man i can't wait till next hunting season to get my crossbow out. the way you guys talk is that the deer will run right up to my tree and stop. then the crossbow will jump up lock on to the deer and fire with no chance of a miss. this may be the way it happens to a pea- brain. but sorry to say it does not come that easy. as far as i can see that most of you guys have never shot a crossbow and do not have the slightest idea what you are talking about. hell i know guys that can not hit a deer with a gun let alone a crossbow. and to the guy that worries about drawing his compound and holding it steady to make his shot you better stay on the practice range because you are not ready to hunt yet. that should be something that you do not even have to think about. no brain no pain.