Bad experience with Rage3 blade

[cbrown]

Muzzy x5

[k9trainer]

Not trying to stir the pot but if you made the perfect shot on that doe it shouldn't have mattered what broadhead you had on. To me too many people blame the BH for marginal shot placement. JMO

[Kevin]

Not trying to stir the pot but if you made the perfect shot on that doe it shouldn't have mattered what broadhead you had on. To me too many people blame the BH for marginal shot placement. JMO

Unfortunately with Rage heads thats not the case. I shot a BIG 9 with a drop last year with one at 16 yards and the arrow went in about 4" and then dropped out, never found the buck or any blood. The blades had broken the pivot pin and tried to enter the deer at a 90 degree angle to the direction of the blade. After listening to the tape, I could hear the "clink" of the rage lightly tapping my tripod and I am fairly certain that dislodged the blades enough before the shot to cause a catastrophic failure.

[arrowslinger]

i went to the grim reapers and the blood trails are great after little or no blood trail with the rage

[k9trainer]

Unfortunately with Rage heads thats not the case. I shot a BIG 9 with a drop last year with one at 16 yards and the arrow went in about 4" and then dropped out, never found the buck or any blood. The blades had broken the pivot pin and tried to enter the deer at a 90 degree angle to the direction of the blade. After listening to the tape, I could hear the "clink" of the rage lightly tapping my tripod and I am fairly certain that dislodged the blades enough before the shot to cause a catastrophic failure.

Not sure I understand what exactly happened in your case but if the blade hitting a tripod before you shot it is the broadheads fault I still don't get blaming the broadhead. Oh well, I don't shoot the 3 blade but did shoot the 2 blade last year with good success. Giving the slick tricks a shot this year

[SKLOSS]

same thing happend to me last year, but I was using a 3 blade muzzy. i'll never use muzzy's again.

[diamondrules]

grim reaper,magnus,rage 2

[Kevin]

The fact the pivot pin broke, and now they changed the design of the pivot pin, tells me they had a lot of problems with the pivot pin. This is the 2-blade rage btw, not the 3 blade. I can only guess at the blade hitting the tripod because in the video I heard a clink as I lifted my bow off the ground, could have been my arrow or whatever.

[Kevin]

Pics of the buck I wounded:







He was a big 6 1/2 y/o we've been watching since he was 3 1/2. I hope he comes back this year, he always waits until late in the season.

[Slick8]

I just switched to Grizztricks. I have had mostly good success with the three blade rage but am tired of the hassles and worries about the blades. I killed a 9 this year quartering away with a great pass through top of the heart. NO blood for 20 yards and then just specks, found the deer piled up about 50 yards away. I know that's hard to complain about but had it been at night and I hadn’t heard the deer crash it could have been a bad time.

The next kill was a doe shot slightly back but still a definite kill shot, problem was only one blade opened! I had a specks for a blood trail and found the deer a long ways off after a very long search.

My third deer was a spike with the Grizztrick, double long a 18 yards and big nasty hole with lots of blood and no worries of blade failure.

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[airbornehuntress]

I shot a doe this year at 20yards only shooting 45 lbs with a muzzy and got lots of blood and clean pass through.

[Cocobulldog]

Shot a doe this morning at 7 am at 17 yards with a 3 blade. she ran 35 yards and piled up. blood at first was just little spots but then lots of blood to follow. I did not find the arrow but she was in front of a cedar tree so the arrow could have deflected off one way or the other and we have lots of tall grass so it may be under all the grass. Perfect triangle pass thru hole. Was my only rage so switching to the Meatseeker/undertaker heads.

[Main Beam]

I shot two deer last year with the three blades recovered both deer within 100yds. My brother n law shot a 150lb hog with one this year, clean pass through, hog went 20 yds and took a dirt nap. And the broadhead still looks brand new.
Unfortunately just like fishing line with all broadheads there will be people that like them and people that don't. Most importantly if you are uncomfortable switch to one you trust there’s too many choices out there to sit in the stand and worry about it.

[bowtecmike]

I Love the rage 3 blade, have had no problems whatsoever.
One thing I don't understand is how any arrow, regaurdless of the point would only get four to six inches of penetration unless it hit solid bone, then it would't matter what head it was used

[justhrowit]

My first deer with the Rage 3 blade I had a war zone of a blood trail. However, this year, I've had quite the opposite. Embarrassing to say why..... I'll never shoot them again. Made good shots to get VERY LITTLE to no blood. Switched to a fixed head, G5 Striker.

J