Dan(WH), awesome trail, what head was that, how far did he go? But in reality any well placed shot is going to produce massive blood. I wanna see tissue, lung, heart damage from a fixed head that can compare to a rage style.

Rob, do the main blades on those heads cut at the full-open width? Or do they only really come into action after fully deployed? (the laid back position, if you will)?

Just curious. I have absolutely no experience with mechanicals, but it looks to me like while they are opening they would not yet be cutting. I may be wrong.

LT

That was your standard 100grain Muzzy 3-blade.

Deer went maybe 50 yards before falling and rolling down the hill another 15 - 20.

I could be wrong here buck but I think once the Rage/Snyper open and enter the hide they expand 2" to 2.5" but later lock into an 1.5 while traveling through the vitals. I could easily be wrong but this is kind of what my thinking is.

Your absolutley right Shcultz, but how do you explain the devistation produced by these heads? Weve all seen the pics, where are some fixed blade devistators?

well I hear ya Buckmaster, but I got lots of pics of dead deer from fixed heads, damage may not be the same, but dead is dead and it's really the same end no matter how we get there!!

True Dat...

You're seeing long entrance holes because of the design of the head.

Next time you shoot a deer with a fixed blade head, take a string and lay it around the edge of the entrance/exit holes and measure the length of the string.

Tissue damage is tissue damage. Looks can be deceiving... [&:]

Im understanding what you guys are saying, I really am. But based on photo evidence they "look" unreal. Blood splattered on trees, intestines hanging out, 3" "gashes".

Like I said, I'll have a Striker on my arrow,Likely Rages also. My experience with the Rage head, wasnt glamorous to say the least, I shot him from 37yrds, 65lb draw and busted 2 ribs and stuck in the other side, deer went 200+ yrds. But the evidence Ive "seen" here on this board, speaks for itself.

This is howI explained it in another thread about 6 months ago.

A 4 blade like a slick trick mag or Muzzy MX4with a 1.125" diameterwill cutexactly the sameas a 3 blade 1.5" diameterbroadhead as it would a 2 blade 2.25" broadhead.

Given the same shot on the same animal the results would be virtually the same the only real differance would be the shape of the hole.

Another way to look at is a square (4 blade)thatcovers 2 square inches in area is exactly the same size as a triangle (3 blade)thatcovers 2 square inches in area is exactly the same size as a long rectangle (2 blade)thatcovers 2 square inches in area.
Now assumeall threepenetrate 12 inches of deer they will cut exactly the same amount of tissue on their way through.