Rage Broadheads

[deerhunter8575]

Okay here's my story.


My buddy shot an really nice 8 pointer off one of our farms. Shot it quatered away. Double lung. Took 27 steps, fell over dead. Shot the buck with the 3 blade rage. I shot a nice buck 15 steps from my stand . I made a terrible shot. I shot it right through the front shoulder. I shoot 70lb at 28 in draw. You could hear the smack all the way through the woods. I never found the deer, or my arrow. I'm not fully convinced that it was the broadheads fault. I made a bad shot, which we all know when you bow hunt is going to happen. I'm still going to shoot the rage. If I shoot a deer through the sweet spot and it doesn't kill it, then I know it's the broadhead. This time It was me who was at fault. That's my 2 cents. All bows shoot different. Each arrow shoots different. I'm sorry you had problems with the rage. Everyone has issues with different types of equipment.

[deerhunter8575]

Okay here's my story.


My buddy shot an really nice 8 pointer off one of our farms. Shot it quatered away. Double lung. Took 27 steps, fell over dead. Shot the buck with the 3 blade rage. I shot a nice buck 15 steps from my stand . I made a terrible shot. I shot it right through the front shoulder. I shoot 70lb at 28 in draw. You could hear the smack all the way through the woods. I never found the deer, or my arrow. I'm not fully convinced that it was the broadheads fault. I made a bad shot, which we all know when you bow hunt is going to happen. I'm still going to shoot the rage. If I shoot a deer through the sweet spot and it doesn't kill it, then I know it's the broadhead. This time It was me who was at fault. That's my 2 cents. All bows shoot different. Each arrow shoots different. I'm sorry you had problems with the rage. Everyone has issues with different types of equipment.

[deerhunter8575]

I'm not sure why that posted twice Sorry

[Mattyv97]

Originally Posted by Smoke-Walker09

Anything that is Mechcanical will Fail at any point and anytime. I always use a fixed broadhead. no worries then.

i have to agree. i used Rage 2 Blade and havent had any problems with them. took a few deer but i had problems before with mechanicals heads so i went back to fixed heads. nothing against rage heads but i just have more confidence in a fixed head...

[Mattyv97]

Originally Posted by Mattyv97

i have to agree. i used Rage 2 Blade and havent had any problems with them. took a few deer but i had problems before with mechanicals heads so i went back to fixed heads. nothing against rage heads but i just have more confidence in a fixed head...

i do hope you find your deer anyways if you havent already found it...

[GoneTooLong1]

I bought a pack of Rage 2 blades to try them out. I didn't want to miss out on a good thing. I put them on and the next day took them back off. I'm sure they work great in most situations, but the blades kept coming open and it was a pain to keep checking them. There is no way you can stalk without constantly checking them. If something happens fast, it's just one more variable I don't need. I didn't like that they don't lock open either, but thats just me. I'm sending them in for a refund, just wasn't satisfied.

[deerhunter8575]

I also have had problems with the blades staying in. Like I said I'm going to try them one more time.If they don't work, I'll send them back

[IN_Varmntr]

I shot a doe Tuesday evening with a 3-blade Rage. 25 yards, broke through 2 ribs and almost passed completely through.

When I pulled out the broadhead, I noticed one of the blades was closed. But upon closer inspection of the lungs, I noticed that all 3 blades deployed fully and that one must have closed when she fell. I was digging rib fragments out of the blade slots in the broadhead.

This is my 3rd deer with Rage 3-blades, this doe ran the furthest of any of them at just under 100 yards. I went and got more blades to replace the dull ones and plan on using Rages for my next 3 or more deer.

[deerhunter8575]

Nice. When my buddy double lunged that 8 pointer the lungs were completely distroyed. He didn't have complete pass through. I made him a deal. I'd clean the deer if he baught supper. So I cleaned it. I would venture to guess that every bit of that buck's blood was in his chest cavity. I'm not even joking.

[blazenarrow]

Lets be honest,any broadhead you put in the boiler room you will take out both lungs and kill the animal.. I love the rage and have shot them for years.. I am starting to have a problem with paying 45 dollars for 3 broadheads.. This i think is the only down fall. I have never lost an animal shooting a rage, but where the animals were hit any broadhead would of killed them.. I just think they cost to much this is why I'm changing next year.. Hunting is becoming a rich mans sport.. My opinion only!

[IN_Varmntr]

The doe I shot had 3 blood trails. One from each side where the arrow stuck out, and one from her mouth where she was coughing up blood the whole time. Her chest cavity didn't have a lot of blood in it, but when I came up on where she fell, I thought her throat had been slit because of the blood all over her face and neck. Crazy.

[deerhunter8575]

I agree. I payed $42.00 this is my first year shooting the rage broadheads. Muzzy's aren't that much. Your right though. You could make your own broadhead out of wood and if you put it through the "boiler room" that deer is going down. I also shoot G5 montec's they are good fixed blade broadheads too.

