Hey all you Excal guys have some questions! I joined the Excal forum a while back but have not posted yet. Was doing some reading and ran across a post on how wide is your Emax. Well one of the things that has discouraged from them is the width thing. They said when cocked they are only 27 3/4" Is this true? I measured my Horton cocked and its 24 1/2, what the heck is another 3 1/4 inch gonna do to me?!! Not much I would think! But anyways back to question is this what your guys bow is cocked at? I understand you have to be more aware of your surroundings when shooting, but 3 1/4 inch extra is not gonna do nothing to ya walking through the woods IMO! AS I say the light is flickering harder, just need a little time is all.