cabelas is discontinuing tractor sales

[Jim Timber]

Woodbury store is the SMALLEST one in the area.

 

[Coyote machine]

I have some cabelas hunting gear (that I'll probably give away at some point). I don't much care for it, even when I bought it. It reeks of Cabelas with theit logo everywhere and it's heavy and the camo isn't digital either.... I wear nothing but KUKU now and while it makes even the most expensive cabelas stuff look cheap, you get what you pay for. I do extreme hunts and that demands extreme hunting gear, from clothes to optics to firearms. Cabelas don't cut it in those departrments, least in my opinion.

Not everyone can afford KUIU, in fact not too many sportsmen would pay the price of admission, but I do because it's the best you can get, bar none. The kind of hunting I do can be a life or death thing. I want all the advantages I can get.... all the time.

Sure, I can go there and look at Swarovski bino's or Nightforce scopes or even high end rifles, but I can buy them for appreciably less, elsewhere, not rifles really, all mine are custom built. I don't purchase stock long guns.. I'm right in the midst of purchasing a 460 Smith long barrel hunter (that Cabelas has) but I can get for hundreds less, elsewhere. I don't play sales. If I waited for a sale, while it's a bonus for sure, most of what I purchase is never on sale anyway.

It's a nice store but premier outfitter, no way. My wife likes their fudge however.

Obviously, you have never worn Kennetrecks and have probably never heard of them. Having said that, I do own a pair of Meindl's that cabelas sells (I get the foot beds for them there). I have 3 pair of hunting boots, a pair with 800 gram Thinsulate, a pair with Vibram soles for sidehilling in hardscrabble and a pair with no insulation for warm wearher hunts. I could never have one pair, because like firearms or tools, one wrench don't work, one firearm wont either and neither will a pair of boots,

Wow, it must be awesome to be you! Custom guns, EXTREME hunting, UNobtanium clothing no one else can afford, WOW! Us average, shop at Cabela's folks, or worse yet Wally World buyers, can't imagine what it must be like to live in the life and death realm hunting the extreme (Bigfoot?) wildebeest.
And a black Cabela's card, oh, awesome- with a HUGE limit, (overcompensation benefit, I presume?) but you never use it, wish I were you....

 

[AxleHub]

Woodbury store is the SMALLEST one in the area.

The store on Radio Drive? Its huge and was finished in late 2013 as I recall. Its the model for any of their new stores to be built anywhere. I've never been at a Cabelas even close to that size. Where is there a larger Cabelas in that area?

 

[Texas Dawg]

Coyote machine,
I was going to comment on 5030's post, but I think you pretty well summed it up.

 

[AxleHub]

Well I'll be. You were right. I looked it up and I've been in the Owatonna store many times and the below article claims its almost twice the size. I sure don't remrmber it thst way. And it wasn't late 2013 it was mid 2014 completed.

Fishing: New Woodbury Cabela's is smaller - but not? - TwinCities.com

 

[Coyote machine]

Coyote machine,
I was going to comment on 5030's post, but I think you pretty well summed it up.

Opportunity strikes; while the iron is hot....:confused3:

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I do extreme hunts and that demands extreme hunting gear, from clothes to optics to firearms. Cabelas don't cut it in those departrments, least in my opinion.

Sure, I can go there and look at Swarovski bino's or Nightforce scopes or even high end rifles, but I can buy them for appreciably less, elsewhere, not rifles really, all mine are custom built.

I found your answer interesting... I've spent weeks at a time in the Alaskan bush, hunting moose, big bears, caribou and even Dall sheep, living out of a 3 man tent on the Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak island and islands around it, also other temperate rain forest area's... Some times by my self, even in the winter...

I'm just wondering, does any of those hunts sound "extreme" to you?

And to think, I never have owned "the best clothing in the world"! But I stayed warn and dry and had a GREAT time...

I also have some custom guns, including from Krieghoff and NULA, but my brown bear rifle to crawl through the alders with, is a Remington 700! (yes i've harvested brown bears with it) It's put plenty of moose, deer, caribou and other big game in my freezer, so I guess I screwed up with THAT choice too! lol

Well, I DID use "custom" reloaded ammo that I loaded myself and in some cases, I also used "custom" bonded core bullets, that I also swaged myself... SO, perhaps I did some things right... (in your eyes)

SR

 

[Jim Timber]

The Moorhead store is smaller yet, but I don't consider Fargo in our area. The Owatonna store is an hour from Rogers and Woodbury.

Several of us were surprised they'd do another one so close to Rogers as the two are about 20 minutes apart, but for the Western WI folks, it's a big deal to not have to drive through the metro to get there I guess. All the cardholder events are still held at Rogers.

 

[AxleHub]

The Moorhead store is smaller yet, but I don't consider Fargo in our area. The Owatonna store is an hour from Rogers and Woodbury.

Several of us were surprised they'd do another one so close to Rogers as the two are about 20 minutes apart, but for the Western WI folks, it's a big deal to not have to drive through the metro to get there I guess. All the cardholder events are still held at Rogers.

The whole thing with the Owatonna location was a master stroke for Cabelas as it ties right into the airport and is a major Canada fly in point. So people land at Owatonna . . get a shuttle ride direct to the store . . Stock up on everything they need and fly in direct to Canada.

But where is the Rogers location in relation to Minneapolis and Woodbury ?

 

[General Lee]

Another thing to consider is the rumor that Cabela's is for sale. It might be part of making their sales price better by getting out of anything the hurts their net profit.

Yes, I've been hearing some buzz that Bass Pro may be buying Cabela's out.