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Author Topic: Eagan, MN bow shops  (Read 163 times)

Offline Flyinokra

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Eagan, MN bow shops
« on: October 05, 2012, 08:55:00 PM »
I'm an airline pilot stuck in Eagan for the next 4 days. Any good bow shops or bowyers around? It stinks being stuck in a hotel with cold weather with deer season open.
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Offline Jason Kendall

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Re: Eagan, MN bow shops
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2012, 10:00:00 PM »
70 miles away in Rochester there is The Footed Shaft, that's all I know of for trad shops close to Eagan & worth the drive, nice shop!
Check out  www.rapidsarchery.org  they are close and they shoot trad bows on Sunday nights from what I hear.

Offline Flyinokra

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Re: Eagan, MN bow shops
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2012, 10:48:00 PM »
Thanks Jason ill check it out.
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Offline David Spear

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Re: Eagan, MN bow shops
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2012, 11:39:00 PM »
I have a couple tree stands and pop up blinds in my cedar swamp for the next time your in Esky.

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Offline shadman

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Re: Eagan, MN bow shops
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2012, 12:12:00 AM »
The Sunday night traditional shoots start in January at the Rapids Club

Offline AkDan

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Re: Eagan, MN bow shops
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2012, 01:25:00 AM »
did anyone take over the footed shaft?   Its down in rochester oh 2 hours or so southeast of you.  I havent been in in a few years now...   Here's the web site.   http://www.footedshaftllc.com/  
If you can I'd definatly go sit a spell with him and check the shop out.  Its small and kinda cramped but it literally has it all from wall to wall (reason it feels so small and cramped LOL!  The back room is all bows as was the ceiling....ceiling is all collector stuff.  If there's one person in that state atleast in my book that would know where to or whose who in that area..he'd be the man.  

Mr Holm is a few hours north of you. Chads a tradgang'r also....you can look him up on here.  A stop I wish I would have made before he became famous making bows.....there's just never enough time trying to see family/hunt/fish and see some old friends.

You could stop by the zwickey shop in north st paul...they're right off 36.  If you get on 35e north...hit 694, head east....easiest way is to get on 36 and head west 5 or so miles....you'll get on right at menards where 694 turns south.   Its about 5 miles on your left, near the school (which is on the north side) and just west of the bear.   Buildings a little tough to find but well worth it!  

Havent been to coon rapids shoots in years...definatly worth it!   The old indoor shoots were awesome!   I never could make it to the big summer shoot.  do they still have it shadman?  

There used to be a bowyer up in Wyoming...got into building all graphite stuff along with self bows...I think the last name was Mckinney?   There was another self bow guy down in shockapee (sp).   I havent heard or seen anything from them in years but someone might be able to find them.  I think I finally threw out the brochures LOL!  maybe  ;) .

If you get a wild hair....stop by whitecastle...buy a crave case of jalapeno burgers and onion chips and make a detour to fairbanks Ak on your way out  ;) .   I'll trade ya a salmon dinner!

Offline Flyinokra

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Re: Eagan, MN bow shops
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2012, 10:04:00 AM »
Dan Alaska is on my bucket list for sure!! I have wanted to make a fishing trip and bear hunt for sometime now.  If I make it up I'll stick some Whitecastle in my flight bag.
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Offline AkDan

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Re: Eagan, MN bow shops
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2012, 12:25:00 PM »
if you make it up holler!  It was a tough year for kings...normally I'd tell a person to come up 15-20 june and prepare for some fun!  This year they were there but the river was basically in the woods...never seen it so high or muddy.   We did good on reds (sockeyes).   I didnt get back out for kings before it was shut down....last year as in years past we've done really good.  Though I did miss the reds due to all the rowing.   We're backbouncing out of my 16' cataraft.  Works well with 2 peeps.

Bears, well I cant help too much there.  I'm not  much of a bear guy.  I do enjoy it, but usually am chasing other critters.   Thought last night I had the heebie jeebie's on the river bank I was hiking looking for moose...sure enough I came up on a carcass loaded with bear tracks.  Makes the fuzz on my bald head stand up!

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