I am one that believes that the less moving parts on a bow the better, and yes your arrow is part of your bow. I bought the Rage Broadheads because my Muzzy Broadheads could not work up to my standards and kept dropping. Well, my buddy shot a doe on the opener and his Rages put one nasty hole in the deer. Quick and clean kill.
Three days after the opener i took my first ever deer with a bow. It was only a doe because it is only doe season here in PA. Took me five years to do it and countless hours in the woods, but that is besides the fact. The deer only ran about 45 yards and piled up. My Rage passed straight through and left a huge exit wound.
I would give the Rages and A+ if anyone was wandering about there performance.
Muzzy Broadheads could not work up to my standards and kept dropping
Could you please exlain that? What are your standard based on? Obviously not in field performance since this was the first deer you've ever shot. How can you say one broadhead is not a good one even though you've never shot a deer with one? Then, say another is great because you shot one doe? I think we all knew that a Rage would kill a deer, since we've all seen itcountless times on tv. This sure doesn't seem like a "review", just another opinion. Nothing wrong with that, but you don't seem to have much to baseit on. It's a safe bet Muzzy heads have killed more animals than Rage heads ever will, so they must be up to someone's standards. I'm just curious what your standards are based on.
Speaking of Rage and Muzzy's... I've been using a crossbow but maybe there's something to be gained from this experience.
Last year I was using the two blade Rage broadheads. First off, they flew just like my field points. I really liked that. I was a little nervous that they wouldn't perform well with my slow crossbow (260 fps) and shorter xbow arrows, but after I contacted some people they said it would work fine. Later that season I put a perfect shot on a large doe. The penetration was there, but the arrow didn't drop out the other side. It kind of stuckout both sides of herand she ran about 3/4 of a mile. Now this is very open land and the deer was alert at the shot. There was a good blood trail, and whenI found her it looked like she had been stabbed by a broadsword. Huge holes.
This year I went back to the Muzzy 4 blade 100 grain broadhead because I figure it would be a little more forgiving for a slower bow. They don't fly like my field points, but they are consistant, so I just sighted my bow in with muzzys. And opening morning I put another good shot on an alert doe. This one only went 40 yards and piled up. The muzzy left a good sized hole, but looking back at the short bloodtrail, there wasn't as much blood on the ground as I found last year while using the Rage. But, the internal damage was MUCH more obvious with the Muzzy. Her lungs were just GONE. Penetration was also better as the arrow burried it's self pretty deer into a tree root after going through the deer.
All in all, I'd say they're both great broadheads. The muzzy is a better choice for my particular set up, but I'm still using the Rage with my compound bow.
i love my rages! and wiggy if im correct you said she ran 3/4 of a mile with a rage, i'd have to say that its a terrible shot! musta been guts or something because 3/4 of a mile is a long ways... dont blame the broadhead for that one, you'll hafta blame yourself for making a bad shot.
i love my rages! and wiggy if im correct you said she ran 3/4 of a mile with a rage, i'd have to say that its a terrible shot! musta been guts or something because 3/4 of a mile is a long ways... dont blame the broadhead for that one, you'll hafta blame yourself for making a bad shot.
The ONLY deer I have ever seen go that far that was mortally wounded was a one lunged deer that got bumped....
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