I had the opportunity to take two doeson SaturdayandTuesdaywith the new Rage 2 blade and was extremely disappointed in the durability of this head. The first doe was a complete slight quartering away pass through and she went about 60 yards and piled up. The entrance and exit wound was amazing with a tremendous blood trail. However, when I retrieved the arrow which was laying on(not sticking in) the ground, I noticed the broadhead was bent. I unscrewed the head and saw that the threaded end of the shaft was severely bent and unusable. I also noticed that the head had flared out the end of my axis arrow, thus rendering it useless as well.

I considered this a fluke and decided to use another Rage on my hunt last night. The 2nd doe was also quartering away, but this time I didn't get a passthrough. However, the arrow went in a came back the entrance hole. Once again the entrance hole was awesome, but with the same result-- a bent shaft on the head and a flared out axis arrow. I am very happy withtheeffectsof the head on whitetails, butat$39/3 heads and two destroyed arrows and broadheads---My old slicktricks are looking better and better!



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