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Ran to Dicks in Melville this evening to pick up some ammo. Traffic was heavy and the rain did not help but when I pulled up into the lot my eyes lit up. I walk in through Dicks as I normally do and lo and behold this place is Huge! They opened a Field and Stream next door and combined the two stores with Field and Stream dedicated to hunting.

They had there grand opening with a live band and the place was packed and hopping. People were dropping a lot of coin there tonight. There were tons of sales. The gun section is amazing and they were selling all types of firearms and tons of ammo.

I will definitely be visiting this place more often. I can get lost in there for hours.

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My buddy who I promised I would hunt with opening day wants to go in the morning.  Then we will do an afternoon to dark hunt.  Looking for a nice light safe tree harness.  That place is bad, I am going to spend more than I need to, lol.  I had to walk out of the place the other day when I purchased 2 stands.  It's a candy story for hunters!  I hope they have some good deals but really I do not need much besides rubber boots I am told to use for scent control and the tree safety harness.

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My buddy who I promised I would hunt with opening day wants to go in the morning.  Then we will do an afternoon to dark hunt.  Looking for a nice light safe tree harness.  That place is bad, I am going to spend more than I need to, lol.  I had to walk out of the place the other day when I purchased 2 stands.  It's a candy story for hunters!  I hope they have some good deals but really I do not need much besides rubber boots I am told to use for scent control and the tree safety harness.


It looked like there were some good deals going on. I was tempted to spend a lot more but held back as I just recently dropped some cash on a new semi auto rifle.

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7 hours ago, Deerthug said:

 

Ran to Dicks in Melville this evening to pick up some ammo. Traffic was heavy and the rain did not help but when I pulled up into the lot my eyes lit up. I walk in through Dicks as I normally do and lo and behold this place is Huge! They opened a Field and Stream next door and combined the two stores with Field and Stream dedicated to hunting.

They had there grand opening with a live band and the place was packed and hopping. People were dropping a lot of coin there tonight. There were tons of sales. The gun section is amazing and they were selling all types of firearms and tons of ammo.

I will definitely be visiting this place more often. I can get lost in there for hours.

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They did the same thing opening a Field and Stream adjoining Dicks in Latham NY .... picked up a new crossbow there !

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Not a fan of the one in rochester, good selection and all but very pricey and bad customer service in the gun department. I actually prefer the local gander mountain and that place isn't great either.

Bad is kind. I think they have one person who works 20 minutes/day in that department. Lots of guns, nobody to sell them. I like the archery department and never have to wait too long to get arrows cut. I just enjoy walking around the store and love the animal display they have. It's just a really nice store to be in. I am on their mailing list and find their prices sometimes very good-they have a lot of sales.
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Bad is kind. I think they have one person who works 20 minutes/day in that department. Lots of guns, nobody to sell them. I like the archery department and never have to wait too long to get arrows cut. I just enjoy walking around the store and love the animal display they have. It's just a really nice store to be in. I am on their mailing list and find their prices sometimes very good-they have a lot of sales.

Their sales are usually ok, dicks usually has bigger sales but they'll add match, a good example of how that's useful is that the dick's exclusive v-force decimator arrows are half off at dick's and not at f&s but i wouldn't trust the guy at dick's to cut my arrows (he measured from behind the nock) so buying them at f&s on add match is a way better option because as you said their archery department is actually very good. I work with a guy who's dad used to own a small archery shop and he said a couple of the guys working at f&s were old customers and workers of his dads snd he trusts them entirely. The gun department is too big of a hurdle for me though. i actually went in to buy, waited about an hour, and then left empty handed because no one acknowledged me. Not a fan.

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10 hours ago, thatguy said:

Their sales are usually ok, dicks usually has bigger sales but they'll add match, a good example of how that's useful is that the dick's exclusive v-force decimator arrows are half off at dick's and not at f&s but i wouldn't trust the guy at dick's to cut my arrows (he measured from behind the nock) so buying them at f&s on add match is a way better option because as you said their archery department is actually very good. I work with a guy who's dad used to own a small archery shop and he said a couple of the guys working at f&s were old customers and workers of his dads snd he trusts them entirely. The gun department is too big of a hurdle for me though. i actually went in to buy, waited about an hour, and then left empty handed because no one acknowledged me. Not a fan.

I bring a spare arrow in whenever I need one cut ;) Since they are owned by the same entity, the reward cards work at dicks or field and stream and as you said they will always price match. F&S here is across the street from dicks. Funny thing is that dicks has a smaller gun department but always 1-2 guys behind the counter easy to see.

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I have had good luck with both stores . Nothing bad to say about either one . I watch for their sales and use their coupons . When you make a purchase , you can go to their customer survey and get a $10 off a $50 purchase that can be used at either store . 

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My new favorite store period is the new "Runnings", out of the upper mid west  they set up shop in Rome a couple of years ago and I have been doing quite a bit of business with them. They seem to have it all, a cross section of Lowes, Bass Pro-Gander Mountain, and Tractor Supply for one stop shopping, in the Rome store the inventory is huge. 

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