When I went looking for a new hunting bow I was looking for something light weight for goat hunting in the mountains here. I was tired of lugging my heavy, long Old Glory through the brush and up the hills. I set-up and shot a friends Drenalin for him and thought I'd give the DXT a try even though I was very leery of the short ATA with my long draw length (29.5"). I've been very impressed with the bow but found that it was a bit louder than the Drenalin (probably just a reflection of less mass to absorb vibration). With a pair of LimbSavers attached to the inside of the limbs, a Sims stabilizer enhancer and a short S-Coil stabilizer along with a better and heavier string (and 560 grain logs for arrows) she is fairly quiet now. I wasn't counting on having any kind of tack driving accuracy out of this bow but didn't need it for goats so I was fine with that (I've got other long ATA bows for reaching out on caribou/reindeer) but I was flat amazed at how accurate this thing has been. It is easily shooting as good as I can shoot out at 60 yards (4-5" groups). I would never recommend it for a 3-D target bow but it is an exceptional hunting machine. One thing I can say is to plan on replacing the string, I'm not a big fan of the Barracuda strings; they're way too flimsy, but that's where Mathews gains back some speed for the less efficient cam system.