Which rage

[mocephus]

which rage

shoot whatever you want sir and own the decision. asking what people think on the green screen is the quickest way to start a mudslinging encounter. all broadheads work awesome with a well tuned bow and good form. i personally change from killzones to slick tricks and I dont give a rats arse what people think or say. Peace out.

[KevBow]

Well thanks for all the input. The reason I'm even thinking about switching is I lost a buck the other day. I was shooting stingers w bleeders. Been shooting the stingers and tricks for awhile. I've liked them but don't care for the blood trails they leave. Back to losing the buck. I shot him slightly quartering away at 42 yards . Made shot where I was aiming about 4" back of shoulder. Had decent blood for about 50 yards then nothing. It was lung blood. I looked all over creation for 3 hours and never found another spec of blood. Upon finding my arrow and looking at my stinger to my amazement the broadhead literally broke in half. How I don't know but it did. Only penetrated about 7 " . My draw is 31.5" and I'm pulling 72lbs.. I've shot numerous deer and hogs with the stingers and tricks and have never had this happen. Always find my animals even though the blood trails aren't the greatest. But I see yalls holes and blood trails with the rages and it's got me thinking it wouldn't hurt to give them a try. And the stinger will be being mailed back to Magnus come Monday

[JW]

Well thanks for all the input. The reason I'm even thinking about switching is I lost a buck the other day. I was shooting stingers w bleeders. Been shooting the stingers and tricks for awhile. I've liked them but don't care for the blood trails they leave. Back to losing the buck. I shot him slightly quartering away at 42 yards . Made shot where I was aiming about 4" back of shoulder. Had decent blood for about 50 yards then nothing. It was lung blood. I looked all over creation for 3 hours and never found another spec of blood. Upon finding my arrow and looking at my stinger to my amazement the broadhead literally broke in half. How I don't know but it did. Only penetrated about 7 " . My draw is 31.5" and I'm pulling 72lbs.. I've shot numerous deer and hogs with the stingers and tricks and have never had this happen. Always find my animals even though the blood trails aren't the greatest. But I see yalls holes and blood trails with the rages and it's got me thinking it wouldn't hurt to give them a try. And the stinger will be being mailed back to Magnus come Monday

Shoot what you like but also look at the Grim Reaper Carni 4. The way they are designed they make a bigger entrance than the other Reapers on broadside shots.


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[docmay]

Stingers are a good head but they are notorious for breaking on heavy bone hits. That is particularly true of the 4 blade version. Just look at how the ferule goes together. It is an inherent weak spot. And, I think stingers are great heads. Blood trails are 90% where you put the arrow and height of entry and exit. If you want good blood trails with a fixed blade then consider slick trick magnum or qad exodus. Good thing for you is that you have plenty of energy for a mech head. Try the hypo if you want my opinion. More compact and all steel. Less likely to bend like the original version. They are deadly! Just avoid the shoulder.

[KevBow]

I never knew they were prone to breaking. So on the rages always stay away from shoulder hits?

[JW]

Stingers are a good head but they are notorious for breaking on heavy bone hits. That is particularly true of the 4 blade version. Just look at how the ferule goes together. It is an inherent weak spot. And, I think stingers are great heads. Blood trails are 90% where you put the arrow and height of entry and exit. If you want good blood trails with a fixed blade then consider slick trick magnum or qad exodus. Good thing for you is that you have plenty of energy for a mech head. Try the hypo if you want my opinion. More compact and all steel. Less likely to bend like the original version. They are deadly! Just avoid the shoulder.

Agree 110%


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[docmay]

I never knew they were prone to breaking. So on the rages always stay away from shoulder hits?

On big cut mechanicals and specifically rage with a steep blade angle you need to avoid heavy bone in my opinion. They don't blow through like a fixed. On a broadside whitetail aim straight up the leg or up the back line of the front leg and 1/3 to 1/2 of the way up. Make sure the front leg isn't back. Or shoot quartering away a bit. That's my advice.


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[Daniel75]

I bet I know what causes 99% of that and it's not the fault of rage it is the fault of advertisement on ALL mechanicals claiming filed point flight. This makes guys think they don't have to tune their bows and untuned bows and expandables are terrible combination. They just sight in and go and lots of those arrows hit at and angle instead of square.

This X 1,000,000,000!

Untuned bows with crappy arrow flight. If that arrow is having to twist and turn, or bend back and forth because of a weak spine, and doesn't get to stabilize and spin straight towards the target before impact, it's wasting a TON of energy. Then add in the momentum stopper that a mechanical is (multiplied even more with a wide cutting diameter) and it's a recipe for disaster on penetration. I also think this problem is compounded even more by lighter arrows. There's nothing wrong with light arrows as long as the bow is tuned for BH flight but if it's not, you're asking for it.

[Mike D]

I'm not a Rage Hater. What I hate is seeing a guy lose his dream buck. I'm viewing it from a fairly unique perspective of recovery, not hunting. The majority of calls I get where placement was good but penetration was not were on deer shot with Rage broadheads. That's a numerical fact, not an opinion, which could be due to a high percentage of hunters using them. Without question, no broadhead will make up for bad shot placement, however a poorly penetrating broadhead can spoil good shot placement.

I don't intend to hi-jack the thread, my apologies, but just like I would warn a guy headed toward a weak bridge, my compassion and empathy for hunters losing deer motivate me to say - "Yeah, Rage makes big holes, good trails, and have killed lots of deer, but..."

Well you DID praise Montecs so you lost lots of credibility there.

I've had nothing but PPP out of Montecs.




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[Pope & Yum]

Slick Trick.. They fly true!

[txpanhandle32]

Montecs are by far one of the worst broadhead a on the market. Dull out of the package and even if you make a great shot you'll end up with a marginal blood trail at best.

Couldn't agree more! I've lost 3 deer with montecs that were all ten rings and it was basically because there was simply NO blood, and no I'm not weekend warrior that don no how to track one. Ive killed a ton(25+) with rages an never lost a one, in fact have made some less than desirable shots with rage an the only reason i believe i found the deer was because i was shooting a rage.