I recently got a 60" Predator Hunter from 3 Rivers. I was so impressed with the bow, I called Hunter's Niche and raved about it to Mike for so long, I think I embarrassed the poor man!
After a serious, stupid, non-archery related, shoulder injury, I had a way-too-long layoff. (Maybe it's my imagination, but at 62 years of age, stuff doesn't seem to heal-up as fast as it did at 22.) I had to begin again, at 29#, at my 26+" draw, and started slowly working my way back up, using some inexpensive Samick risers and limbs. From 28#, to 34#, to 38#, to 43#, to 46#--a weight I felt would be adequate for deer, javalina, varmints, and small game.
When I thought I could handle about 45# very well, I got the Predator. Because Predator limbs are all marked at their actual, (not nominal), weight at 28", it was simply a question of Josh, at 3 Rivers, being kind enough to sort through his Predator limbs until he found a pair marked 48# at 28". With them, I was able to nail 45#, at my draw--as per my plan.
With tapered, cedar arrows, spined at 50-55#, cut to just under 28" bop, with a 125 grain Zwikey Eskimo, or field point, my arrows are coming in at about 460 grains, and are flying very well. I am currently enjoying a brace height of 7 and 3/8". With some yarn puffs, it is fairly quiet, but I think I am going to throw some "brush buttons" on the D-97 bowstring, and see what happens.
The Predator Hunter pulls smoother than my 46# Black Widow PTF, (which is pretty darn smooth), and is at least as fast, although I haven't chronographed either of them. The Predator Hunter, made of that resin-impregnated, maple, "future wood", is fairly heavy and, I believe, helps promote that "dead in the hand" reputation that Predators seem to have. (I have, and love, 3 Hill longbows, but any perceived recoil, if not "hand shock", is very tough on my shoulder, now, and I have had to put them up.)
I have small hands, but I found no fault, at all, with the grip. I use a right wing fletch, but have never felt a feather brushing my hand as I shoot off the very low shelf. For me, it has been a smooth, fast, and very "hittable" bow, that has given me the confidence to get back out into the hunting field.
I have a Jack Howard Gamemaster Jet, a Big Horn, and a Hatfield TD hanging in the rack, too heavy for me to pull, at this time. They are, obviously, very fine recurves, as is my Black Widow PTF. That said, if the "physical therapy genie" gave me the ability to return to 55-60# at my draw length, I just might simply get a set of heavier limbs, and stick with this Predator Hunter, I am THAT impressed with it.
I hope this information may be of use.