Central New York's archery & bowhunting pro shop
A full-service shop with indoor lanes, lessons, leagues and real bowhunting expertise — treating customers the same way we did in the basement of our house, since 1981.
Sales · Training · Service
The most cutting-edge archery and bowhunting pro shop in the Utica/Rome area.
Sales
Bows, crossbows, arrows and accessories from the lines we carry — matched to you, not sold from a box.
Training
Group and private lessons, plus lane and equipment rental — a safe way for Central New York to learn archery.
Service
Bow technicians with over 30 years of experience fixing and tuning compound bows. There is nothing we cannot remedy.
Lanes, lessons & leagues
Indoor lanes right beneath the pro shop — try equipment before you buy, learn to shoot, or join a winter league.
Our indoor lanes
We even have indoor lanes right beneath the pro shop that you can try out bows or other equipment like releases before you buy — to ensure that you are completely satisfied with your purchase before you even leave the premises. That's the Straight Arrow difference.
Lane rental · $10/hr Equipment rental · $18/hr
Group lessons
Up to 3 students per group
- One-hour lesson$35 /student
All instruction includes personal instruction, lane fees, targets and equipment (if needed).
Private lessons
One on one
- One-hour lesson$45 /student
We take great pride in helping people learn how to shoot a bow.
No-instruction rates
Shoot on your own
- Lane rental$10 /hr
- Equipment rental$18 /hr
To schedule a lesson, email Bill Wilcox at bigbillwilcox@gmail.com.
Winter leagues
Straight Arrow Archery offers leagues that run for 13 weeks from early January to mid-April. We offer both a Wednesday night and a Thursday night league, and can accommodate fourteen (14) two-person teams. The format is bowhunter with animal targets. Both leagues are handicapped for shooter equity.
$165 · season, paid in advance $14/wk · $182 total
Sign-ups are accepted from November 15th until the league is full. Contact the shop for further info and details.
We also offer a Saturday morning youth league that begins in early February and runs for 8 weeks — enjoyed by youngsters ages 8–13. Participants provide their own equipment.
Zero in on your visit cost
Build a quick estimate from our posted lesson, lane, rental and league rates. This is a planning tool — the shop confirms everything when you call or email.
Lessons
Lane rental
Equipment rental
Winter league
Your estimate
Prices are the shop's own posted rates. Leagues run early January–mid April; sign-ups from Nov 15. Final pricing is confirmed by the shop.
Email Bill about lessonsBows, crossbows & gear
Our sales team can seamlessly match bows with prospective owners based on personality, price, build, performance, age, skills and temperament. This is not a "bow in a box" outfit.
Compound bows
Mathews
In 1992, Matt McPherson of Mathews invented single cam technology and revolutionized the archery industry. Since then, it's been a fast and furious stream of innovations that have brought the modern compound bow to where it is today. Year after year, their pioneered and patented technology improves bow performance and sets new industry standards.
Hoyt
Hoyt is home to employees that are driven to build the best bows the world has to offer. There are no compromises. The people behind the scenes at Hoyt are just like you: hardcore bowhunters and target archers who demand the best from their equipment. Since 1931, Hoyt has been leading the way with uncompromising quality, performance and reliability.
Mission
Mission has built a reputation for building bows that outperform their price. Whether you're just starting out or have been developing your archery skills for decades, their mission is to design bows that hit the sweet spot between performance and price, so you can pursue your archery and bowhunting adventures without going over your budget.
Diamond
Diamond bows are made in America, by passionate employees who take pride in every step of the build process. From our in-house string facility, to high quality finish process. All to build the most advanced archery product known to man, with the quality and service you would expect.
Bowtech
Headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, Bowtech employs over 300 team members. It is the parent company of industry leading brands including Diamond Archery, Stryker Crossbows, as well as Excalibur crossbows. This extensive network of companies gives Bowtech world class design expertise, and vast manufacturing ability.
Crossbows
TenPoint
The Tenpoint rigorous testing standards have earned them a reputation for making some of the most durable and dependable products on the market. They validate all of their designs through a prototyping process that combines hands-on testing with automated cycle testing that is unparalleled in our industry.
Excalibur
At Excalibur, we aren't big business cashing in on crossbow hunting, we're crossbow hunters who build crossbows. Our first priority is not to produce a lot of cheap bows with star wars styling, but to make the most efficient, reliable, and accurate hunting crossbow that money can buy.
Scorpyd
The Reverse Draw Technology created by Jim Kempf has innovated how crossbows should be made. By reversing the riser and limb arrangement, and putting the string at the leading edge, Jim essentially eliminated all of the brace height, which maximized the power stroke — creating the worlds fastest crossbows.
Wicked Ridge
Our objective at Wicked Ridge Crossbows is to provide the outdoorsman with high quality, precision performance crossbows and accessories that are simple, reliable, and affordable.
Horton
Horton crossbows are proudly designed, manufactured and assembled in the U.S.A. using the highest quality components available. Infused with some of the industry's most technologically advanced features, their crossbows are subject to extensive and rigorous testing standards.
Mission
Mission has built a reputation for building bows that outperform their price. They know that your mission is to get out and enjoy the great outdoors, to conquer your harvest, and to have fun doing it.
Accessories
Our prices on accessories are tough to beat — releases, sights, rests and more on the wall. We can work with any budget.
Special orders
We can special order just about anything you could possibly want from our outstanding distributors:
- Clothes
- Treestands
- Accessories
- ANYTHING at all!
Gift cards
$25 Straight Arrow Archery gift cards make a great gift for the archer or bowhunter in your life.
The Straight Arrow difference
Over 30 years of hands-on bowhunting and archery expertise — the kind of service you do not get anywhere else.
Do I need a lot of money to get started in archery/bowhunting?
How do I know my bow will be fixed right if I bring it to Straight Arrow for service?
With so many bow lines and models available, how can I be sure I select the right one?
What are the payment options offered at Straight Arrow Archery?
What if I want something specific that you do not carry at the shop?
Started in the basement of our house
Straight Arrow Archery was started in 1981 in the basement of our house. My father Fred bought an arrow fletching jig and started refletching arrows for his buddies. He started carrying a few other odds and ends and eventually even a couple bows. Early bow lines included Darton and Oneida Eagle. We painted the bare bows by hand using real leaves as templates. A big part of the business at the time was arrow straightening. How things have evolved since then.
The shop eventually outgrew the basement and Fred remodeled our garage. It seemed like all the space we would ever need. Within a few more years, the shop really took off. Our blend of outstanding customer service, pricing, and real life bowhunting and archery expertise was a sought after commodity in the community. A decision was made to sell the house on Elm Street and move to the big farm on Oneida Street. My father's outstanding vision allowed him to walk into an abandoned barn and boldly state, "This is the perfect spot to take Straight Arrow Archery to the next level". It turns out, his intuition was spot on.
In the next few years, the pro shop continued to evolve adding indoor lanes and an outdoor 3D course. Two more bow technicians were added and most recently I bought into a company that I watched grow since I was a kid on Elm Street. I can now proudly say that I'm part of the most cutting edge archery and bowhunting pro shop in the Utica/Rome area — and we still treat our customers like we did in the basement of our house.
Sincerely, Tim DelMedico
Find us in New Hartford
- Monday12:00pm – 8:00pm
- TuesdayClosed
- Wednesday4:00pm – 8:00pm
- Thursday12:00pm – 8:00pm
- FridayClosed
- Saturday10:00am – 2:00pm
- SundayClosed / Call for appt
Send us a message
Prefer to make a call? (315) 737-5248