Looking to get back to KS.  Moved to TX from Lawrence about 10 years ago.  A job opportunity in Great Bend/Hoisington area has come up.  Heading up next week to meet with the company.  Anyone here from Great Bend or close by that can shed some light on their community?  

Thanks, Sam

The wifes family all live in Great Bend,KS. There are some great trad guys that live there.

Awesome place and only a few hours from me!  

Great Bend has a Wallyworld:) and Magnus Broadheads are made there. About all that is noteworthy! There is one guy on here that posts once in a while that lives in Great Bend, can't remember his name. My folks live in Ellinwood 10 miles east, so I'm back there once in a while. Salthawk Archery Club in Hutch was having a traditional only shoot in early April and have open shoots once a month or so and have a fun bunch of trad shooters that attend.

I'm from there and my family still lives there, graduated high school from Hoisington. Can't believe someone mentioned Great Bend having a wally world but forgot to mention Cheyenne Bottoms. Some of the greatest bird watching in the US and some great hunting for waterfowl and big deer all around. There's also the Big Bend archers but I always went to Kingman at the Byron Walker Wildlife Area to their shoots. Lots of trad guys at it and great guys to shoot with.
If you have any questions feel free to PM me.

Wrong side of the state for me. I only live about 15 mins. from Lawrence though.

Good luck with the interview hope everything works out for You.

bretto

Just found out I have relatives there that I never met.
This genealogy thing is interesting!

Killdeer  

My wife's family is from Larned, About 20 minutes West of Great Bend, a great area with alot of history there,SantaFe Trail, Fort Larned, Pawnee Rock. Not to mention some great Whitetail Deer hunting.
   I am headed back in November to hunt with my nephew near Belpre.

    Pat

Jake hasn't chimed in so ill send him a email. He is a tradganger that lives in Great Bend.

I live north east about 50 miles, Its a nice town sould be some good hunting close by.

Yeah im here actualy the president of of Big bend bowhunters now and having our last shoot of the season tomarrow or today i guess as it late now but there are a few of us here come out and have some fun

Received a great Thanksgiving gift yesterday.  After nearly a two months of interviews and testing my patience, I was offered the above mentioned job in Hoisington.  Its going to be a little bit of a financial sacrifice for my family but my wife and I agree that quality of life outweighs any monetary gain.  We don't have an exact start date yet but it will be around the 1st of the year.  Lots to do with selling our house, finding one in KS, etc.  Minus a little bit of nerves we are excited for a new chapter.

Welcome back to Kansas!  Quality of life is more important than money.

Great, by next year you will know all the hunting spots. Good luck to you and your family.  

Welcome and Congratulations. There is a fun trad only shoot the first weekend of June at T.H.E. Archery club just south of Topeka. Maybe we'll see ya there..?