Bad experience with Rage3 blade

[Russ]

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

I have used the 3 blade for the last 2 years and always had great penetration. I just dont get people saying its a BH's fault that the penetration was marginal. Heck you have to hit them in the right place to get a pass thru with any BH! Just a sorry excuse to me for bad shot placement. Heck you can shoot a field point or blunt thru a WT deer!!!!

[Mr. Redlabels]

Another vote for muzzy

[katyhighpockets]

i bought a package of rage 3 blade and tried them last weekend. result was a 8 pt that i made a pass through on. he ran 51 yards and piled up with an excellent blood trail

[Gerhard]

Hunter shot this young impala ram with the 3 blade rage...



He went about 80 yards.

I personally prefer Slick Tricks...

[trjones87]

i love the slick, the pentration on those things is incredible. last time i was shoot my broadheads, had one go through my target, throught the fense boards, and through a 3/4 piece of plywood. and both wholes through the fense and wood had the complete 4 blade shape. cant wait to see what its gonna do to some rib cages

[Featherflinger]

I appreciate all the input. I have shot a lot of deer with my muzzy 3 blade and have never had a problem but decided to give mechanicals a try. I won't use the 3 blade Rage anymore but I do have some 2 blade ones to try. One of my buddies shot a doe with one and it shredded the opposite side shoulder. I'm looking forward to giving them a try.

[Bowtech32]

just use a rocket mini blaster....Never had any issue and they are a lot cheaper

[LWolken]

muzzy

Muzzy X6 Shot 18 pigs this year 1 buck and not one single broadhead failure. 15 pigs last year one buck no broadhead failures. They just plain work.

Lance

[MA ELite]

Muzzy X6 Shot 18 pigs this year 1 buck and not one single broadhead failure. 15 pigs last year one buck no broadhead failures. They just plain work.

Lance

I can say the same about Rage broadheads.

Everyone will have a horror story about a broadhead and have a story about how much they like another. I have had problems with muzzy heads. I will never use one again.

[ecfire1967]

Killed a doe (w/2 blade Rage) week before last. She was 1/4 away to the right. Arrow enter behind the ribs and exited low at the front of the breast bone. Huge entry and exit. The arrow almost went the length of her body. So far I love the Rage.

[TobyR.]

Slick Tricks

[fishycatfish]

I use the 3 blade and haven't had any problems with them

[switchback]

A buddy of mine has used both and he said they were having problems with the 3 blades hanging up on each other or something. No problems with the 2 blades.

[Horitexan]

I tried the three blade Rage when they came out and was really disappointed with the consistency of their penetration on hogs- especially hogs over about 125lbs. Sometimes they penetrated well and other times they didn't. Can't say any if them failed to open, though. Then I tried the 2-blades and I've never had any more issues with penetration- even got pass-throughs on some BIG hogs.

I'm a big opponent of mechanical broadheads because of their failure rates and the potential for problems- anything that has moving parts can and WILL fail at some time. In fact, we don't allow ANY mechanicals to be used on deer at the ranch I work for and guide for. However, the one exception I make is with the Rage 2-blade because of it's design it's MORE likely to open properly and it's proven (to me) to be the MOST reliable/effective mechanical broadhead on the market. And, when you see two holes in an animal that are AT LEAST 2" wide (and often even wider) it's hard to argue with the blood trail and killing power.

Another thing we've noticed over the years is that many of the hunters that come to the ranch that favor mechanicals try and take SIGNIFICANTLY longer shots than hunters who fixed blade broadheads. This is because they buy into the "flies like a field point" advertising. The result has been significantly worse shot placement- this may be due to deer having more time to react and duck or spin. But, regardless the reason, the end result has been more wounded deer and a lower recovery rate with mechanical broadheads. So, the policy of "no mechanicals" was put into effect and stays in effect. The Rage 2-blade is a great broadhead and I keep one on an arrow in my quiver for everything but deer; but, for that big buck I stick with a fixed blade! My personal preference is a Magnus Stinger but have always used Muzzys too! One thing to keep in mind is that if you want to hunt out of a pop up with shoot through netting- like I will when the weather is really bad (like tgevrain we're having in Sabinal right now!!)- you can't shoot a mechanical through shoot-through netting!!

Just my $00.02

[Bank Stalker]

It would be interesting to find out if the people who like the Rage are shooting compound or trad.
On Traditional Bowhunter forum , they have the Dr Ed Ashby reports , where he thas tested mechanicals vs, non mech. its interesting.

Im ordering some Zwickey Eskimos , I am shooting a 45# trad. Im hoping they are a good choice.
I wonder if the Rage work best with compounds w/ higher poundages