Eh red baron long time no see its been a long time for me as well close to 6 yrs as well for me and let me tell you things have changed in here. As for changing over i have done the same thing but i missed a monster and since then went back to crossbows. Anddid i slame a monster a couple of weeks ago oh everyone the weight is 150 in my freezer. But yes red baron just keep practising and then try your luck next year as im going to do the same thing. I plan on going all out with a new comp bow and going nuts this coming spring but for this fall all deer are game with my xbow , good luck baron.aka(cudel or cudel13).