Glad to hear you did good. I am from Ohio and took 4 deer with a crossbow there when my shoulder and elbow kept me from the compound. I now live in WV where even someone in a wheelchair can't use a crossbow. Talk about backward red necks! Of course this is the "good old boy state." I still love it here except it is a liberal, democratic state. For a state full of hunters, I can't understand them voting for anti-gun politicians. When Kerry makes them all hunt with sharp sticks and rocks, I won't feel sorry for them.

The crossbow is a Barnett Quad 400 compound that I cock with a windless attachment. I don't know what that translates to in terms of pull. It shoots the @100 gr bolt at about the speed of a .22 long rifle bullet. Using the cheesey little scope I got in the package deal I can shoot a 1.5 to 20 inch group at 30 yards OTB. It feels much like a rifle and I feel really effective to about 45 yrd.s. I like everthing but the super creepy, heavy trigger but to get a much better trigger I would have had to spend much more money and I didn't want to do that without knowing if I'd like shooting a crossbow. In truth though, at the ranges over which I'd ever use it are so short I don't think the trigger matters much and I didn't even notice when I killed the deer. I bought it without any real knowledge of such things. Since then I found a good private range where the owner is avery helpful expert. He helped me zero it in and said Barnett's new Revolution is much better at about the same price.