I honestly don't think matters that much if you are shooting relaxed deer inside of 25 yards. My buddies old darton sounds like a screen door slamming shut when he shoots it and he doesn't have any trouble with deer jumping his shots. And it only shoots like 215 fps. Have a quiet bow certainly doesn't hurt though.

I'm not saying it can't happen, but I bet it doesn't happen as much people think, I bet the majority of people that say the deer jumped the string just flat out missed. They either flinched, or misjudged the yardarge. I read somewhere once also that it was nearly impossible for a deer to jump the string on a modern bow. They simply can't react that fast. In order to duck the arrow they would have to defy the laws of physics since their feet are not anchored to the ground.

My bow is quiet simply because I like it that way. How quiet is my bow, pretty darn quiet. One of the quietest bows I have ever heard. I can actually hear the loop come off my release if the target is far enough away. I think my feathers make more noise than my bow does. Gotta love those yarn puff balls.

Paul