Im not much of a bow hunter but i personaly favor a quit bow over a fast one. having only shot one deer at 15 yards while hunting rabbits i would say being quiet would be better than the arrow getting there a fractiion of a second earlier. but my personal experence with cottontails has shown that quieter does work better.

I like both and I have both with my '05 Switchback, shoots an
average of 288 fps rigged for hunting.

I prefer the speed myself ,but my bow is pretty quiet as well .My next bow will be a shorter Ato A but maybe not as fast and just a tad quieter.

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Silence for sure. of course if I was only shoooting 190fps, I might have a different idea.

no matter how fast your bow shoots the deer can still jump the string. THAT"S WHY I PREFER QUIET!!!!!!!!!!

82% of voters are uneducated. wow, sounds like a presidential election

It actually depends. During hunting season, I like it quiet and fast...Come summer, I like it LOUD and fast!

A quiet bow but at the same time you gotta have a little kick to it!

Couldn't vote. To a point they are both over rated. The best of both worlds would be to have a quiet, fast bow. Personally, I have found that too much speed causes problems also. Faster usually means more noise along with the fact that fixed pins get too close together and can make for awkward sighting at times. My hunting bow used to be my 3-d bow, it shot 321 fps. When I tweaked it with my heavier hunting arrows, it was 275 fps. It is easier to shoot tighter groups at the slower speed meaning better, more consistant accuracy, which is what you want for hunting. Quiet is nice too, but at 20 yds or less, shooting at unspooked deer, 275 fps is fast enough to get the deer before he knows whats happening. I have figured this all out matimatically, got nothing better to do while waiting in my stand! I haven't shot string silencers for years. I do use 7 rubber speed buttons or whatever you call them and they work pretty good for quieting. But as I said in the beginning, a fast quiet bow would be the best. For me that is 270-280 fps. Plenty fast enough for hunting.

GregH, I couldn't agree more with what you said! I think speed is a moot point ifyou don't have silence. I don't even know how fast my recurve or my old Jennings is shooting. What I do know is that I have never made a bad shot on a deer. For 3D shooting, speed is ideal. But for hunting, silence is deadly and a slower speed bow leaves more room for error in form which is perfect since I mainly spot and stalk whitetails as opposed to using a treestand. I tried using a fast bow once, target shooting in real-life ground hunting situations and I couldn't stay accurate due to strange body positions (having to lean around trees, shooting from my knees in a semi-crouched position, etc.). In addition, I don't believe I've ever shot further than 30 yars while still hunting and in a stand... I don't think i've ever had a deer farther than 15 yards!