Attention Expandable Broadhead Experts.......
#1
Attention Expandable Broadhead Experts.......
I have shot a buck from 25 yards with the grim reaper. The penetration was amazing with the reaper. It wasn't a pass through though. About 3/4 of the way through. I shot a big doe from 17 yards with a rage 2 blade. The angle was steep but the rage didn't even come out the other side. These were both 100 grain heads. I normally shoot thunderhead 85 grain fixed blade heads and they pass through almost everything.
Here's my dilema. I have a rage left and was thinking about putting it on one of my girlfriends arrows so she could shoot it. If I can't get the rage to come out the other side shooting a Mathews SQ2 with 27 inch arrows at 74 lbs of draw then would it be dumb to have her shoot it out of a Bowtech Diamond shooting 25 inch arrows at 48 lbs.
I'm no expert having only fired the rage one time but my buddy shot a nice buck with one at 9 yards last year and it didn't come out the other side either. He's shooting a Swithback XT 60 lbs with 29 inch arrows. It seems the rage loses a lot of energy after it hits. In the rages defense it does destroy the inside of a deer.
The buck I shot with the reaper and the doe I shot with the rage neither deer made it 50 yards.
With as much energy as the rage loses it makes me paranoid to shoot it out of a low poundage setup. What do you think?
Here's my dilema. I have a rage left and was thinking about putting it on one of my girlfriends arrows so she could shoot it. If I can't get the rage to come out the other side shooting a Mathews SQ2 with 27 inch arrows at 74 lbs of draw then would it be dumb to have her shoot it out of a Bowtech Diamond shooting 25 inch arrows at 48 lbs.
I'm no expert having only fired the rage one time but my buddy shot a nice buck with one at 9 yards last year and it didn't come out the other side either. He's shooting a Swithback XT 60 lbs with 29 inch arrows. It seems the rage loses a lot of energy after it hits. In the rages defense it does destroy the inside of a deer.
The buck I shot with the reaper and the doe I shot with the rage neither deer made it 50 yards.
With as much energy as the rage loses it makes me paranoid to shoot it out of a low poundage setup. What do you think?
Last edited by BetterBirddogs; 11-05-2009 at 01:25 PM. Reason: typing error
#2
Absolutely do not put that Rage on her bow. Not enough energy, not by a long shot IMO. I'm not an "expert" I don't think, just been hunting quite a while. My wife hunts, she shoots a Vectrix at 52 lbs. She is using Montecs and has had good success with them. For lower poundage, lighter arrows that alot of women shoot, I always advocate a cut on contact fixed blade head, like a Montec, or whatever else you choose, but COC is the best choice.
I shoot Grim Reapers, but I'm also shooting 65# and 585 grain arrows, and they perform wonderfully, massive holes, but with that kind of energy, I could push them through a buffalo. Do your gf a favor and get her a COC broadhead that she can have confidence in.
I shoot Grim Reapers, but I'm also shooting 65# and 585 grain arrows, and they perform wonderfully, massive holes, but with that kind of energy, I could push them through a buffalo. Do your gf a favor and get her a COC broadhead that she can have confidence in.
#4
Don't let her shoot the rage. That head is based specifically on K.E. They do have the special head for low K.E. setups. My cousin has killed 3 deer with the 3 blade rage on a 27" draw at 60 lbs with a Bowtech Equalizer and has blown through all 3 of them and all three deer never made it 50 yards from the impact.
#5
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shot a doe this year took out two ribs on the way in and two on the way out, complete passthrough shooting 64 pounds. Dad shot a doe quartering away and also had a complete passthrough shooting 58 pounds. I also shot a 300+ pound russian boar and buried the arrow in to the fletchings. No problem with penetration here.
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 252
I have 5 deer to my credit using Rage, including 3 bucks. I use the 2 blade head and draw weight around 65lbs. My first was a severe quartering away angle, I hit him way more back and the arrow went all the way in, was not a pass thru, deer made it 100yds, bad shot. The next was a 4pt at 22 yds, great shot, no pass thru but AMAZING blood trail out of both holes, deer was down in 60 yds. The next 3 were between 8-17 yards, all were complete pass thrus and each deer dropped within 50 yards. I guess it all depends on placement but my experience shows complete pass thru more than half the time. When I was a kid, I was shooting a 50lb bow with fixed Satellite heads if you remember those. I got 2 deer, both does but both pass thrus. I think with todays muzzys and thunderheads, she'd have no problem with penetration at lower draw weights
#8
I have shot a buck from 25 yards with the grim reaper. The penetration was amazing with the reaper. It wasn't a pass through though. About 3/4 of the way through. I shot a big doe from 17 yards with a rage 2 blade. The angle was steep but the rage didn't even come out the other side. These were both 100 grain heads. I normally shoot thunderhead 85 grain fixed blade heads and they pass through almost everything.
Here's my dilema. I have a rage left and was thinking about putting it on one of my girlfriends arrows so she could shoot it. If I can't get the rage to come out the other side shooting a Mathews SQ2 with 27 inch arrows at 74 lbs of draw then would it be dumb to have her shoot it out of a Bowtech Diamond shooting 25 inch arrows at 48 lbs.
Here's my dilema. I have a rage left and was thinking about putting it on one of my girlfriends arrows so she could shoot it. If I can't get the rage to come out the other side shooting a Mathews SQ2 with 27 inch arrows at 74 lbs of draw then would it be dumb to have her shoot it out of a Bowtech Diamond shooting 25 inch arrows at 48 lbs.