Well, fellas.... thanks for the advice. I went yesterday and got a chance to shoot the Bowtech Stryker. I couldn't believe how heavy that thing was. As far as FPS goes, it's all it's cracked up to be. I got the owner to let me shoot the Stryker through the chrono.... 402 fps. I ALMOST got it, but just couldn't part with the $1600. for the package. I did like the fact that you can use thecrank to let it down, but as Cossack said, I'm not hunting elephants.

I almost went with the Excalibur Exomax, then the Phoenix, but didn't care for the way the crank that I would have to use seemed to be in the way on the Excalibur line. Fantastic crossbows, though.

I decided on a Tenpoint ProSlider. With the crank integrated, it seemed to fill the bill. Brought it home yesterday, sighted it in today. I had my wife helping me. She's been fantastic.... letting me gear up for bow season with a Drenalin, then after surgery, understanding and letting me get the x-bow.... I need to order some flowers and take her to dinner.