lol Bigbulls you must be in better shaper than I. I am 6' 4" 240 and "only" 34 but I get winded after gruntin on a crossbow after a few shots. That fact REALLY came to my attention about 3 weeks when I was setting up some new crossbows at work. We had about 6-7 new crossbows (Hortons) that we had just put out and none of them had been sighted in so I began sighting them in. I was shooting about 15 yards and typically I have one bow on in about 3 or 4 shots. By the time I was on the 4-5 bow I was actually getting hot. I had to take a break and finally said screw it, lol I let another fellow finish it. I guess I'm just gettin lazy, but I HATE cocking a manual bow over and over. That's partially why I recommend a cocker like the Accudraw. I think someone will practice and enjoy shooting it MUCH more with such a device vs manually cocking it each time. I would hate to shoot a dozen times in the backyard with a manual bow.

Besides that, I wouldn't want to have to set my beer down that often in the first place!
RA

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Excellent choice Bran, I'm sure your father is as special too you as mine is too me. GO ALL OUT FOR POPS!!!