Cabelas archery shop

[vandeman17]

I have $150 in Cabela's gift cards still from Christmas. I am probably going to put them towards some new arrows and broadheads. While I was there, I was thinking about getting my bow tuned. Anybody ever used them and if so, what did you think? I haven't decided if I will go to the Post Falls or Lacey one. I am not going to make a special trip but just when I am in the area.

[jeepasaurusrex]

You could wait until the one in Marysville opens in mid April. Then you could say hi to my Wife    and possibly myself as I plan on hanging out there quite often. 

[vandeman17]

You could wait until the one in Marysville opens in mid April. Then you could say hi to my Wife    and possibly myself as I plan on hanging out there quite often. 

That could work too.  I don't really have a time frame for when I will go but hopefully within the next month or two so that I can start shooting once the weather warms up a bit and the snow melts.

[Button Nubbs]

I wouldn't let any of the "techs" at cabelas touch my stuff

[vandeman17]

I wouldn't let any of the "techs" at cabelas touch my stuff

Is that at a specific Cabelas or just any in general? My buddy had his done there and was happy but I have also heard to stay away so that is why I am torn.

[hillbillyhunting]

My experiences there have not been very good!!!    Some of the guys there are good at what they do, but I have had very bad luck.  If i hadn't bought my bow there in the first place I would have never gone back.  I was forced to go back because I could not afford to pay somone else to fix their mistakes after spending all my money on the bow and equipment.

I live a ways away from there and I wasted 3 separate trips and the money associated with driving that far because of their mistakes with my bow/arrows.

After getting mad and talking with the store manager I was helped by an intelligent tech that knew customer service and was able to get through the season. 

[hillbillyhunting]

I am talking about Cabelas in Lacey.

[vandeman17]

Well crap, that is no good. Maybe I will just buy my arrows and such from them and have it tuned somewhere else....

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

You can always learn todo it yourself. Lots of info out there!!

[vandeman17]

I would like to get to that point but with where I am now, I don't have the time or the resources to do it properly. I am a perfectionist so if I got started, I would want it all. Right now, I would just like to have a professional do it and then learn to do it on my own down the road. 

[Button Nubbs]

If you are a perfectionist you will not be happy with what most of the shops will do. Just shooting it thru paper is NOT tuning. I have had bow come back from shops with screws not tightened, way out of time, way out of centershot, nock height too low, incorrect arrow length, ect. I got tired of it so decided to do it my self. Its very rewarding and you'll know its done right.

[hillbillyhunting]

Well crap, that is no good. Maybe I will just buy my arrows and such from them and have it tuned somewhere else....

Be careful about buying arrows there too...

This was my first year hunting with archery.  When I bought my bow and first set of arrows the guy not only kept my arrows too long because he pointed out that I was a beginner and I didnt need to shoot my finger off, but they also set me up with arrows illegal for hunting and with the wrong spine.  When I figured out that I was shooting the wrong spine (I thought I should be able to trust the "experts" but when I could not be consistent in shooting at 20 yards and noticed strange flight patterns  I did the research) I went in for my second set of arrows (had to go back to cabelas so I could put the arrows on my cabelas card after dropping all my money on my bow).  I decided to get Easton FMJs.  If you are not familiar with these arrows the inserts do not sit flush with the end of the arrow, instead they are completely within the shaft of the arrow.  When they installed the inserts they did not mix the epoxy and the inserts never hardened.  I brought them back and they tried to repair the arrows, but then the shafts were full of excess residue and the tips would not fit into the arrow.  On my third trip up there for a dozen arrows they finally had somone that knew what they were doing take care of me.  When I complained to the manager this time he explained to me that I was lucky that they were taking them back because they do not usually take arrows back after they had been cut    Between the managers attitude and the attitude I dealt with from the kid who ruined my arrows in the first place, I will not forgive them and will not go back to that archery shop.

[wrongway]

I am not shre who worked on your bow at the Lacey shop but Dave is the archery manager and I know that he will not let a bow got out if it is not right. He has been doing archery for over twenty years. Yes the best thing you can do is to learn how to do this all your self, but that takes some tools that cost a lot of money and taks a lot of space to put them.

[pianoman9701]

Use it to buy gear. Tune the bow yourself with the help of your local independent archery shop. My

[wrongway]

if you are a first time archer, remember you may need to work on your shooting form and I am not trying to say anything negative to you, but as an archer we always need to work on how we shoot in the begining. a grip slighly wrong can give you bad arrow flight, pulling to hard on the triger can give you bad arrow flight. I am not saying that they did not set you up wrong, but a lot of times bad arrow flight can come from the shooter. good luck and keep shooting and learning