Sometimes I hunt from a box or ground blind. I hunt mostly from a tree stand. I had to get used to the "width" of the cross bow. One of my best friends ruined a nice cross bow by not thinking about .... shattered the right hand limb because the wheel struck the window frame when he shot at a deer in the food plot. As far as bolt speed? From what I recall when I researched info prior to buying my cross bow, about every "middle" to "top of the line" cross bow sends a bolt of the rail at screaming velocities. Any of the quality cross bows should be plenty fast enough.