NICK_BOWHUNTER

Never had a problem with them. I wish more people would actually shoot them and form their own opinion instead of forming it of off their friends brothers cousin knows a guy who shot a once in a lifetime deer and the the head failed when blah blah blah, not trying to insult or offend any one to each their own but I try not to knock a product or form opinions till ive tried it or see it with my own two eyes.

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cartman308

The reason I will NOT try them is I lack confidence that they can get the job done. Other peoples reviews is not my main reason. I do not like their construction. The mountains of negative reviews and the nauaiating way they are advertised (not the amount of advertisement the words they use) just adds fuel to it.

If rage would make the furrels out of STEEL and put the tip fr the Rocky Montain XP3 on them I may give them a shot.

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NICK_BOWHUNTER

I hear ya, you have to have confidence in what you shoot, what heads are you currently shooting? Ive never had a issue w the rage 2 blades always performed great for me and the only time ive seen one broken is after it passed through a deer in a dry riverbed and dead centered a rock , bent the tip just had to put a new tip, and I wasnt knocking you you have valid resons for not wanting to try them. Like I said before to each his own, the ones I was referring to are the the ones who flat out bash a product with no experience or knowledge of that product, yall dont get me wrong im in no way saying there are no other good heads out there cause there are heck I may even switch to a 3 blade just for more cutting face , it was simply a observation ive heard the same thing everywhere

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NICK_BOWHUNTER

On anothernote id like to see grim reaper come out w a 2 blade w their ss and spring cup design I think they would snag a ton of market share heck if they did I MAY even give em a whirl.

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Pureluck

I bought a pack of rage 2 blade just to try because of all the hype. I must say that I have had 2 pass throughs on deer but never found them due to week blood trails which may also be my part and not the broadheads fault. HOWEVER, both heads I have shot are rendered not shootable again due to bent ferrule on both of them. This could be due to shooting both deer at around 12 yards from 17 feet up and burring the arrow 3/4 in dirt after the pass through. I still carry the third but I did however see a friend shoot at a deer quartering away and it seriously hit the deer and bounced off and stuck in a tree. That is what has me concerned about shooting them.

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fred hill

i don't shoot Rage's or mechanicals for that matter but i've been in on many recoveries including one yesterday. on ribcage shots they are devastating, those big cutting diameters just shred the vitals to ribbons. when major bone is hit, mechanicals just seem to stop right there. that leaves one of those nasty flesh wounds that bleed profusely at first then dries up after 50 yards. i was in on a tracking job back in Oct. with a mechanical (Rage) on a buck hit square in the humerous. the hunter brought the broken arrow by my work and asked if i would bring my dog out to look for it. the broadhead ferrule looked like a question mark. after hearing his story about lack of penetration, arrow swinging as the buck ran off, i didn't have much faith. the next morning my dog trailed the buck up with no problem and we jumped it out of a thicket. we've all seen how well deer can go on three good legs. i could see the impact site on the deer's body and how he was favoring the busted leg when he hit the field. needless to say he wasn't recovered. what does this mean? you have to hit them right with any broadhead. i personally prefer a COC fixed blade but have seen some amazing damage with mechanicals.

xpig

This is why I shoot Grim Reaper BH's. They took the deflection problem and fixed it. See in minute 1:09 and see the result of a hard quartering shot angle. Happy ending!!
Sorry hear of your loss. Reconsider the GR mechanical it will do more than any fixed blade could and more than any mech wishes it could.

YouTube - Grim Reaper's Team Hawaii Broadhead Performance Review .wmv

Chrisrokz05

I personally bought the rage 3 blades excited as heck to get them home! I then shot the practice blade which flew very nicely. So then I decided to shoot the real thing at my normal target. It flew nicely like the practice but when I looked at the rage after pass through of my target(arrow still in target with rage sticking out fully) the rage only deployed 2 blades because the other blade got stuck on a different blade!!! So I tried another rage head and the same thing happened. So now I just use them to chipmunk hunt hahaha! Which devastates a little chipmunk needless to say

rchunter

I was hunting in africa last year and I asked the Phs which broadhead they reccomened they all said the rage or similar 2 in cut.

Why because the damage is incredible and you can recover animals even with poor hits. The blood is everywhere.

The secret is that you need a heavy arrow at least 430 grain with a rage and sufficent KE and its a awesome combo.

I shoot the rage and a 430 grain set up 70 lb destroyer. I hit a whitetail buck in the guts (bad Shot I know ) I felt bad but I recovered the animal in heavy tree cover etc. Blood trail is awesome with a 2 inch cut.

I like the gator instead of the rage because I hate how it opens during spot and stalk...

j870sm

I am one that has tried them with less than satisfactory results. I did not use them on deer but I did shoot hogs with them. They are a one time use head for sure but that is not really an issue with me. I didn't get the performance I expected out of them. I have one head left and will save it for yotes or other vermin.

Dsotm223

I have discovered that the best way to realize the performance of a bh for you and your equipment is to just try it out and see if it works. I still fully believe all bh should come with a results may vary sticker.

cartman308

Best post yet!! Very well said!!

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lungbuster

i used to use them.my thoughts on the deer i shot with them great bloodtrails but dang they seem to go far.i have no ryhme or reason to this.I will say i switched to slick trick mags and recoveries averages are less than half.gets me but ill stay with st mags.the one buck i shot with rage was a huge hole i watched him stagger after dashing 50 yds then a couple hours later took up trail great blood but found him 200 yds away.shot was perfect double lung

UTGrad

I can't explain it but my Grim Reaper seem to have more "shock" on the deer I have shot than the Rage. Every deer I have shot with Reapers crashed in the woods, a couple within sight.

SV MAD

My brother and I have shot Rage BHs on various African plains game. We both ended up with massive blade breakage, bent ferrules etc (this is the normal and titanium series)

The only conclusion that we can reach is that our setups are to powerful for Rage. He shoots a 82# Invasion with 30inch DL and 505gr arrows doing about 310fps and I shoot a 90# maxxis at 31inch DL with 560gr arrows at 310fps. Even when hitting only ribs, the ferrule bent.

This past weekend he also shot a kudu cow (which is a very soft animal compared to other animals in Africa) and the center steel pivot that the blades work around broke clean off. The Ferrule bent and they only recovered the animal the next day. The entrance hole was nice and wide like a RAGE entrance hole, but the exit hole look like a bullet hole due to both blades failing and the ferrule exiting the cow.

Both blades were recovered upon slaughtering about 4 inches into the animal. 1 rib broken on entrance and none on exit.

As mentioned, maybe our setups are just to powerful. Have never had any issues with G5 T3 (massively strong mech) and slick tricks. But will we ever use Rage? Nope. You be the judge.

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