Pro Shops better
02-19-2008, 04:10 PM
#21
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location:
Posts: 261
RE: Pro Shops better
I found a local shop where you walk in, there's stuff all over and it looks like a mess. I was asking the guy about a switchback and a tribute (looking for a bow for my brother a couple years ago), and this guy amazed me with his knowledge of these and other bows. you could pretty much build a bow just talking to this guy who's shop looked like junk. I say look around different places and try to find the one where someone impresses you.
02-19-2008, 05:28 PM
#24
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Eureka, MO
Posts: 1,519
RE: Pro Shops better
ORIGINAL: Washington Hunter
I used to get some funny looks working next to a 60+ year old back in the archery department at Sportsman's Warehouse. A lot of the older guys (at first) weren't comfortable with how young I was -- until I worked on their equipment. As it stands now, I have customers calling me and getting ahold of me on AT who want me to work on their bows from my home, rather than having to take it into Sportsman's.
Go figure.
Not ALL young people are inexperienced. Its a stereotype that gets real old real fast. Just because you work at a chain store doesn't mean you're inexperienced. Sometimes its difficult to get hired at a lot of the mom and pop shops locally because they're family owned and operated.
I used to get some funny looks working next to a 60+ year old back in the archery department at Sportsman's Warehouse. A lot of the older guys (at first) weren't comfortable with how young I was -- until I worked on their equipment. As it stands now, I have customers calling me and getting ahold of me on AT who want me to work on their bows from my home, rather than having to take it into Sportsman's.
Go figure.
Not ALL young people are inexperienced. Its a stereotype that gets real old real fast. Just because you work at a chain store doesn't mean you're inexperienced. Sometimes its difficult to get hired at a lot of the mom and pop shops locally because they're family owned and operated.
02-19-2008, 06:21 PM
#25
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location:
Posts: 166
RE: Pro Shops better
I can only reiterate the it's the person behind the counter sentiment. There are some top quality guys at the chain stores but it's hard to get top shelf help for $7.00 an hour. When you run across these guys appreciate them, they are only there because they love it.
Pete
Pete
02-19-2008, 06:35 PM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Mn.
Posts: 3,399
RE: Pro Shops better
The guys at the shop I go to are good at what they do but I only go there to buy New bows or arrows AND to use his press being how I havnt bought one yet.......Other then that I do all my own work on my bow's....
I think he wants me to get my press soon
.....He thought I was nuts tieing my dropzone in like this but it works great..
forgot pic opps.....
I think he wants me to get my press soon
.....He thought I was nuts tieing my dropzone in like this but it works great..forgot pic opps.....
02-19-2008, 06:51 PM
#28
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: IL
Posts: 1,269
RE: Pro Shops better
ORIGINAL: ranger56528
I think he wants me to get my press soon....
I think he wants me to get my press soon....
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Well, in all honesty, I would love to find someone in the SW Suburbs of Chicago thatI trust working on mybows, but the more I think about it, the more I realize I am learning more on my own instead of hitting up the shops. Mainly because I haven't found a decent shop yet. I have seen the guys working atthelocal Gander Mountain and Bass Pro. They haven't impressed me yet.
Through using resources such as HNI and elsewhere on the internet, I really only have to head back to the shop for warranty repairs if need be. (Lucky for me, I haven't had to test out the warranty yet). I am still fine-tuning my "bow tuning" skills but other than that, with a few more purchases (namely an arrow saw) and building my own paper-tuning rack as well as drawing board, I feel I will be close to becoming self-sufficient.
I would like to have a guy show me the ins-and-outs first hand, to speed up the learning process, but I am comfortable learning it myselfwith the help ofmy friends here on HNI.
The more I hear this phrase, the more I am believing it, "working on bows isn't rocket science!"
Getting over the initial fear of screwing something up and acquiring the necessary tools to maintain a bow are really the only issues I have been running into. Learning how to work on my bowhas been the REWARD so far!