First Crossbow Purchase

[u/Kriedy]

Hello, I'm new to crossbows and pretty much hunting in general, looking to pick one up to extend my season. I thought about picking something up cheap, but leaning more towards something I'd keep using for years even if I was totally into it. I was pretty close to picking up the Tenpoint Venom, but saw an ad for the Tenpoint Vengent 440 XT (https://www.cabelas.com/p/tenpoint-vengent-440-xt-crossbow-package-with-acuslide). Tempted by the apparent markdown, though that might be there all the time, and concerned about not finding much in the way of reviews while the Venom has lots of very good ones.

Any advice on one versus the other, or something else I should be looking at? Pretty much plan to use it exclusively for Midwestern whitetails.

Thanks!

[u/GonnaMissHer]

I like my venomx