RE: Archery shop snobs...............
I think it's got more to do with confidence then the bow itself. I had a Indian something or rather my first 4 years of hunting. Man that was a cheap bow and it was slooow. But I was confident, I could shoot really really well with it. Every shot was a pass through and well placed. Last year I upgraded to a q2 and I like the bow but I shot more consistenly with my old bow and I shot more acurately with it too. Go figure. One thing for sure, when I saw a deer coming and I was going to get a decent shot. I KNEW I was going to get that deer. That's all you need.
I can't stand the local archery shop. They see my $20 tough man rest and they give me crap every time. Whenever I can I will drive about 40 minutes to go to Bwana Archery in Little Canada, MN. Good guys there.