I have first hand experience only with Ten Point and Parker. The Ten Point shot great. Fast and excellent accuracy. I clean killed every deer that I shot at with it. However I did have a failure of the safety mechanism. This malfunction resulted in an unintended and semi-dryfire of the cross bow. This model was their top of the line in 2007 and came with a hand crank co%king mechanism. The failure occured as follows. I had co%ked it shortly after getting set up in the stand. I was easing off of the co%k tension in preparation to remove and propeperly store the co%cking yoke when it fired unexpectedly. My hands were nowhere near either the trigger or the forearm release. Fortunately I had my left hand that was on the forearm well below the string, but not low enough to avoid the lower edge of the yoke as it was being launched. Nasty contusion to my left thumb.

Ten Point was great about the "repairs". Frankly it appeared to me that they had replaced my cross bow with a brand new one. I probably shot it 100 times and it worked flawlessly. However I had lost confidence in the safety mechanism and sold it. The guy that bought it from me knew of the malfunction and has used it extensively over the past two seasons and with zero troubles.

I replaced it with a Parker Tornado. Frankly I like it better than the Ten Point mainly because it is more compact and lighter in weight. It too is fast and deadly accurate. I have used it for 2 seasons now. I have killed 9 deer and one coyote with it. I changed from a typical cross hair "scope" sight to a lighted red 3-dot sight prior to last season thinking that I might gain a few minutes of shooting late in the afternoon. I missed two deer right off the bat, despite a lot of practice on the range. I switched back to a sight system similar to what I had been used to and from that point on did not miss again. Not sure what my issue was but apparently there was something I was doing wrong in the field.

I highly recommend the Parker. Not sure if they even make the Tornado any longer, but certainly should be offering something similar. My bolts are "Red Hots" with 125 gr. Montec fixed blade broad heads. I have never had an issue with flight or blood trails. The scope is the Nikon BDC made for a cross bow. Most shots have been a complete pass through with recovery made within 100 yards or so.

Good luck on what you end up buying and hope you have a great hunting season.