ORIGINAL: smokepolehall
To each his/her own. The need for speed is over rated my friends.[
]Its true, all you need is good accuracy and know your CB and range. Miss Vixen will shoot an honest 269 fps with a 345 gr. total wt. carbon or alum. arrow, shot thru chrony. A CB must feel good in your hands and mounted up against shoulder. Its wt. and trigger must also feel good, comfort is everything! Mentally liking CB is very big plus! If you look at a CB and think its ugly[&o]then you have made up your mind before even shooting and trying the CB!
i agree with you.
may i add,of all bucks i have harvested, not onedid arrow not come out the other side.that was with recurve at much slower speeds than the crossbow.
only advantage i see of speed is arrow shoots flatter but that would only be needed if you were shooting into a small opening in brush.
or shooting over 30 yds.
but with scope sighted in on crossbow anda hunterNOT shooting over 30 yds,i cant see to much need for fast bow.
i feel makingcrossbow quiet and light and easy to carry and hold is more important than speed.
i think selling point is SPEED and users thinking they can shoot out to 50 yds at deer.
a light arrow flying out that far is going to cause a wounded deer,no doubt .