Good Bowshop in Spokane??

[high country]

I have done a lot of business with sva over the years. Josh and mark learned the fall away from Dan evans when he was working for peanuts at outdoor sportsman. I had my last trip in there a year and a half ago. I wanted some feather fletched arrows for my longbow. I had some from cabelas that were too stiff....I knew that, hence me coming for arrows. Mark went high and mighty on me bitching about my outfit and that I should be shooting a bow he carries....blah blah. I just want some arrows. I had enough and left. I stopped by the trophy hunter on sprague east of Sullivan and he fletcher me up a dozen for less$ than mark wanted for 6 out of the box arrows and would not take my $ till I picked them up the next day. I don't know how they are at tuning, but they sure do not give me the all knowing bs when I ask for something. The guys at sva do know a bunch about everything excluding how to make you feel like coming back.

[jnevs23]

SVA will push their most expensive stuff and that is it.  Want a $699 bow? they will try to convince you that there is noway you can walk out the door under a grand with all their accessories...and thats before they push their membership. I had a sight and rest that was only a yearold that they tried to convince me needed replacing.  I walked out and bought a more expensive bow at wholesale/sportsmans warehouse.  The guy at SVA also wanted to charge me 15 bucks to shoot at 7:45 pm a month ago.  I would suggest wholesale myself

[Fishhunt223]

I wouldn't give any bow shop in Spokane my money. For the major stuff I now take my bow up to red at the camoed arrow. You will save time and gas driving up there and having it done right the first time. I won't go to sva for the reasons stated above. Wholesale sports is okay for the little stuff but I had them change a set of limbs for me earlier this year and had nothing but problems afterward. I was in there atleast a dozen times because they could never get it right. My idler wheel was leaning so far that my rest had to be positioned off the shelf. Obviously could not get my sight to go that far to the left. I took it back to him and he says "I guess that's what you get for shooting a spott Hogg". On another occasion I wanted to have a longer cord put on my rest because the shorter one was getting sucked in to the cable spreader dealy (g5 expert pro that works on the upward moving cable). He was not familiar with so he wanted to look at it when he wasn't busy. I left the bow and a week later he calls and says the bow is ready. I show up to pick it up and he didn't replace the cable.  I could go on and on with these stories but won't bother. I ended up getting my own press and made a paper tuning stand so I can do just about everything myself. My bow has never shot better and I love being able to work on it myself.

[PA BEN]

Bought my first Darton at the old General store, being from Chewelah it was a long drive out into the Valley so never shopped out there. Bought my next Darton from Whitetail + in Deer Park back in 2000. They are great and fixed my bow up.

[wayner]

Whitetail plus in deer park is a great shop with great people running it.

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  The guys there will take the time to set you up with the bow that fits you, not the bow they want to sell you. I would suggest taking the time to give them a try. You wont be disappointed.

[wackmaster]

I have bought 2 bows from sva and have always been happy with there buisiness. Sorry you guy's feel that way but I would go back for my next bow  .

[buckfvr]

The last bow I bought I was undecided, thought I might try a Hoyt.....called SVA, full mfg list price, no dickering......thats all it took for me.  Ive never paid full bore, and dont intend to start now.  All I ever do in a shop is take it out of the box and make sure it isnt dmaged, and away I go.....do my own set up and dont worry about all the BS.  If you are really in to archery, it only makes sense to tool up and do your own work.   

[buck man]

 

personally Camo'd arrow in chewelah will be getting my money.  WELL worth the drive.  Lady red and her staff will do everything possible to make a customer happy (and friends in the process) and their prices are smokin' compared to other shops.

I've also had good luck with Whitetail plus. 

I've had issues with SVA pushing products i didnt want to buy, even when i told them exactly what i wanted, even the part number.  last time i was in i waited 20 minutes to purchase a 3 finger tab.  i was at the counter, they told me just a minute.  were bsing and doing a little work on a bow.  i won't go back.

[starr]

Wholesale sport in the valley mall area, I'm still fairly new to the bow hunting community, and I went to Wholesale after a terrible first experiance rifle hunting here in the Spokane area, (scouted for about 2 weeks preseason got the perfect spot, then opening morning the entire country side was speckled with blaze orange, I had found a good spot, that everyone else liked too.) Anyway i went to this shop just to check stuff out, explained my situation to Allen who gave me a Bowtech Guardian to try, it was a discontinued model so it was cheaper and already set with pins,arrow rest and everything else. had to buy a quiver. stabilizer, and arrows. He took me in the back little range area, taught me how to shoot, set the bow for my draw length and everything, replaced the peep, and told me the only repair he would charge me for was if he had to cut the serving string. At the end of the day I walked out ready to hit the arrow block (needed form practice before deer season or i would have been ready to hit the field) and didnt feel like i had been robbed by the cash register. I believe under $600 for bow, pin sight, arrow rest, peep, 6 gold tip arrows, field points, release, stabilizer, quiver, and most importantly a few hours of Allens time giving me the know how to atleast not tare up my forearm and hit the target.

[huntnnw]

Whitetails plus in Deer Park... More to just knowing your chit at a shop... SVA might know his crap..but has horrible customer service with a know it all menatlity.

[Did I Miss?]

Thanks for all the input guys!

Just to follow up.....I ended up going out to Whitetail Plus in Deer Park.  Long story short, i was very impressed.  Jim took all the time that we needed to help set up the cheap old hand-me-down bow that my Dad will be shooting this year in his first year of archery hunting.  He even gave my old man a quick shooting lesson. I intentionally did not mention that I was considering buying a new bow because I wanted to see if we would get decent service without the mention of spending a lot of money.  As I said before, I was very impressed.  When I do pull the trigger on a new bow, it will be from WP!

Thanks again for all the input.

[whacker1]

Thanks for all the input guys!

Just to follow up.....I ended up going out to Whitetail Plus in Deer Park.  Long story short, i was very impressed.  Jim took all the time that we needed to help set up the cheap old hand-me-down bow that my Dad will be shooting this year in his first year of archery hunting.  He even gave my old man a quick shooting lesson. I intentionally did not mention that I was considering buying a new bow because I wanted to see if we would get decent service without the mention of spending a lot of money.  As I said before, I was very impressed.  When I do pull the trigger on a new bow, it will be from WP!

Thanks again for all the input.

Excellent

[BULLBLASTER]

Good to hear.

[UptheCreek]

I am with you guys on SVA.  Not a big fan of Josh out there but he does know his stuff.  I try to avoid going out there myself, though.  I want to get a Matthews Monster 7.0 next year but I don't want to buy it there.  Anyone know where else you can get that bow?

[DBHAWTHORNE]

I am with you guys on SVA.  Not a big fan of Josh out there but he does know his stuff.  I try to avoid going out there myself, though.  I want to get a Matthews Monster 7.0 next year but I don't want to buy it there.  Anyone know where else you can get that bow?

The Monster 7.0 has been discontinued. I have one. It's a great bow. The newer bow that is pretty much the same bow with a few new features is the MR7.