Shot the Rage FINALY!
08-07-2009, 02:31 PM
#131
Fork Horn
Join Date: May 2006
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Posts: 414
Ok since you helped pimp this product. Tell us hunters what the rage will do that BH's haven't been doing for dozens of years?
If a person hits the deer in the vitals with any bladed product, (including knapped obsidian point) and can't get the job done, he should take up tennis or something.
If a person hits the deer in the vitals with any bladed product, (including knapped obsidian point) and can't get the job done, he should take up tennis or something.
Shoot what you like. End of story
08-07-2009, 05:02 PM
#133
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SE Ohio
Posts: 2,531
Originally Posted by annika
I agree with you 100%
There is or should I say was a connection to Rage. As I have stated before I was part owner of Field Logic which owns the Rage. I was minority owner of the company and was bought out over 2 1/2 years ago. I was bought out without my consent, meaning I didn't want to but was forced to sell to my partner.
I helped design the head and that is why I am very passionate about the Rage. But with the way things went down for me at Field Logic I should be negative about the head but I can't because I know how well it works.
Now, with not being there for 2 1/2 years I am not sure what they have all done different or how their advertising all works. I am a true believer that a 2" rear opening head built correctly is one of the most devastating heads made.
There is or should I say was a connection to Rage. As I have stated before I was part owner of Field Logic which owns the Rage. I was minority owner of the company and was bought out over 2 1/2 years ago. I was bought out without my consent, meaning I didn't want to but was forced to sell to my partner.
I helped design the head and that is why I am very passionate about the Rage. But with the way things went down for me at Field Logic I should be negative about the head but I can't because I know how well it works.
Now, with not being there for 2 1/2 years I am not sure what they have all done different or how their advertising all works. I am a true believer that a 2" rear opening head built correctly is one of the most devastating heads made.
Do rages work??? Sure for the right people, but I've also heard a great many bad stories regarding them as well. Including in Vegas when one opened up mid flight and ate up some carpet.....I believe the renowned Randy Ulmer was shooting that arrow if I remember correctly.
The biggest ISSUE I see with Rage is that "Get Your Game" Guarantee because it basically soulds like it advocates sending prayers on the end of arrows.
Granted, archery has become a very technical sport, but at the same time, I'm sure the recovery rates now vs. 10-15yrs. ago are much higher, and it's in part to the sport becoming more technical. Have Rages helped some guys, certainly, have they created problems for some guys certainly, and the low-energy bows are one of the most heavily affected groups, because people get bad advice and choose to use them.
Sort of like recommending a guy try FOB's when he's shooting a Whisker Biscuit.....we all know that ain't gonna work, but it's happened!!!
08-08-2009, 03:17 PM
#136
Fork Horn
Join Date: May 2006
Location:
Posts: 414
I got into this by simply stating that everybody should check their BH, fixed or mechanical and that laughing and mocking a kid (it was stated originally that he was) isn't the right way to go about it.
08-08-2009, 03:23 PM
#137
Fork Horn
Join Date: May 2006
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Posts: 414
In all honesty, I have no idea how old the OP is, don't really care, but the truth of it is, he's got a euphoric idea that a BH is going to make amazing things happen, and that just ain't so. You seem to have a pretty vested interest here. And that was pretty obvious, even before you divulged this....
What the Rage CAN do out of a high energy bow is impressive, no doubt about that, but I wouldn't recommend someone with lower energy (less than say 55ft/#) shoot a 2" 2-blade fixed BH, then why one earth would it be "more reasonable" to recommend they shoot a Mechanical 2" BH???
Do rages work??? Sure for the right people, but I've also heard a great many bad stories regarding them as well. Including in Vegas when one opened up mid flight and ate up some carpet.....I believe the renowned Randy Ulmer was shooting that arrow if I remember correctly.
The biggest ISSUE I see with Rage is that "Get Your Game" Guarantee because it basically soulds like it advocates sending prayers on the end of arrows.
Granted, archery has become a very technical sport, but at the same time, I'm sure the recovery rates now vs. 10-15yrs. ago are much higher, and it's in part to the sport becoming more technical. Have Rages helped some guys, certainly, have they created problems for some guys certainly, and the low-energy bows are one of the most heavily affected groups, because people get bad advice and choose to use them.
Sort of like recommending a guy try FOB's when he's shooting a Whisker Biscuit.....we all know that ain't gonna work, but it's happened!!!
What the Rage CAN do out of a high energy bow is impressive, no doubt about that, but I wouldn't recommend someone with lower energy (less than say 55ft/#) shoot a 2" 2-blade fixed BH, then why one earth would it be "more reasonable" to recommend they shoot a Mechanical 2" BH???
Do rages work??? Sure for the right people, but I've also heard a great many bad stories regarding them as well. Including in Vegas when one opened up mid flight and ate up some carpet.....I believe the renowned Randy Ulmer was shooting that arrow if I remember correctly.
The biggest ISSUE I see with Rage is that "Get Your Game" Guarantee because it basically soulds like it advocates sending prayers on the end of arrows.
Granted, archery has become a very technical sport, but at the same time, I'm sure the recovery rates now vs. 10-15yrs. ago are much higher, and it's in part to the sport becoming more technical. Have Rages helped some guys, certainly, have they created problems for some guys certainly, and the low-energy bows are one of the most heavily affected groups, because people get bad advice and choose to use them.
Sort of like recommending a guy try FOB's when he's shooting a Whisker Biscuit.....we all know that ain't gonna work, but it's happened!!!
I don't believe anywhere in this thread did I say "all bowhunters should shoot Rage". I simply stated what I believed to be obvious things. I've stated numerous times on here my relationship with Rage so it wasn't something new I divulged.
08-08-2009, 04:50 PM
#138
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SE Ohio
Posts: 2,531
That's where he was given a little guidance..... And he got a little ****y and really sounded like he didn't really know what he was talking about. This thread is more about someone lacking knowledge and refusing to really listen to the voice of reason than a bash on Rage, or "mocking a kid." If the kid read the whole thread, he may have been a bit enlightened, and potentially rethought some of his statements. If not, then the efforts of several of us to help the kid and give him a little guidance at least were voiced and offered up. As the saying goes, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink."
08-08-2009, 10:34 PM
#139
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pine Hill Alabama USA
Posts: 1,280
Unfortunately, you missed the part where he said he had unfavorable outcomes with Fixed BH's not passing through, and was now gonna try RAGE of all things.....
08-09-2009, 11:35 AM
#140
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SOUTH Carolina--I've moved!
Posts: 2,760
I've shot Muzzy's for years. EVERY time I knock an arrow on the string I check the broadhead to make sure it screwed in tight and the blades are locked in like they're supposed to be. I'll be doing the same thing this season when I give the Rage 2 blades a try.
It takes 5 seconds but it is important. Rage, Muzzy, field tip, or whatever...I check them all before I shoot every arrow.
It takes 5 seconds but it is important. Rage, Muzzy, field tip, or whatever...I check them all before I shoot every arrow.