Have only ever used Excalibur myself before last fall
Excaliburs are pretty maintenance and worry free. You can easily fix most issues that should arise. Plus lots of models in your price range. But I definitely prefer the micro series
The buck I killed last fall was with my buddies ravin r9. 18 yards. So could have easily killed with any bow.
I would go ravin if you wanna shoot further than 40 yards. Otherwise Excalibur
I shot the r9 to 100 yards. 2” group at 100!!!!!
He has killed 4 bucks over 50 yards with it.
My dad has a Great Lakes that is probably 20 years old and still works great. 345fps and he has killed plenty of deer with it with no issues except replacing strings. So you could easily find a used model that is a couple models outdated and be fine as well
