Let me first say that with your draw and poundage that any of the bows will shoot plenty "flat" for you.No bow shoots flat and no bow "drops out" unless their is a tuning problem the arrow will shoot a curve.That curve will be a graduall one and will not "drop out".A slower bow will have a slightly quicker curve but not enough between these bows at your yardages to be concerned with.All you need to do to compensate that curve is to sight in 1 yard back and it is a non issue,atleast with the three bows in question.


I would make sure the arrows were spined properly for the new bow,if they are truelly a 400 spine,then I would say they are too light but some manufacturers don't use actuall spine deflection to rate their arrows.I would also doubt that for an arrow as long as you will have at a hunting weight that an 85 gr head would give you sufficient foc.But without knowing specifics,I can't say for sure but I am pretty sure.


I would reccomend for you at your draw and poundage, the Ultratec,I actually have a 2003 Ultratec and love it but it is my 3-d bow now.(it was my hunting bow last season).I had a 2001 before that.I just ordered an Xtec but I draw 28.5 to hunt with and I only shoot 58#'s and just thought for me it would be perfect.


BUT,if you like the Protec better,that is the bow for you.The poundage you shoot along with your draw will make that one sweet hunting rig for anything you desire.I would definately reccomend this bow if it were to be used for target,but you stated you were interested in hunting with it,that is why I said the Ultratec.




I did a little test for you on my program that I have proven to be very accurate in showing flight trajectory of an arrow.As a matter of fact,I use this program to make sight tapes for my slide bar sight.Most target shooter use this program or a similar one for sight tapes.


I used an ibo legal(352 gr) arrow for all setups at 30" draw but the speed are for Your draw of 29".I also used the pin setting at 24 yards like you stated.


Protec @ 289 fps
2.94" high @ 13 yards
3.79" low @ 30 yards



Ultratec @ 301 fps
2.71" high @ 13 yards
3.49" low @ 30 yards


xtec @ 303 fps
2.69" high @ 13 yards
3.45" low @ 30 yards

If you look at these numbers,although they are arbritrary numbers,they should indicate to you your worry about the speed is really a non issue.I would also reccomend sighting in at 27 yards and that would level out the curve.Meaning the shot would be the same amount high at 13 yards as it is low at 30 yards.This will not reflect how you shoot and you may actually sight slightly different from 13 to 30 and that may change actuall results slightly but I think you get the picture.