I was never really found of the xbows (mostly because of the stigma's by other hunters) but since my state just started allowing them and the opportunity to buy a used one came up I said what the heck. I am proud to say I am hooked! I took it to the range that AM and by that night I had my tag filled on a nice 8 pointer. I was amazed at the accuracy. The shot was 42 yrds and he went 50 and dropped with 3 blade spitfires. Now I would never compare it to a reg bow but it has its advantages. The next day I took a doe with my BowTech tech29 and I had the same proud feeling with BOTH harvests! Just another tool in my pursuit of happiness