Joey, anyone you ask on the forum is going to tell you that theirs is the one to go with. I have been going to many shops, asking many questions, into every crossbow site on the Internet,noting everything said here and on other crossbow forums and been doing this for over a year now.

You mentioned under $400, well let your fingers do the walking and hit the Internet. Study their Advantages and Disadvantages. Decide what you are going to hunt the most or maybe you want to hunt bigger animals, I don't know. The biggest animal I will shoot is maybe a 250-300lb hog and our deer average about 155-165lbs, so 150lbX-bowis all I need.

I'm not going to mention Brandsto you, but there are Compounds and Recurve X-bows, wheels and no Wheels. No one here can decide for you.