Just for another viewpoint and testamonial, I shoot a Horton Legend, in 4 years I have killed every deer I shot at with it. That is 5 dead with 5 shots.

My Horton will consistently shoot less than 2" groups at 30 yards, so those Excal guys can yak all they want about how great their bows are, they arent the only good bow on the market.

The point is if you get any quality Crossbow, set it up correctly, and practice with consistency you will be able to harvest deer cleanly.

By a quality Bow I would include Horton, Excal, and Ten-Point for sure, some folks like Barnett also, but I have no experience with them. Noone in my area that I know of hunts or shoots one so I can not give much info on them either way.

Even though they make fun of the training wheels of the Hortons and Ten Points at least those of us who dont shoot Excals can get into the barn without turning crosswise.

My advice is to go to a shop where they will let you shoot each one and see which one feels good to you.