Archery Shops

[Dan/WA]

We've got several to choose from here in Spokane.

Kodiak Archery, which has already been mentioned. Tony is a fantastic guy to deal with. His prices are reasonable and the staff is very knowledgable.

SVA (Spokane Valley Archery) is probably my least favorite shop. Unless you're in there dropping a grand, the employees don't care to give you the time of day.

We've also go the shop in Sportsman's Warehouse, where I currently work. Despite claims that chain stores don't employ knowledgable staff, well, whatever.

Bear, I wouldn't cross your fingers for any kind of realy archery techs at Cabelas. Its our understanding that they will in fact have an archery department, but they won't have a range or a service area for archery equipment. They can sell you the bows, put your accessories on them, cut your arrows, but they won't be able to paper tune your bow when you buy it or do any real tuning up.

[Dan/WA]

Got in plenty of loop material today. We can get you set up any time now.

[boneaddict]

Which is the shop that used to be or is atttached to the Orvis shop, I think on Sprague?

[bearbait]

The one just down from Big 5 ?   It closed up a year or two ago.

[pacyew]

Good archery shops, just like good gun shops, are a treasure. When you find one, try hard to support them.

At the moment here on the east side of King County, that is Bellevue, Redmond, Issaquah, Snoqualmie, etc., even with all of the sportsmen living here, we have no archery shops. And we've just lost one of our best area gun shops to the DOT for a traffic circle.

East King Co. has a good economy, with lots of folks with good incomes, but also relatively high taxes and and cost of living. If any of you souls out there have the desire to open a fine general archery shop or gun shop, check out East King County. There's a big vacancy.

[bearmanric]

pacyew is your parent's shop still open. cool stuff there. Rick

[pacyew]

No, Northwest Archery closed it's doors in April 2005. My sister Suzanne now operates an online wood arrow business, Northwest Archery LLC.

[boneaddict]

Speaking of.....do you offer any videos or how to information, or know of any... about making your own arrows.  I am just diving into flint knapping, and would love to create some of my own arrows and was about to start looking for something like that.  I've seen some of "you guys's" creations and thought they were awesome.  I almost bought one for display, but ran out of spending cash at the time.

[bullelk1]

I have been going to Fletch Setter Archery in Rainier.  Sort of out in the sticks but gonna move into Rainier eventually.  Great service!

[billythekidrock]

I have been going to Fletch Setter Archery in Rainier.  Sort of out in the sticks but gonna move into Rainier eventually.  Great service!

Can you tell us a little more about them? What are their hours?
I think one of the co-owners is the son of an old friend.

[bobcat]

When I tried out bow hunting for a couple of years I had good luck at the Archery House, just outside of Chehalis.

http://www.wsaahistory.com/Archery_House.html

[billythekidrock]

Thanks Bob. I have Olympic right down the road, but am looking for something... different.

[bobcat]

You should definitely check out the Archery House then. They were very helpful for me, and didn't try to push me into buying anything from them. I ended up buying a bow off ebay, as I was on a very tight budget at the time, but I did take it into them and had them adjust the draw length for me, and also had them install a Trophy Taker drop away rest, which BTW, I highly recommend.

It has been a few years since I've been there and I think they may have moved. Doing an internet search I'm coming up with them being at Yard Birds, and in another location on Keasling Road outside of Chehalis. They were on Jackson Highway when I was going there. So now I'm unsure of where they are, or if they have more than one location. 

[callthewild]

bobcat
the archery house is just off of I-5 about 1-2 miles down 12 towards morton.

[bobcat]

bobcat
the archery house is just off of I-5 about 1-2 miles down 12 towards morton.

OK, thanks. So that would be the Keasling Road location, I believe.