There is a certain attraction to it. They became legal here so I said why not try one? I also do not have as much time anymore to tinker and compounds seem to take more from you to feel confident when shot time comes. You still have to know yardage ( my first xbow 3-D showed me that last week) but I no longer worry about the rest, or the sight, or my nock or any of the dozen things that seem to so easily go wrong during the season with a compound. Short of a bone jarring thump my xbow stays more on target week after week.