I believe that a quiet bow is important concerning animal flight distance. Just as a quiet bow will prevent a deer from jumping the string, a quiet bow will not send a deer on an all out tear thru the timber. I've seen my last 15 to 20 deer fall within 30 to 60 yards of my tree. The arrow struck, the deer jumped and then hopped or staggered out a little ways and then just stood there. None of these deer had a clue what had just happened.

For the record, my hunting package consists of a 65# Q2, a TR Matrix, a GKF Mirage, a GKF Traq with 3 SVL Mods, Stealth LS, Cable dampeners, Teflon slide, WC string outfitted with string loop, proto string leeches, and Spyder Speed silencers. I also prefer not to shoot my bow with a quiver so I detach an Alpine Soft-Loc. This system launches a 335 grain CX 3D Select tipped with a GKF Demon/Steelhead, extremely well. This system makes this THE most effective hunting bow I've used. It's powerfull enough to push my arrows all the way thru any whitetail, fast enought for a flat trajectoy, and quiet enough to get all kinds of comments at the range.