[X-force09]

Last year i shot a buck with the 2 blade rages, and we thought we would have found the deer. what we didnt know is that my arrow only went in about 6 inches and thats when the pin holding the blades in place snapped... not sure why this happened, but i lost the deer and i will never shoot rages or other expandable broadheads again.

[Lance Wolken]

Good friend of mine shot a doe saturday morning and a pig saturday night. They worked well for him but I'm a little concerned that neither passed through. Has anyone else noticed this?

Lance

[blazenarrow]

I shot a doe the other night. She was 44 yards out. I pretty much 12 ringed the animal and on the back side of her was a pin hole.. The entry hole of course was large. I was concerned about the pin hole exit.. I shoot a 62lb warthog.. and gt prohunters.. Maybe there is a reason why the company is coming out with 1inch 1/2 and thicker blades.. The end result thou was she was getting a first class ride in the box of my chevy truck..

[adamp0777]

This is my first year in over ten years that I have bow hunted. I went to Bass Pro, bought a new bow and equipment. The salesman talked me into trying the rage 2 blades out. Two weeks ago I was walking the edge of of a 40 acre corn field, and a doe decided to come out, but she headed away from me. I drew back and grunted to get her attention, as soon as I released my arrow, she turned to bolt. She was 35 yards from me. What would have been a good vital area shot, turned into a questionable hit. I saw the arrow hit her right rear thigh and dissappeared. I found her 40 yards away dead. The arrow had actually entered her thigh and went inside of her and stayed there. Pretty much surprised me. They seem to be ok so far. However, I find myself putting the blades back in if they catch on brush or something. Seems like the blades come out too easy. Good luck to everyone.

[Gils4x4]

Had a buck at 20 yards and quartering away hard. Hard the pin set to get it behind the last rib, and I moved. The arrow went in right in front of the hind quater. The three lade rage did very well. All three blades opened up on a hard quartering away shot. The blade hit the liver and some other organs and exited out. It took me some time to find the deer the next morning, but not the blades fault, it was mine (poor shot). Did find it and it is now getting ready for processing. I like these blades.

[tpatrickm]

i'll never use the rage heads again . they shoot great but the problem is when you remove them from the quiver the blades come loose. didn't discover this till it cost my wife a shoot at a doe. when she removed the arrow from the quiver one of the blades would come loose from the o-ring everytime. no matter what is said you shouldn't have to worry about this. so we switched to g5's and hav etaken two nice bucks that never went more than 75 yrds.

[DXTBIKER]

I took a doe a few weeks ago with rage 2 blades and wow what a entry hole, she went 40 yards and piled up. I will say that it was not a complete pass thru. I was around 25 feet up in my climber and she was around 25 yards out. Im hooked , the blood trail was the best I have ever seen.

[rkswyo]

For the guys that are paying $42 to $45 a 3 pack. You need to shop around. They can be found much, much cheaper than that. The last ones I bought were around $26 a 3 pack. Bought them from a guy off ebay named "poorfish". That was late this past summer, on sale. They also have a web site.

[Butternut]

I have seen so many issues with the 3 blade..you couldn't pay me to use them in good faith

The 2blade? .... I dont care for the ridiculous diameter but it's a better choice IMO

Barrie did it better though

For me the bottom line is that I will never risk a shot on a live animal with anything that has had this many reported problems.
I dont need proof of shot placement or anything else.
There are more fixed blades being used without anywhere near the reports of losses posted as compaired to these heads.


JMO

[deerhunter8575]

I told you guys before I was going to give them one more try. I did and my result was a Pope and Young typical 10 point last night. If you was pictures I can try and put them on here. True I hit high but if it wasn't for the 3 blade opening up as far as it did I wouldn't have hit the spine I just would have hit high above the shoulder. I am a true believer, this is the 2nd Pope and Young buck to come off our property useing the rage broadheads. You can say what you want but I like them. IMO

[blazenarrow]

Good for you.. Im happy that you were able to harvest a good animal...

[hisnheroutdoors]

Originally Posted by Lance Wolken

Good friend of mine shot a doe saturday morning and a pig saturday night. They worked well for him but I'm a little concerned that neither passed through. Has anyone else noticed this?

Lance

what was he shooting 2 blades or 3 blades,form what i have seen of the 3 blades they are terrible for pass thru's

[Lance Wolken]

Two blade model from a drenilin at about 62lbs

[attack264]

I have shot the rage three blades for two years now. The first thing I shot with them was a little 4 point mule deer at 45 yards, complete pass thru and destroyed the broadhead by hitting a rock that was behind the deer. It made it about 60 yards, double lunged so anything should have killed it that fast. Then I shot a raghorn elk at about 15 yards and was a little concerned about penetration but the head stopped in the offside shoulder and the elk went about 40 yards. This year I shot a little 6 point bull at about 25 yards with the same results, head stopped in the offside shoulder and the elk went down within about 125 yards. The only problem I have with these broadheads is they seem to one trick ponies, of the three I have killed animals with only one was in good enough shape to replace the blades and shoot again. I have read a lot of bad things on here about them but untill they actually give me a reason to doubt them I think I will keep shooting them.