I'm with the other guys, you need to go to your local shop and shoot several bows to see which one is best for you. Personally I shoot a Jennings G2 and have been very pleased. Its 31&quot; axle to axle, so its a good treestand/ground blind bow. Its lightweight and shoots very good for a short bow. No hand shock and very quiet. This bow comes with an optional string stop that greatly reduces string vibration, but I ditched it. Reason being is that it was wearing my cables out so I put the regular cable slide on it. I don't have any string silencers on the bow and it still shoots smoothe and quiet. Just the thump of the arrow and a little bit of string vibration. I have had several people pick the bow up and make the comment that it feels like a Mathews. Also, I had one guy tell me that the G2 and the G2XL are the only two compound bows he could shoot with fingers and still hit where he aimed. Might not be for you but its worth looking at. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> Good luck and I hope you find the right one.