Glisson Archery & Pro Shop

Category:	Archery Store
Address:	22900 E Main St, Plainfield, IL 60544, USA
Phone:	+1 815-436-5803
Site:	glissonarchery.com
Rating:	3.9
Working:	Closed 12–8PM 12–8PM 12–8PM 10AM–6PM 10AM–6PM 10AM–2PM

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Reviews 13

jeffrey Janiec

Can I give then less than one star? About 5 years ago we stopped in because my daughter expressed an interest in archery. After walking in on a very uncomfortable conversation with his wife, we started in on what turned out to be a less than pleasant experience for my daughter. He almost brought her to years explaining the safety rules and then put her into the wrong bow. (He never bothered check her eye dominance) she still had a nice time though. There was a patron who was more helpful than Sonny ever was. Even told my wife that he wouldnt sell us a bow until she had been shooting a year. Huh? IF I want to waste my money, isnt that my decision? Anyway, we found a different shop that was much more helpful and my daughter is still shooting and loves it even more. I dont think I could say that today if we had stayed there. I suspect he does know some useful information, but he is definitely geared for hunting and for adults and probably experienced ones at that. Nurturing a love for the sport, especially with kids, is NOT his strength. Oh, one other fun fact. He threw a teammate of my daughter out of his shop when he found she shot out of our home range. All she wanted to do was get some practice in and it was physically closer to her house. I guess not. Buyer beware.

Linda Mohammad

This was the second time in 3 years that I went here. Both times a had a very pleasant time. First time was just me and a friend, and we had a great time, and then ended up having a pleasant conversation with the owner about random stuff for about half an hour. Second time I went, I went with the same friend, plus my husband, sister, and brother in law. We all had a great time. I paid for much needed lessons both times, and even though we were there for over 2 hours, we were only charged for 1 hour. We also had another at least 30 min conversation with the owner again. He has many good stories to share. And yes, he cracks jokes that I guess some people might take offensively, but neither of us did. And we knew he meant it in a joking way. (Example, my 23 year old sister was too weak to use the adult size bow, so she was using the one for kids. We were all cracking jokes, and all had a great time). Ill absolutely be going back.

Brenden McCormack

My wife and I stopped by here for our anniversary last year, we were looking to try new things together. I never tried archery myself, but she did mention to the instructor she had tried it once, and suddenly our instructor must have assumed she knew all the safety rules and guidelines. He was very aggressive in his tone and continued to speak down to us like we were immature kids wasting his time. Im not sure if this is the sort of practice all their instructors demonstrate there, but we certainly didnt feel welcome. Needless to say, we were out in 5 minutes and spent the remainder of our day trying to forget that catastrophe.

Andre Jimenez

Drove 45 minutes to purchase a Crossbow for my birthday. Once there, Sonny was having a Personal Conversation with his Personal Friend while my wife and I waited patiently to be help. After 10 minutes, He indicated to look around, never asking what I was looking for. After some time, He pitched a used OVERPRICE Crossbow and another one that was substandard. I had to personally remove that Crossbows from the Rack High above to look at them because he would not help me. All that time he was having a Personal Conversation with his friend. I left after 20 Min,

Andrew Harris

Went here to try out some archery with my brothers. We basically had zero experience and just wanted to try something different. We had a great time, and were the only ones there (early Sunday afternoon), so we got excellent instruction from the guy working there. He was very friendly and did an awesome job helping us out.

Eric Antonides

A great place if you like being put down and insulted for trying to learn anything. Sonny may be good at shooting a bow but I wouldnt go there again with his abrasive and entitled attitude. Go somewhere else.

David G

Pro shop not open on Sunday. The gentleman there were very knowledgeable and helpful. Old school feel about it but they have a lot there. Great place to go.

Rolopolo Yee

Very nice and I they where super encouraging. It was very 1 on 1 and they where some of the most chill people.

Dan S

Environment was professional, fun, safe, and inexpensive. Great place to have fun for an hour at!

Scott Roberts

Professional! Compound bow had new string, peep, and nock alignment in under 20 min. Great work.

Ryan Hourselt

Very professional shop only shop I will take my bow to get worked on and shoot

Pete Brownson

Outstanding!

dominic deangelis

Overpriced