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My friend got a Barnett Quad 400. The reason he got it was because of a disability, as here in WI you can not deer hunt with one unless you are disabled. The crossbow had a 150lb draw weight and shoot at 345 fps. The weight was 7lbs. I was excited to shoot the thing at the target.

I helped him sight it in since he could not pull the string back. I did not like it that much because it was heavy and big, I found it hard to shoot accurately. It did have some good speed though. Well, after a while we got it sighted in so it was shooting good groupings.

The first time my buddy used it, he ended up shooting over the deer's back. The next deer he shoot at he hit in the shoulder, and we track the deer for a long ways with no luck finding the deer.After this my friend wasvery upset, so we sighted it in again, and the thing was offa good amount. We got it sighted in again and my friend gave it a try again. This time he hit the deer withwhat seemed to be a perfect shoot, and we lost the blood trail after trailing it for a couple of hours.

After this my friend gave up on using the crossbow, he said that he rather hunt with his bow any day over hunting with the crossbow. So many people think that crossbows have such an advantage over bows. I disagree with this, I thing they are junk based on my experiences with them. They are heavy, clunky, and I don't think that they are that accurate. I think that the only advantage that a crossbow has is that you don't have to worry about drawing the bow back when a deer comes in. As for the penetration I could not tell you, it seemed to put the bolt pretty deep into The Block crossbow target.

If I had a choice to hunt with my compound bow or a crossbow, I would choose my bow every time. My advice is to stick with your compound bow. But if you have a disability then I would say go for it.

My friend was not some beginner hunter either, he has shot 12 deer in the last 3 years. He is a very good shoot with a compound bow.