Finally found one

Pine · February 23, 2015, 11:33:00 AM

Sense the traditional archery shop near me closed this past fall , I have been looking for a place that is trad friendly .
I have been to a place that was very out spoken against trad , another place thought trad is neat but there ceiling in the range is only 7 feet and I couldn't shoot my long bow without canting past 45* . I did hit my top limb once and I couldn't shoot for beans after that .
But yesterday I found an old mom n pops sport shop 17 miles from my house . I have drove by there hundreds of times not noticing the attached pole barn .
I stopped in to see what kind of stock they might have , you know ,like things that are no longer available because those kind of places have things from many years ago .
Well they have a very nice indoor range with 20 foot ceilings and 10 lanes .
The owner is wanting to get a trad league started .

He doesn't stock trad bows but will order anything I might want . Not one negative comment at all .
How cool is that .

Cavscout9753 · February 23, 2015, 12:00:00 PM

Awesome!

KyStickbow · February 23, 2015, 12:12:00 PM

Thats awesome!

February 23, 2015, 01:05:00 PM

Awesome!

Bisch

Robert Armstrong · February 23, 2015, 02:50:00 PM

Great

VA Elite · February 23, 2015, 03:43:00 PM

That is great! Nothing around here at all. Wish we had a trad place here.

stack · February 23, 2015, 03:49:00 PM

Where at in Mi????

Pheonixarcher · February 23, 2015, 04:42:00 PM

X2

iohkus · February 23, 2015, 05:07:00 PM

Getting to be a rare find! Hope it works well for you.

Pine · February 23, 2015, 05:16:00 PM

It is just North of Grant on M37 on the East side of the road . Has a jerky store next to it .

Mr. fingers · February 23, 2015, 05:26:00 PM

Does it have a name?

monsterbuck · February 23, 2015, 06:19:00 PM

That's great.

Pine · February 23, 2015, 06:23:00 PM

Just found it on Google maps .
Marks Sport Shop .
The Jreky Store is next doors and there address is
11530 Mason Dr. (M37)
Grant , Mi. 49327
By the way the jerky is good too .

Cyclic-Rivers · February 23, 2015, 06:28:00 PM

sounds like my kinda place

JamesV · February 23, 2015, 06:44:00 PM

This guy has good business sense.

James

jt85 · February 23, 2015, 07:09:00 PM

Good for you. Wish I could find one around here.

Whitetail Addict · February 23, 2015, 07:45:00 PM

That's great. I don't know of a strictly traditional shop around here. The gentleman I've dealt with the most here over the years has shot trad for a long time, and is very knowledgeable about it. I stopped at another shop one day for something or other, and had my longbow with me. The owner wanted to shoot it through a crono to prove to me how worthless it was for hunting. The string wasn't on it, so he put it on and strung it BACKWARDS. :rolleyes: He stood there looking at it knowing something wasn't right, but not sure what it was. I thanked him for his time and left. Haven't been back since.

Bob