I posted back in November that I had used the Rage on two deer and did not get a complete pass through on either one (however one was partial)and that I would stick with my Muzzy 3 blade.

I received a lot of responses that basically said either I was biased, uninformed, or had a poor set up.

Well, I certainly wasn't biased or uninformed or I would have never tried them in the first place. My appeal to use them was due the great blood trail I heard they left. But as we all know, a good blood trail starts with a complete pass through.

So I checked my bow set up and made sure I was tuned properly. Everything was okay, but I was only producing about 60# KE, as I reduce my bow poundageafter elkseason. But all info I had indicated that 60#KE was more than sufficient.

So being open minded, I shot a third deer with the Rage, with the results being another partial pass through.


In fairness, it was not too good a shot as it was a livershot. Because it was not a complete pass through, I did not pick up the blood trail for about 175 yards, but once I did, I couldn't believe the amount of blood for the next 100 or so yards where I found my deer.

While I think I would have had a better start of trailing with a complete pass through with a fixed, I doubt I would have had this good of a blood trail and it would have been a much more difficult trailing job, so the Rage probably paid off even on a partial pass through in this incident.

It is also noteworthy that I have shot other deer both before and after these instances with the exact same set up and got all complete pass thoughs with the Muzzy 3 blade.

Maybe it takes more than 61#KE toconsistently get a pass through, maybe it has to do with the size of the deer as all three of mine were pretty big, maybe it is all me, I don't know.

So I am still a little suspect at least for my situation, although still open minded due to all the success stories I have heard from other hunters. I plan on trying the Rage on a limited basis again this fall, but with an increase in KE before doing so.

My comfort zone today still rests with the Muzzy 3 blade fixed.