Im gonna use the rage broadhead this year im a little nervous cuz their a mechanical broadhead.Whats your guys opinion?
I shoot all my deer with them. I actually shot a doe last night with them, she ran about 30 yards and died. There was blood everywhere. As long as you have enough kinetic energy, they are a great broadhead IMO
I just bought some yesterday; I have always wanted to try them and finally made the decision. I bought the 2 blade Rage. I sat in the blind last night and was going to stick a doe if I got a shot but never had anything close enough. I can't wait to put a Rage in the cage! Let me know how they work if you stick something with them.
I wouldnt use them when shooting out of a blind unless you know you're not gonna have to shoot through the material. Them being a mechanical broadhead they will expand when passing through the blind's material, giving you an off target shot. Just a heads up.
I shot a doe on Oct 1st and it looked like someone took a bucket of blood and dumped it out all over the ground all the way to the deer50 yards away.
Thanks, I had accounted for this and opened the window all the way. I leave all windows closed but keep 3 open so the blind is dark on the inside and they can't see me.
I use Rage 3-blade 100 gr and somebody would have to pay me a LOT of money to shoot anything else. Me, my Dad, and both my brothers all shoot them. They leave a VERY impressive entry wound and quite the blood trail. It's really what you yourself like that matters, but I swear by em
If they deploy, it does the job and it does it well..... On the other hand, both my buddy and I shots does last year and the broadhead didn't deploy! found the arrow both times with little blood on it and the blades were still behind the o ring, I'm guessing they got jammed? Neither one of the deer had any blood trail what so ever! Might as well have shot a feild point.... After the second time this happened I figured that it wasn't just a coincidence and decided to switch to Muzzy 3 blades and haven't had a problem since!
Shot 21 in a row so far without losing one since switching to Rage. Don't be nervous. I would be nervous shooting anything else!
Sounds a little fishy..........between two of my buddies and me we have killed over 40 with a rage 2 blade and never experienced what you are describing. But, you and your buddy both did.....?
I use the two and three blade both work great for me shot a doe last year with a three blade 1 blade didn't open but she still had the biggest blood trail I've ever seen I double lunged her so I think as long as you make a good shot it shouldn't matter
Been shooting them for a while and really like them. My son shot them until this year and he switched to bloodrunner 2 blade. As always, it's shot placement, and the only way to get that is practice practice practice.....
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I have heard similar stories about Rage broadheads not deploying. They may work most of the time but that one time they don't and one shoots at a buck of a lifetime you may wish you had a fixed blade. Is it really necessary to have over a 2 inch hole anyway?? ITS ALL ABOUT SHOT PLACEMENT ANYWAY. I have used NAP Thunderheads for years and never had a problem. In fact Im looking into those Slick Tricks. My dad shot a doe this morning with his crossbow and used the Slick Trick 100 grain magnums and put a nice big hole in that deer. They will still fly like field points.
I haven't heard about them not deploying, but i've heard of the blades breaking easily. I was stuck between the rages and the bloodrunners last year when i was looking for new broadheads. The rages are definitely cold blooded killers, but i went with the bloodrunners just because the technology seemed a little more airtight IMO. most of the people i hunt with shoot rages and i've seen what they do. A great broadhead hands down, but i would rather shoot a broadhead that "cuts no matter what" like the bloodrunner ads say over something that has a possibility of breaking. 100% chance of functioning > 99% chance of functioning
