I'm about to buy my first bow. I'm looking at the Hoyt Charger and the Bowtech Carbon Icon. As the title asks, is fitting and tuning included at most shops or should I expect to pay extra for those services?

It depends entirely on where you purchase the bow.  Some box stores will simply measure your arm length, look at a chart and then give you a bow with the proper draw, fit a peep and send you on your way.



Other stores will go the extra step, tune, fit a bow to you, then give you an hour of training on an indoor target. North 40, in Idaho and Montana do it that way.



If you're don't mind spending a little more, buy the bow from a dedicated archery shop, stores where archery is the mains sales item will spend the time fitting, explaining and making sure you leave with everything as it should be.

I'll be buying from a bow/gun shop not a box store. Also, I never heard of paper tuning before but did some reading and it's pretty easy to understand. But is tuning the bow just basically sighting it in or is there more to it than that?

Thanks for the info.

Quite a bit to tuning a bow.  Nothing that can't be self taught.  Check out ArcheryTalk forum, as well.

when my buddy had his shop he didn't let a customer leave with a bow that wasn't set up properly and if the shooter was new he would give them some instruction to get them started, all of this was part of the sale.

Exactly,  buying a bow shop from bow shop tech guys/experts will get you much farther ahead as a newb or even just help you work into the setup of your new bow.   If you pay 10% more for buying the same bow at a bow shop and get sound knowledgeable advice and a bow that's right for you as well as good accessories that do what you wanted even if you didn't know why, that's why you go there.

ETA- I have never been charged for those services.  You may pay a touch more like I said above in the price of the bow at an archery specialty shop versus going and buying a bow at Dicks.  They guy on your bow at Dicks may be their bicycle assembler.  (I'm not F'n joking there either)

If you are buying a bow, rest, sight, etc... from a shop they should be tuning your gear.  You pay more at those shops because of the service.  The shop I recently bought my Matthews from did a 200 arrow retune free of charge as well.