Never been a fan of Walmart but I had to stop the other day for something and decided to check out the hunting section and they had some great deals. Got another box of Winchester Longbeard 3" for $17 and a Flextone mouth call that I use was $4. That box of shells usually runs $22 and the call about $8 at a local gun shop where I buy all my gear.
I'd buy from the local guy for so many reasons I can't find the time to type it all, unless he's a jerk. Then I'd buy from a different local guy.
Quote from: Gooserbat on March 19, 2016, 11:29:54 PM
I'd buy from the local guy for so many reasons I can't find the time to type it all, unless he's a jerk. Then I'd buy from a different local guy.
I'm on the same page as you Gooserbat... Just couldn't walk pass it since I was already there. I'd rather support my local guy all day long.
I hate Walmart you can count on both hands the times I go there in a year. My local guy is a .....well I cant say here what I think of him so I only go there when I need something for RIGHT NOW and cant wait. Gander Mountain just moved in locally but I'm not impressed with their selection.....of anything.
Not a Walmart fan either but sometimes, it happens. I know they're cheaper on stuff than my local guy but I've even had him order my turkey calls at times knowing it's going to cost me more. He chuckles and tells me it's cheaper to get them elsewhere but I hand him the money and he orders the calls. All of my ammo comes from him and generally, he'll drop the price to the point that it's close to where the other stores are at or he'll just price match it all together. My hunting clothes come from the bigger stores such as Cabela's, Dicks, or Gander because he doesn't stock any type of clothing. Any of my fishing gear has to come from a larger store because there's not a small mom-n-pop store around here that sells it. Walmart had powerbait on sale the other day. It was a 4 jar sleeve that contained one rainbow, chartreuse, orange and yellow. They were on sale for $5/sleeve. That was a steal considering that one jar is $4. Needless to say, and I felt bad about it later, I bought enough powerbait that no one in my family will ever need to again. My kids, father, niece and nephews will seriously never need to buy again.
I always try to buy locally also
Not a fan of Walmart either, but it is my local guy. The closest place me to is about 25 miles away and that is a Scheel's store.
I guess my biggest beef with Walmart is that I didn't think of it first. Yes...........they do hose the local, little guy. But bear in mind that at one time Walmart STARTED as the local, little guy.
Anyhoo............don't think that's the point of this post.......
Walmart IS my "local shop" and I gotta drive 25 miles to get to them. Closest decent shop is 40-50 miles. I do travel that far and that's where most of my turkey ammo comes from. But I only get there once or twice a year. I would still RATHER buy from a little guy.
I've done business with Walmart as a vendor for about 40 years. If you think WM is a pain and don't like shopping there and support the local guy, Remember this. Thier employees are mostly local, working to provide for themselves and their families, so maybe shopping there isn't so bad.
Our wal mart selection has dwindled to the ridiculous zombie whacky momma slam down fad...I remember when things were much different and selection much better
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Quote from: Yoder409 on March 20, 2016, 09:47:28 AM
I guess my biggest beef with Walmart is that I didn't think of it first. Yes...........they do hose the local, little guy. But bear in mind that at one time Walmart STARTED as the local, little guy.
Anyhoo............don't think that's the point of this post.......
Walmart IS my "local shop" and I gotta drive 25 miles to get to them. Closest decent shop is 40-50 miles. I do travel that far and that's where most of my turkey ammo comes from. But I only get there once or twice a year. I would still RATHER buy from a little guy.
Yes, they were the little guy once. It didn't bother me near as much when Sam Walton still had a hand in things. Or, at least his integrity was stil kinda running things. After a while it became a money hungry corporation. Things made a huge transition after that. Haven't been a fan since. It's almost a necessary evil to some degree as they kind of keep prices competitive across the board but it has hurt the local shops. As mentioned above, the quality and selection has gotten smaller as years have gone by.
I like Walmart, prices are hard to beat. Plus I have several friends and a family member who work at Walmarts. One worked his way up from part time to Assistant Manager. Shopping at my local Walmarts (we have 2) helps support my friends and family and local workers. Hey its a job and jobs are tuff to get around here.
The local shops are too high not very friendly in my opinion. I just cant seem to make myself pay more for the same item.
