Academy Sports + Outdoors — Local services in Searcy

First of all, I was really excited about academy coming to Searcy. But, it’s been a pretty big disappointment. The staff are nice & helpful & the place is clean. That’s to be expected. But everything is so overpriced, especially ammo. You sell Hornady ammo at a significant markup when I can go around the corner to Atwood’s and get the exact same box of ammo down to the lot number at a much...

Went for snagging hooks for fishing, figured it's a sporting goods store they have all kinds of fishing gear. Sadly Walmart has them beat! Driving in searcy is a huge pain, so having to drive 45 minutes away from home to find the biggest treble hooks Academy sports carries is a 2/0. Very disappointed with Academy and won't waste my time with them anymore. Not a very well equipped...

Great! Very friendly and helpful associates! The clean and upbeat vibe I got walking through the door made my last minute Christmas shopping (with a 1 year old) not as stressful! Only Con is that I wish they had a sale on Stanley cups like ......."Buy One Stanley cup gets a second one for 40%".... or something like that! Lol. Very...