Rage failure,kinda

[Texastaxi]

Speaking of that...did you get my email about the pedestal?

Yep ... just need to know what will look good in the Chew domicile.

[Chew]

Well...you responded to all of that silly stuff....and I get nothing. What's AW's number? =)

I'll get with ya later.

[Mailman]

Rage are the best. They are the only broadhead I will shoot. The deer I killed this past weekend had his spine completely severed by a Rage broadhead. I made a bad shot, but the Rage saved me. That is beauty of these things, they make a marginal shot good, and they make a bad shot lethal. That same head that I shot the deer with was 100% functional when I retrieved it. The blades were not bent or broken, I was able to clean it up and it looked good as new. Of course it will become a pig killer now, but it did its job well Monday morning.

After you figure the cost of your lease, fuel, food, corn, protein, bow, other equipment, etc. $13 for a broadhead seems pretty miniscule to me.

[oneforthewall]

OR price shopping for the cheapest taxidermist after you've spent THOUSANDS of $$$$ on hunting that dang deer!

Some things I'll never understand.

Amen!

[TXJon]

So, the broadhead really didn't fail, right? It just came apart.
If you knicked a blade on a Muzzy, would you consider that a failure?

How many pieces of the head need to actually make it to the deer anyway, right?

[Swat791]

Just another reason I like using fixed broadheads (Magnus Stinger/BuzzCuts).
I can take them apart re-sharpen and as long as they are not bent or broken re-use them without worrying about a failure.

Plus, if you damage a broadhead Magnus makes they are replaced for free if they are damaged

After I shoot a deer with one, it gets sharpened and becomes a pig arrow. Just not worth taking a chance.

?? I don't understand the thought behind a pig being a lesser of an animal than a deer. Wild pork is better than store bought and just as good as deer.
Sorry whole different topic...

[BOWERIK]

Rage is not using the roll pin anymore. what caused the roll pin to come out was when the blades open and break through the bone it would compress the roll pin. I contacted Rage about this and they told me they changed that design; which they have.

[Ohio Darin]

I had bought into all the Rage hype until this year when I shot a buck @ 17yds quartering away and only got about 2" penetration. I could see that the arrow defected upon entry by the changed angle. Shot with Matthews DXT @ 64#. Made me sick. Not in shoulder but high & back of rib cage due to being up 25 feet in stand and quartering away. Changed to fixed blade - cut on contact.

[strangmusic18]

So, the broadhead really didn't fail, right? It just came apart.
If you knicked a blade on a Muzzy, would you consider that a failure?

I'm like Forrest. Broadheads are a consumable.
I don't think I've ever re-used a broadhead

Not saying you have but if you missed would you re-use the broadhead then?

[Texastaxi]

Not saying you have but if you missed would you re-use the broadhead then?

I haven't missed ... yet ... but if I do, I'll more than likely throw away that broadhead, arrow, release AND bow!









I'm kidding ... kinda!
I have missed before and when I did, I never found the arrow, so it's a mute point.

95% of the time, I break the arrow, broadhead, or both when I shoot a critter.

[crazy cowboy]

well guess u got a dud i dure hope i dont have a prob like that with mine i just bought some to start shooting with

[crazy cowboy]

he went back to camp with me. he went about 80 yards double lunged. the exit wound which is the side shown in the picture,was not quite as big as the entry hole but none the less the rage did its job again. and no I didn't take it apart when I sharpend it.

dude i LOVE the deer...
but i want to know where u got those bad arse boots ive been looking for me a pare like those but i havnt found any yet.

[Ron]

I have always like the fix blade broadheads, but I tried the rage after reading all the great stuff written on here. I won't carry one any longer, because they are a pain. Can't push em into the quiver without a blade coming open. I hunt in some very rough country and it's hard to move around without getting jostled around a lot. I'm sure they work, but just not in my situation. Went back to the Slick Trick and they take everthing I can dish out and still shoot without doing an inspection.

Really liked your deer, congratulations.

[BvR]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chew
$39 is nothing compared to how much you pay for equipment, gas, leases, corn, feeders, food, processing. And the broadhead is the actual piece of equipment that kills the deer. I don't get it.

It's like paying $56,000 for a new King Ranch F350 and then getting an AM radio because you would never pay $500 for a good radio.

OR price shopping for the cheapest taxidermist after you've spent THOUSANDS of $$$$ on hunting that dang deer!

Some things I'll never understand.

Just because it cost alot doesn't mean it is the best.

[strangmusic18]

I haven't missed ... yet ... but if I do, I'll more than likely throw away that broadhead, arrow, release AND bow!









I'm kidding ... kinda!
I have missed before and when I did, I never found the arrow, so it's a mute point.

95% of the time, I break the arrow, broadhead, or both when I shoot a critter.

I ask because I still use the same broadhead I shot a doe with 2 years ago and it seems to fly right. It had to have hit bone because I got lung, heart, and spine. Either it hit bone or I am that good! If you ever decide to throw away a bow, ask me if I want it first...