While I may not be supporting the local shop owner I'm still supporting local people and friends and family.
Quote from: JK Spurs on March 19, 2016, 11:24:06 PM.... and a Flextone mouth call that I use was $4.
Best of luck with the Flextone..................
2014 I did the same thing. Bought a Flextone 3-pack................ I think on clearance from Midway. There was one in particular that just freakin ROCKED !! It was in my mouth all season. So last year I found a lot of 3 of them on eBay and scooped them up so I'd be set for sometime to come. Long story short............ I took each one out of the package, put it in, ran it for about10-15 seconds and threw it out. All 3 of them. Quality and consistency is, evidently, hit or miss...........mostly miss, apparently, at Flextone.
Quote from: Yoder409 on March 20, 2016, 11:18:53 AM
Quote from: JK Spurs on March 19, 2016, 11:24:06 PM.... and a Flextone mouth call that I use was $4.
Best of luck with the Flextone..................
2014 I did the same thing. Bought a Flextone 3-pack................ I think on clearance from Midway. There was one in particular that just freakin ROCKED !! It was in my mouth all season. So last year I found a lot of 3 of them on eBay and scooped them up so I'd be set for sometime to come. Long story short............ I took each one out of the package, put it in, ran it for about10-15 seconds and threw it out. All 3 of them. Quality and consistency is, evidently, hit or miss...........mostly miss, apparently, at Flextone.
Interesting...so far no issues here. I've bought a ton of different mouth calls over the off season and I keep going back to the Flextone that I started using 3 years ago.
Quote from: Yoder409 on March 20, 2016, 11:18:53 AM
Quote from: JK Spurs on March 19, 2016, 11:24:06 PM.... and a Flextone mouth call that I use was $4.
Best of luck with the Flextone..................
2014 I did the same thing. Bought a Flextone 3-pack................ I think on clearance from Midway. There was one in particular that just freakin ROCKED !! It was in my mouth all season. So last year I found a lot of 3 of them on eBay and scooped them up so I'd be set for sometime to come. Long story short............ I took each one out of the package, put it in, ran it for about10-15 seconds and threw it out. All 3 of them. Quality and consistency is, evidently, hit or miss...........mostly miss, apparently, at Flextone.
Welcome to the crappy products of the busbices!
I agree i do shop a lot on line for stuff i need for hunting. We do have a local gun store but he sales mostly hand guns but he will order long guns for you so i buy all my guns from him. I shop WalMart for a few items i need including some ammo, household supplies and garden stuff etc. Buy all my gas at WalMart..We don't have a maw pop place to buy gas and most other stuff were i live...I have to drive over 10 miles to a place to just get Ethanol free gas for all my lawn equipment, Polaris Ranger and 4 wheeler...
Quote from: 2eagles on March 20, 2016, 09:53:50 AM
I've done business with Walmart as a vendor for about 40 years. If you think WM is a pain and don't like shopping there and support the local guy, Remember this. Thier employees are mostly local, working to provide for themselves and their families, so maybe shopping there isn't so bad.
They may hire local people but they dont give them enough hours to make a living,and the benefits are terrible. A family member of mine worked for them when Sam was alive and her benefits were excellent and so was her pay. She worked up to a management position pretty quickly. Now days it is not the story. Walmart is very bad for a community .
Mal Wart stopped selling guns in some areas and Sam doesn't own it anymore. :deadhorse:
Quote from: Gooserbat on March 19, 2016, 11:29:54 PM
I'd buy from the local guy for so many reasons I can't find the time to type it all, unless he's a jerk. Then I'd buy from a different local guy.
This.
Gooserbat is a local guy. You can buy a call from Walmart or support a local guy...
Glad to hear you found some deals. I've always tried to support the little guy too, but the only one that sells guns and ammo around here anymore is only open one or two days a week and he's not there most of the time when he's supposed to be open. I got tired of driving up there all the time trying to catch him there and eventually gave up on it. If he's around when I go by I'll give him the business, otherwise I'm on my way to one of the big stores. I don't like it, but that's the way it is.
Bob
Quote from: spaightlabs on March 20, 2016, 04:37:44 PM
Quote from: Gooserbat on March 19, 2016, 11:29:54 PM
I'd buy from the local guy for so many reasons I can't find the time to type it all, unless he's a jerk. Then I'd buy from a different local guy.
