except for the occassional newby who "needed" it before the season...

IMO, you can lambaste Wallyworld all you want, but they are a shrewd business and never lose sight of the bottom line---they way a successful business NEEDS to operate to stay open...

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Every thing i have bought from walmarts outdoors section has been a load of crap, that stuff only has to live up to their standards, cheap.

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Better get to liking walmart..before long they will have every other store out of business...then they can really go up on prices.

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geeeeezzzz folks, none of ya have to like Wal-Mart or Sam's Club or even shop there...but ya gotta understand marketing...right?...management holds the inventory worth selling...the previous years history tells them what to order...if they dont carry hunting equipment they cut the loss and buy the commodities that sell in other departments.
Thats free and fair trade...sorry :eek: