I would hope so! It would be cheaper and more effective for them, than driving to a sporting goods store and asking patrons for feedback on their products.

To be honest with you I don’t think they do

Back in if I remeber right 1994, Ben Avery shooting Range was being sold and wanted everyones input so they had a meeting open to all. I was sitting next to one of the Big Guns from The Ruger Company and by the way Ruger was the only Manufacturer there and a special goes out to those folks!! I asked him if Ruger was considering changing the barrel twist for the Mini 14 to at least a 1-9 twist to shoot 60 grain plus so new competition shooters can get into the game and use it on deer more effectively. Surprisingly He didn’t know there was problem a problem and taken what I said seriously knowing I was there representing the Air Force High Power Team.

i wish...nudge nudge

Asking the pros is a foolish marketing practice, because they are not a significant market share. What they want doesn't represent what we want. I catch bass on ultralight tackle anywhere, yet they insist on 20+ pound test line, and fish in ways that I don't. So why ask them? They aren't buying all the stuff. We are.

I hope they do, to pick up on some of the things that we want. What I really think is that they tell us what we want. Many companies will have a PRO hunter use a product to give it some publicity... maybe even run them in a commerical or two. Even if the product is total crap or maybe even breaks apart after a week of use, many hunters will still buy because the "Drury Brothers" use it. Some might not add up to this but I have seen my fair share of instances where some hunters buy products because of the people who use them and not the product itself.

No they don't. They pay big bucks to their marketing dept. to figure out what we want.