1. 2008 - I have shot one buck and one doe
2. Both 2 blade
3. 60lb bow, 434 grain arrow and 28.5" dl (s/b 60.25 ke)
4. Buck at 22 yards and the doe at 27 yards
5. Success on both
6. Buck went approximately 70 yards and dropped the doe
7. Buck was shot through both lungs - arrow went through both sides but was not a complete passthrough. When the deer took off broke the arrow off with 12" left inside cavity. Blood was small dropsfor the first 20 yrds, then tree side was covered with blood (wasn't sure how that got there but after recovery realized the deer likelyblew the blood through nose) another 15 yards of small drops and then found 4" size blood spots for about 10 yards and then turned into huge pools of blood. What happened was the blood filled up on the exit hole between the rib cage and hide b4 it started flowing out.
Shot the doe and went through the lungs and must have hit opposite shoulder, dropped the deer. However there was 2/3 of the arrow still hanging out with bright red and bubbly blood slowly flowing out (cavity was filling up). Deer was still alive (struggling for 45 minutes - I learned that even with a lung shot need to give the deer time to die and its no fun to watch). I finally shot it in the head with a Rage to put it down - went through the skull on one side no problem. Both arrows pulled out with no resistance what so ever. No head or blade failure on all three broadheads.
My conclusion is that Rage produces incredible holes but the penetration isnot close toa fixed broadhead - with a typical kill shot, I have complete passthroughs with fixed broadheads (shoot Thunderhead 100gr). So the dilemma I am struggling with right now iscontinuewith the Rage 2"wide hole and takea 50/50 chance of creating an entry and exit hole or go with a 1 1/4" hole withfixed broadhead and almost always havetwo holes. I am now looking at the 1 1/2" mechanicals now that the blades lock into place upon impact. I did not like on the doe the blades just flopping around. I am looking at the new Spitfire Pros, G5 Tekan IIs and really like the double-sided blades on the Smoke broadheads but I am hesitant as they seem almost to mechanical.
8.Buck pic (shows entry hole) attached but no doe pic
