I use a Q2XL or Conquest 2 for almost all of my hunting. Here are my reasons for oth bows.

Q2XL - at the time is was ultra smooth shooting, queit, shot great, felt good in the hand, had a great warranty, and some of the better archery shops in my area carried Mathews so I wanted a bow that I could get serviced in case of warranty issues. I also wanted a longer ATA bow & at that time most bows were starting to be made in the 32-35" range but I still didn't want to go over 40" ATA. This is my main hunting bow, it does everything well & I have not found a bow that I like better.

Conquest 2 - I wanted a longer ATA bow for long range shooting and that was a tad faster than my Q2XL. It still had to be fairly queit with low hand shock and I did not want it to be too heavy. Also on this bow I was looking for a little higher letoff % to allow for easier holding in case I was waiting for an animal to get into position at 30-50 yards. It's a very good bow, I also use it for 3-D shooting.