Several thoughts here. I've been hunting with a compound bow until this year. I have a Barnett hyperghost 405 crossbow for fun and for my son so he could hunt ethically. Then, I injured my shoulder this year and got a Killer instinct Swat X1 and used it this fall to hunt.
1. IMO bows are easier hold the pin steady out of a harness, but with a 2 point strap, you can get pretty darn steady out of a harness with a crossbow. Of course in a traditional stand you can anchor your crossbow and get awesome accuracy/consistency
2. Hyperghost 405 is amazingly cheap, reliable and durable. I've shot thousands of shot in my back yard with the boys and never had any issues. The thinner bolts, like thinner arrows really do penetrate better. Something along those lines will give you a very fast, very capable, but heavy crossbow.
3. Killer instinct Swat X1...... They run $799 right now, so not sure of your budget. It is worth it's price but not a Raven either. The swat X1 is so amazingly compact and the width is crazy narrow. In a tree this fall, the limb clearance was almost a non-issue, it could almost make you lazy to check it. I loved it in a tree. I also loved it stalking. I also loved that I could move through brush easily with it. At 400FPS, if you use the 100 grain, you will have plenty of punch to kill anything at 50-60 yards (and beyond), but the cool thing is it is point and shoot to about 35 yards. In other words, the triangle on the scope is top of triangle for 20-30 yard shots and bottom of the triangle for 35 yard shots. Next dot is 45 yards. So, you really can be non-precise with your ranging and get away with it. This is an awesome feature in a tree where you likely only have a few lanes anyhow, and I found most of the time, it's just point and shoot. Other good things, is the Killer instinct bolts are inexpensive and accurate and the vanes are durably affixed. Okay, there is some bad... I wanted to mod the handle with an AR Hogue overmolded grip. Sweet feature, but it just didn't seat perfect because the threading bolt needed an additional washer. Well, I stripped the insert the bolt threaded into. Killer instinct is impossible to get a hold of, but eventually determined the whole bow was totaled and they sent me a new one. Kudos. However, the new one had problems from the beginning. One axle was noticeably tilted and the string jumped and that was that. There are no repair shops in San Diego. So, I took apart the base of my old one and realized it wasn't totaled at all, I just needed to move a plastic base piece from the new to the old. In the process, parts off the new one got stripped and I ended up cutting off the front handle and basically made a mess of my "new" one to make my old one work. No issues with the old one though. Seems reliable, but the string is getting way more wear than my Barnett. I'd say for overall function though, you really can't beat the X1. Not to mention, it is so small, I can put it in a check in bag and pack around it and not take a bow case!
4. Decocking - nonsense gimmicks. Just buy one of those aluminum pieces you screw on to the head of the bolt. They are on amazon. Buy a couple, they are cheap. Done, no need to decock or take a target with you. Weighs like an ounce.
My $0.02 is go for the Swat X1 unless you really want to invest in a Raven.