Has anyone been in the Cabela's new store(s) like the one in Mitchell, SD? It is quite spectacular to me and from what I have seen back East.

The store has style, size, product and good prices and competant clerks.

They have a diorama of just about all of the small and large game. These are full body mounts and very impressive.

The inventory is very large with exotic scopes and even a new Cooper in .223 AI in stock. Perhaps someone will find a link with a picture of these stores.

I've hit the East Grand Forks, Minnesota store and since the Sidney store is between me and my Colorado elk ground, I'm a regular there. Both stores are impressive.

Yeah , I've been to the Mitchell store a couple of times.........it's OK.........I was sort of dissapointed with the handloading supplies , they don't have alot of variety in such things as powders or .375 bullets .

I'ta a good place to check out optics , they have a little of every sort of scope or binocular......

I have been to the Owatonna MN store and that one is impressive.

The one in Mitchell Sd was not as impressive as Owatonna, but I sure would not complain if they opened one that size anywhere near me.

The original in Kearney(?) Nebraksa ( middle of Nebraska) is fun to visit for Nostaliga. They have some good taxidermy there as usual, plus I like their gun dept, Not too big and not too small.

However I do like the one in Sydney Neb. You show up at noon and in no time they are kicking you out because it is time to go home.

At the Owatonna store a guy at the gun counter told me that he had helped open the Plymouth Michigan store and that it was bigger than Owatonna. He also said that in the first two days, they had as many customers as they had predicted in the first 30 days. How is that for popularity??

Cool places, wish they would start looking to building some out west instead of the guys back east getting all the fun. I have heard from a friend in Billings that they own land there. Hopefully a future store is coming there.

they are building 1 in idaho, and pa to open this fall

I'm a Cabela's junkie. I remember stopping at their store in Sidney when it was in an old red brick building downtown.
Besides Sidney, they've got into my checkbook at Kearney NE, Praire du Chien WI, Owatonna, MN, and the one here in Dundee MI.
The thing I like about Cabela's is their clothing. Being a person who needs 2XL TALL I can find some pretty good stuff in both hunting and casual.
I use their VISA card for all my purchases and rack up some pretty nice points for free stuff.

mr308win,

Where and when in Idaho? Couldn't find the info on the Cabelas' web site.

Thanks!!

-Steve

[ 07-17-2003, 07:12: Message edited by: Steve ]

Where in PA?

The PA store will be in the South Eastern portion near Reading, but they have also broke ground Off the Dallas Pike exit of Interstate 70 in WVA thats just across the state line.

Kansas City store is a treat, their Mule Deer Museum is outstanding.

HBH

I've been in the East Grand Forks store and the one in Sydney but I hear from friends that the one in Kansas City is really nice. I love their mounted animals and the K.C. store has an awsome Mulie exibit .

The store in Reading Pa is on hwy 61 north, just north of Reading. Scheduled to open this fall, Sept/Oct. Can't wait to go.

I have been in the Dundee Michigan store. it is about the same as described about the other stores.
a fellow at the store said they could park 4 747 jets end to end and that did not include the warehouse part. live trout stream, full mounts scenes, were all exceptional.

I have been to the Sydney store, Grand Forks, Kearney, Owatonna, Praire du Chien WI, and Mitchell stores. My personal favorite is Owatonna MN. I am headed there tomorrow. Its 120 miles but well worth it for as a weekend getaway. My wife even enjoys going. The Praire du Chien store is much smaller than the rest and its kinda cramped. We have Scheels All sports locally and they tend to have more guns than Cabelas, so I get the best of both.

I have been to Kearney, Sydney, Owatonna, and Dundee. Dundee and Owatonna are awesome.

Savage were you there just recently? A friend of mine works there.

Thanks for your time

Dog

[ 07-20-2003, 07:01: Message edited by: Mark R Dobrenski ]

Yes I was passing thru a few days ago and talked to a clerk named Terry. He is also a farmer/rancher? and knows just about everything about hunting in the area. My questions were more about where to find PD's as you call them.

The pa store is right off I78.The idaho store I read in a post on a forum. I do not see any info in their catalog, but WV is mentioned.I think it was Idaho Falls.Give them a call, and ask.I called them about 3 years ago, about opening in the east, here they come.

Ah yes shooting PD's to me it should be an olypic sport--I still do it a fair bit although not as much as b4.

A rancher friend of mine has this place--big place--lets just say that Cabelas doesn't have enough bullets to attack this town. The one part of the ranch has 36 sections of PD's on it--you do the math that is a lot of PD's--way way too much fun.......

Dog

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