ORIGINAL: RackLuster
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I don't admit it. [:-] I've used rage broadheads the last two years and i am not impressed.
yes, they make a huge entrance hole but it does you no good when the deer is hit high and there's no exit hole. I much prefer a broadhead that will blast through the bone (and come out the other side).
It happened to me last night. i hit a doe high in the shoulder with muzzy 2 blade. not a good shot, but my penetration was absolutely, flat out terrible. I've had muzzy's blow through shoulders at 170 fps, now i shoot 270 fps and I can't? When that deer was running away I thought the arrow was going to fall out, that's how little of it penetrated. i'm going back to muzzy.
I had a hard time recovering 2 of the 3 deer i've shot with rage.
I think I'd just spend more spare time practicing my shooting.
Blaming the BH (BH choice is unimportant for this exercise) is a cop out.
gmmat - my point was, for a marginal shot (they do happen, even to you
) rage may not the best option. yes, they blow the deer wide open when you hit the rib cage. But any head is going to do the job in those cases. my concern is that rage may underperform on marginal shots.
blaming me and saying i need to practice more - is a cop out.
marginal shots happen to the best of us. if they haven't happened to someone yet, then they haven't hunted long enough. i believe 100% that if i was using my old muzzy broadhead the arrow would have penetrated through the bone and out the other side of the deer. creating a much better blood trail then the rage did.
i don't mean to cause an argument. I'm simply saying that it's not all about the size of the entrance hole for me. cripes - the last thing i want to do is start another rage argument. that's a dead horse that needs to be left alone
The same reason you do not have confidence in Rages is the same reasonI have no confidence in Muzzy's. I only lost a 140" deer with them
, was that the broadheads fault......Nope mine