Well I shot my bow today after getting a better stabilizer and putting leaches on it and replacing the rest. OMG it is a diff of night and day. I could not believe how quiet it is. I had a friend shoot it and i stood about 15 away and 99% of the noise you heard was from the arrow zipping through the air. I am very pleased with it and thanks to everyone for the suggestions. Good luck hunting this year. I take a week of leave next week to hunt my land in NC for the opening week.