Went Sunday and there very thin. Been using there credit card and using points. Guess I’ll just go to fun and sun.

Went Sunday and there very thin. Been using there credit card and using points. Guess I’ll just go to fun and sun.

I live in San Antonio, but would often make the drive to Cabelas in Buda. Used to have a lot better selection of gear and more variety. Haven't been since the buyout, but hear not so great things.

It's not as much fun to shop for tackle online, but it is more convenient. I don't like the Cabela's / BPS in Allen anymore either. I use to go just walk around the store and maybe pickup a few things, but I haven't even gone in there in nearly a year now.

Sure hope my current Guide Wear rain gear holds in there a long time. I don't care for the 100MPH stuff.

I don't know why but there just aren't many "smaller shops" around Houston. I live on the NW side of Houston. Marbergers, what I consider to be the last of the Mom and Pop stores, closed down. It was miles from me. BPS decided to build on the west and southwest sides of Houston. There is a Cabelas in the League City area, which is on the southside of Houston. Fishing Tackle Unlimited has three locations; none of which are close to me. Dick's sucks. Academy is a joke. Field and Stream; nowhere around me. I am pretty much forced to buy anything and everything online.

The thing I hate about having to go to the internet for dang near anything extends beyond tackle purchases. When I go to do something, I plan on doing it that day. Now you can't find anything in a store. It has gotten to the point that if I want to change out a light bulb, I have to plan 2 weeks out

It is the same in their hunting department. I went to Cabelas in Fort Worth and there was hardly any hunting clothing. That used to be a big department but not anymore. As far as rifles, they carry a lot of the cheaper Savage rifles, but not any quality like Sako, Winchester unless you want to buy out of their rare and custom rifle section.
The fishing department is worse than Academy. Its a good thing that Midway USA and Tackle Warehouse are doing well. They get all of my business now. Too bad

When BPS opened in Grapevine they used to have some great deals on rods and reels and tackles, Them days are long gone

Marburgers did close? Dang. I loved that store. Stupid road widening.

we probably need to thank johnny morris for cabelas still being in business....and it's probably going to take some time for them to get the inventories back up to normal...keep in mind almost everything they have in stock has to be ordered,manufactored and then brought from overseas......

I'm curious to see how Scheel's opening up affects them.

I'm curious as well. The Scheel's stores I frequent up North are always top notch.

I used to work at Cabelas in Allen. Worked during the merge process and helped redo the fishing department to what it is now... Being a tournament guy, I wouldn’t even shop there. The selection was great until after the merge and the discount didn’t make even make up for the lack of selection... while I was there, most of Megabass was taken away. Rage craws were taken away and sold through what was left. NRX’s quit coming in. Most of the higher end reels were discounted and then taken out of assortment. Some brought back but not all. I won’t go into detail but I will say that internally, the Cabelas in Allen is suffering from the top down. There was a manager for every department and now there are only 3 managers working the whole store. Corporate would always be in wondering why sales were down/credit card applications were down, etc... What got me the most working there was that all day while working, through our microphones they would say “now remember... club card, sales and customer service are our 3 main priorities in that order.” They don’t care for customer service at all... if it weren’t for the credit card, that store would be under...

As far as scheels goes, everyone working there is worried about how it will effect them. Especially in the beginning. If it’s what I think, then I think it will close down Cabelas in Allen in a couple years if not sooner.

They're building a new "Scheel's Sporting Goods" in the Colony. It's a MONSTER store, the biggest I've ever seen.

Guys that know them say they stock the best hunting and fishing equipment and none of the hard rock candy, booger picker metal signs and all that nonsense.


BPS is getting some serious competition.

^^THIS^^ The Scheels stores I have been into on business trips have such a wide variety of offerings, great customer service, and targeted to the regions they are in. Went in one in Grand Forks, ND. Of course the ice fisherman was well represented but the upland, migratory, and big game hunters were well taken care of too. Big selection of firearms across a broad range of price points.

April 2020. Can’t wait. I called the Scheels corporate headquarters last week to ask them some questions and a human being answered the phone
The Grapevine and Allen stores have to be worried.