I love to bow hunt, but the bows themselves are gimmicks. Do you really need an eight or nine hundred dollar bow to kill a deer. The industry knows hunters are going to eat the newer and improved bows up. Older bows are not obsolete. I would be willing to bet I can kill just as many deer with a $300.00 bow than any of you can kill with a $800.00 one. Is a bow really worth 8 or 9 hundred? To me no way. I still shoot a PSE Thunderbolt and kill all the deer I need. Too many get involved in the new technology hype with these so called better than ever bows. If you want to spend the extra dollars that is perfectly fine. Every hunter has his or her preference and I will never put down that person on what equipment he or she uses. Now I will say this, sometimes you get what you pay for and I probably would not buy a bow that is at the lowest rung of the ladder. Can I afford to buy a high dollar bow? Yes I can, but I prefer not to. My mid-price range bow works just fine. It's plenty fast enough and real quiet too. Just my opinion.