Gander Mountain Company will open its fifth Illinois store in Springfield on March 24.


The 57,000 square foot will carry a broad selection of products for the outdoors enthusiast. Customers may select from thousands of firearms, equipment for hunting, fishing, and archery, apparel and footwear, camping equipment, and gifts. Canoes and kayaks will be displayed inside and outside of the Gander Mountain store. In addition to carrying most top national brands, the store will also carry a broad assortment of its own Gander Mountain and Three Forks Ranch branded items.


The new Gander Mountain store offers a range of services including: an on-site gunsmith, an archery lane and full-service archery shop, line winding, live bait and a staff of associates with a wealth of knowledge about the outdoor products they provide.


The store features a “Gander Mountain Lodge”, a meeting room provided free of charge for meetings of local outdoor groups. During the year Gander Mountain provides educational courses for outdoor enthusiasts in the Lodge and offers more hunter safety programs through its lodges than any other retailer in the United States.