To Rage or not to Rage?

Every deer i've ever shot with a Muzzy was a quick kill, it has never let me down either. Most shots that I've had the deer didn't even know they were hit until they staggered and dropped over. Good luck with your decision, but I know what I'd use. BOB

Aside from the aggressive marketing campaign and the exaggerated advertising budget that only make products more expensive and not more productive, I have a hard time believing that there is any broadhead on the market right now that has even the smallest chance of failure. I'd like to think that with the Internet forums and many forms of communication subpar products would not last on the market and would be doomed by hunters.

I shooting Rade 2-blades for the first time this fall. My traditional 3-blade head has never failed me, but I like what I see from the Rage.

Me too! No broadhead will make up for poor shooting. If the old standbys are still producing dead deer why change? I personally don't like the idea of moving parts on the broadhead. That is why I do not use them. I know alot of people like them and maybe one day down the road I will give them a shot but until then I will stick with the old stand by.

I've shot both and prefer the 2 blade RAGE. (Guess it does'nt matter what you shot if you hit them in the lung's they are going down quickly.) Rage 2 blades just fly better with very little difference from my field point's so that's my main reason for shooting them, plus they leave a big hole for easy blood trailing. I've killed my last 2 buck's using the same Rage broadhead. Just a little sharpening and it's ready to go this year.

If you hit the mark with the arrow a " HUGE WOUND CHANNEL" isn't necessary...with a Muzzy or any other fixed blade if you put it in the boiler room , dead deer within 50-75 yards....no need for massive bloodtrails if you watch them fall over...besides I've shot many deer with Muzzy and G5 montec broadheads and those blood trails were more than adequate blood trails to follow...Rage is another marketing ploy to attract hunters and fool them into thinking more blood is better, when a well placed arrow with a marginal head, well sharpened, will be more than sufficient to put a Big Buck or any other deer down..Conversely I have shot deer with mechanical heads where I had an excellent shot, no exit , arrow stayed in deer and found the deer after 45 minutes to hours later after tracking with a little more than a pin drop of blood every 20 yards...on a well placed arrow...and find the deer 70 yards away doublelunged with no exit, but blood trail was almost non-existent...I'll stick with fixed blades.

i had a converstaion with noted outdoor writer Bill Winke not long ago about rage broadheads. I think he has the best reply of all. he said "There are a lot of tradeoffs; if you can tell me where you are going to hit the deer, I can easily tell you which head is best. The Rage heads are big - that can be good or bad depending on where you hit the deer. I have used Grim Reapers too and I always felt like the blades opened a bit hard, but they definitely stay closed in flight. I killed some deer with them. The longer ferrule (made of aluminum) also worried me. I have had other long ferrule mechanical heads break when impacting frozen ground. That means they will also break when impacting shoulder (at least potentially). Not saying I have seen that with rage, but I have seen it with similar designs. So I tend to find something that is conservative. I like the Steelheads because they stay closed, open fairly easy and are built of steel so the ferrule won't bend or snap on a shoulder hit. They aren't real big so they won't cause as much damage as a GR or Rage on soft-tissue hits (lungs, liver, paunch) but they do penetrate better when they hit other tissue (bone, cartlage, muscle)." So basically, if you're gonna hit a 12 ring....it doesnt really matter....if you hit one back...rage would be better....if you hit one forward....muzzy would be better.

Most archery places will tell you that for an expandable to work you need a lot of poundage and a very fast bow. Last year i hunting Brown Co Park(gun hunt) i had a very nice 12pt walk right under my stand i could see he was bleeding from low on the shoulder. I shot and killed this deer( my biggest to date). After a very short track job i further examed this deer and pulled out a rage broad head. This deer had been shot prob 2 days before and was still goin strong i think if the person who shot this was using an Muzzy he or she would have killed this deer.

The local taxidemist and the deer processor both have said they find more mechanical broadheads broke off or lodged in many deer. FYI.

I'm color blind and like the fact that all the deer I shot with Rage BH's bleed like crazy and die within 20 yards. So far so good for me.