John, as was wisely said earlier crossbows are still a short range hunting tool. There was good information as well as some "tongue in cheek"(I hope). It still requires an ethical hunter to get a deer into the same range as any compound bow. The whole set up is energy inefficient and the short arrows loose energy quickly. Thirty yards is still the accepted norm with a bit further in certain rare circumstances. If anyone thinks they can just pick one up and start slaughtering deer they are sadly on the wrong planet. They should search for a planet that has different laws of physics. Saying the words deer, crossbow and one hundred yards defies any normal intellegence and anyone saying this should be regarded as retarded. Shooting at a target at 100 yards sounds like fun though and is on my agenda this summer!
Having gotten that off my chest I will say that Ten Point is regarded as one of the best bows available. You will not kill a deer any more dead using a 400 ft/sec bow as you would using a 250 ft/sec bow. Both will pass through a deer at any ethical range. So any of the Ten Point line up will do the job. There are a number of other crossbows to pick from. You will get what you pay for but in some cases you are buying much more than you could possibly use. I personally like the simplicity of the Excaliburs. Once you buy an Excal you probably will never have to bring it back to the shop for anything. You can even make your own strings like I do.
If I could only have one bow and there were no recurves it would probably be a Ten Point Slider. One bow to use for anyone that came along. One other hand if you look at my signature I like variety. I have five bows and the Hoyt Vulcan will make it six.
If I had to pick one bow to have the least amount of problems then the Ecxalibur Vixen is the hands down winner day in and day out. I challenge anyone to prove me wrong. Drop me off on an island with one of those with some strings and arrows and I'll die a fat old man! I'll leave all my other bows behind without a second thought.