yes sir we here in ohio have alot to be proud of when it comes to crossbows, i was told we legalized crossbows here in 1976? thats quite an achievement and it was real future oriented by the o.d.n.r to legalize them when EVERYONE hated them!! i know alot of people in the industry and its really taking off now, i think it says alot that i'm real good friends at a major crossbow manufacturer, and i'm buying there competitons bow,i think he'll understand even though they came out with a recurve this year (oop's), i had to own on excal too much good talk about them,speed..........