Rage Failed to Engage . . .

[Harman Rabb Jr.]

After going back and forth, I finally replaced my Thunderheads with the Rage 2 Blade. On Saturday morning, I had a doe quartering away at 18 yards. The angle was a little more than I would have liked, but I tried to put the arrow in behind the last rib, with the goal of an exit wound in the center of the chest. I missed a little far back and entered right in front of the hip bone (clipping it) and exiting just above the shoulder. Unfortunately, I hit guts, but still punctured one or maybe both lungs.

She ran about 15 yards and piled up dead. At this point, I was pretty impressed with the Rage. It wasn't a complete pass through, but it did the job. However, when I approached the deer, I noticed that the Rage never deployed. The O-Ring was still intact.

Anybody have any ideas on what went wrong?

[dustoffer]

It's a mechanical head--stuff happens all too often.

[rladner]

you were shooting a Rage.

[NelsonV]

I have no idea. Luckily you still harvested her. That makes the Rage more impressive to me. They kill deer even when they don't deploy correctly . I have never had one do that to me. I have taken 20 plus animals with them and they all worked perfect.


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[dangerous dan]

pass the popcorn

[TX_Kevin]

That is pretty strange. If I even look at my Rage 2 Blades they deploy.

[Shiner]

What size entrance hole? the oring staying in the groove does not mean the blades did not deploy. I personnally can't see them not deploying

[Brinkley]

What did the entrance hole look like? I have not had any problems with it not opening up. Maybe more keeping it closed. It could have just not damaged the "O" ring?

[rladner]

pass the popcorn

lol

[panhandlehunter]

That is pretty strange. If I even look at my Rage 2 Blades they deploy.

X2

[focushunter]

Just cause the o-ring didnt move doesnt mean anything.

[Abu_dude]

I've heard of them sometimes opening in flight but never NOT opening at all...hmm wonder if it was just because of the angle. If it did catch the hip bone first, maybe it bent the farel and wouldn't allow it to open? Did you try moving the blades by hand after the shot or will they even still move?

[flufster]

broadhead did its job if the animal was retrieved....not a rage fan but thats all you can ask of any broadhead...i think some pics of the broadhead would help....did you put a rubberband on the head to keep the blades shut or are you talking about the O-ring that the blades rest on?

[Traildust]

That is pretty strange. If I even look at my Rage 2 Blades they deploy.

THIS...No way it didnt deploy....unless you used the practice head

[lil_armond]

All the o-ring does is keep the blades from falling out and then it acts as a shock absorber when they fall back into the open position.

You know what they say here on TBH "No pic's then it didn't happen."

Let's see some pic's of the entrance and exit hole.

entered right in front of the hip bone (clipping it) and exiting just above the shoulder

It wasn't a complete pass through, but it did the job.

I am assuming that you mean it wasn't a complete arrow pass through being that the BH exited just above the shoulder.