I just got back from a 4 day hunting trip in central Illinois, I think the rut is a week behind this yearas theprimary scrapeshave notstarted to open up yetin that area and they usually have by nowbut I digress... Anyway,as I've stated in the past, I'm a fixed head broadhead advocate, my best friend shoots 2 blade Rage heads and on Saturday nightthe Rage head cost him a 150+" class whitetail.

I tried Rage Broadheads after Chuck Adams endoresed them and quickly gave them away because they come open all the time, even in the quiver. I guess Chuck couln't say no to the payday? Anyway, my buddy was hunting a river bottom on Saturday night and a thick ten pointer came though at 15 yards, he drew when the buck went behind a tree just before it got into his shooting lane and one of the blades popped open becasue he drew so hard due to the adrenaline in his bloodstreamthat when he hit the wall on the draw realhardthe bladefell open. He has an overdraw (as do most of us)so he tried to let the bow back in but the blade got caught in the gap between the arrow rest and bow, he couldn't fire or let the bow down and the buck walked right through his shooting lane, he said it was such a close shot that he almost fired but backed off at the last second out of fear of his arrow exploding (wise choice). Anyway, he finally got the blade unstuck after jiggling his drawback and forth but he said his arm was like jelly. He said he was sick when he glassed the buck as it had already passed as it was a real toadbut it wouldn't come back into a grunt or a rattle. I told him on Saturday night that if this wasn't a sign to switch broadheads than I don't know what is.

I wassore at him tooas I was going to hunt that spot but he was whinning so I let him godown there,if I would have been there, I'd have drawn myarrow tipped with a slick trick and that buck would be butchered and in my freezerby now.