This.
Gooserbat is a local guy. You can buy a call from Walmart or support a local guy...
Well I've done both... Bought three calls from him last year.
Does the calls from Walmart even kill turkeys?! My best calls came from Lonnie Sneed and Gooserbat. I deal locally as much as I can and when I can't I just order from the little guys who are local or somewhere else.
Quote from: turkey buster on March 20, 2016, 08:36:27 PM
Does the calls from Walmart even kill turkeys?! My best calls came from Lonnie Sneed and Gooserbat. I deal locally as much as I can and when I can't I just order from the little guys who are local or somewhere else.
Doesn't kill them but brought mine in last year. The Benelli did the killing.
Quote from: JK Spurs on March 20, 2016, 08:40:29 PM
Quote from: turkey buster on March 20, 2016, 08:36:27 PM
Does the calls from Walmart even kill turkeys?! My best calls came from Lonnie Sneed and Gooserbat. I deal locally as much as I can and when I can't I just order from the little guys who are local or somewhere else.
Doesn't kill them but brought mine in last year. The Benelli did the killing.
Well played :z-guntootsmiley: :icon_thumright:
good one, good one,,,JK Spurs
Yes. They make turkey sounds therefore they will call up turkeys. However I try to always support the smaller businesses.
Quote from: turkey buster on March 20, 2016, 08:36:27 PM
Does the calls from Walmart even kill turkeys?! My best calls came from Lonnie Sneed and Gooserbat. I deal locally as much as I can and when I can't I just order from the little guys who are local or somewhere else.
The hunting selections has dwindled at our local walmarts drastically over the years, but this past year after the season, I was passing through the hunting section and lo and behold everything was clearances. Bought $382 worth of calls, decoys, and shells for $76. A lot of Xmas presents for family members getting into turkey hunting and I'll be set on shells for a while. Haven't had a chance to pattern yet but I have a few to choose from. Have 3-4 boxes of each kind in the picture. At $2-$4 a box it was too hard to pass up.
if you had the money your local walmart was bringing in you wouldn't be complaining
hey those thug loads did pretty well in one of my guns :fud:
Quote from: steinb3rg on March 21, 2016, 10:57:57 AM
The hunting selections has dwindled at our local walmarts drastically over the years, but this past year after the season, I was passing through the hunting section and lo and behold everything was clearances. Bought $382 worth of calls, decoys, and shells for $76. A lot of Xmas presents for family members getting into turkey hunting and I'll be set on shells for a while. Haven't had a chance to pattern yet but I have a few to choose from. Have 3-4 boxes of each kind in the picture. At $2-$4 a box it was too hard to pass up.
I agree bugman those turkey thug shells shot great in one of my turkey guns also...great shell for the money they remind me of the old federal turkey loads without the flight control wad..
guess I'm the odd ball, but I don't support any of my LGS's, they are to high on everything and 95% of the time the employees are some what let's say $%^ O's
I buy my ammo at wal mart and online
Quote from: surehuntsalot on March 21, 2016, 10:24:50 PM
guess I'm the odd ball, but I don't support any of my LGS's, they are to high on everything and 95% of the time the employees are some what let's say $%^ O's
I buy my ammo at wal mart and online
Couldn't have said it better...the bottom line is I'm going to where the deals are and the price is cheaper.
Here's my stance on it. If my local supplier is close in price compared to the chain stores then he gets my money. I understand they don't deal in bulk like the large stores and so they aren't going to get the price break. However when a box of ammo is 5-6 dollars higher than the big stores well then guess where I am going.
I don't have any local stores to speak of, many of my purchases are made at Cabelas...for those things that I can't get there in person I buy online. However most of my online purchases are through smaller stores (like Midwest Turkey) and I feel like that is in the spirit of buying from the local little guy. I hate Walmart.
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I use to have to shop exclusively through cabelas catalog and Walmart. But when I moved to the bigger city I started shopping at a local outfit. They are higher, but they have helped me out with quick turn around times and are super knowledgeble. So I normally stop by there first to see if they have what I need before heading to the big box. Plus Walmarts around here do not carry hardly any hunting stuff anymore.