Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Dick’s. Removes Hunting Dept’s.

And funny that the same guys who say that Dicks doesn’t know dick about guns are now pissed that it won’t be a problem anymore.

Dicks had a hunting department?

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Damn it. I used to buy alot of fishing stuff from Dick's. Still have a couple guns from there and lots of ammunition. You who say they didn't have anything good don't know shyt. The guns and ammo Dick's sold were the most popular stuff with the general hunting public. Rem. 870 expess, Mossy. 500's, Ruger Americans, 10/22's, Marlin 60's etc etc. No big gun store is going to sell enough of the rich guy snobby stuff like Christensen, Kimber, Barret etc. to stay in business for long. I will miss them here as there aren't many mom & pop shops left in the area, their prices are high, their selection limited and the nearest Bass Pro is a 70 mile drive.

OF COURSE they do.
For you & another member who mentioned ‘anti constitutional’

I was “thinking” of them joining forces with the Antis to help reduce our
ACCESS to firearms & ammo & hunting paraphernalia.

NO - no one is bound by the constitution to sell and promote ANYTHING.

They will be filing chapter 11 or 13 one of those two by they end of the year.

Welcome to Sports Authority.

Possibly so but it has zero to do with getting rid of the guns, hunting, and fishing gear.

When they pulled hunting gear out of the stores up here I went in and spoke to the manager. We bought a lot of expensive fastpitch gear for our daughter, and some small stuff over in the hunting area, never any guns though. I politely told her that my business would be going elsewhere due to their stupid, liberal backed stance. She knew me from helping me previously when getting bats for my daughter. They lost a lot of business from thier decision and will lose more.

The folks who run Dick’s and Field & Stream couldn’t give 2 chits about firearms, hunting or fishing or anything else related to outdoors. Their interest is purely in the dollar they can turn on it. The whole time they’re selling guns, they’re also hiring antigun lobbyists!
The very idea of selling firearms and accessories, while at the very same time working to undermine the rights their customers hold dear!
They were exposed as the two faced azzholes they are some time back, and I won’t darken their door.
Their stuff never was that cheap anyway. The little bit you save over your local gun shop works against you in more ways than you imagine.
Bottom line, support the people who support you.
7mm

They don't care. Do you not understand margins? They didn't make crap on it, they didn't sell enough of it, and it was a smart business decision. Pretty much everyone on here has claimed to not buy gear from them, and you get made they choose to stop selling it? By the way they haven't lost any business because of it. The people that shop at Dick's could careless. But so many here can not seem to comprehend that or their own admission of not buying from there in the first place.

To me it's just that same as the suits running Dick's saying "You win....we give up!"

Close outs.
Ammo, guns, gear.
Hit em.
See what might be marked down.

They had a Field & Stream in Altoona. I knew a couple people there, and I bought guns and more there. When F&S stopped selling semi autos l, I made my last trip specifically to tell the manager they’d never get another nickel from me.
It’s now taken over by Sportsmans Warehouse, and I occasionally shop there, but I still spend the vast majority of my money in the LGS.
7mm

The democrat anti-American/socialist policies, rules, regulations, and taxes will destroy America forever if we do not vote the democrats out of power in the 2020 election. They should be removed off all the ballots. They offer nothing for America or its people to make the country better.

Haven't set foot in one in years.

Was a hardlines manager at a Dick's store in Michigan for a few years. That included Golf, sporting goods and the "lodge" which was hunt/fish/camp. I got to see what was made on each area, margin wise. Now I am as big a gun nut as anyone else on here but I can also understand business. Dump the guns and ammo and devote the floor space to footwear and apparel, would make way more money.

By golly I haven’t set foot in Dick’s , Walmart , Arby’s since I retired from Johns Manville insulation factory in ‘61

I remember about 15 years ago when they opened one in Concord New Hampshire, I bought a long rife from them and everything went OK but when I was about to leave they gave me another form to fill out, it was not a gov form but one of there own I protested and said I had met all the requirements he said I had to to complete the transaction. It has several questions on it like if the gun was going to be kept in a safe and other saftey questions one question that struck me funny was how many kids I had and lived in the house, I answered 12 children when he looked over the paperwork he said I find it hard to believe Mr Crawford that you have 12 children I said to him my wife is very fertile and then I said I have had enough of this crap you never said there was going to be any other paperwork or else I would not have bought the rifle. I said to him I have my merchandise and my recipt and I am walking out of here and if anyone tries to stop me I will interpet it as an assult and will defend myself I started walking towards the door he followed me from a distance but never said or did anything else I have never set foot in one of there stores since then.

Dean

Dicks opened up a store near where l live a few years ago; walked through and looked a few times, but there wasn't really anything they were selling that I liked well enough to pay their ludicrously high prices to get. Poor selection plus high prices, they won't be missed.