Mike: Can you get to a Cabelas or Bass Pro? The first thing I'd say you need to find out is if you can use a rope cocker which does two things, cuts the amount of effort to cock one in half and centers the string on the rail, which is critical to accuracy. If not, you will need a crank type cocking device and they are pricey, but the best one is made by 10 pt. If you had a little more $ to work w/ I'd tell you how fond I am of my choice in xbows, but looks like you need some input from our Horton crowd. I'm sure if !0 pt has a package for that price range Randy will check in and let ya know, I don't think they start out quite that low. Good luck!!