Rage 2 Broadheads f**king rock!

jasoncooperpcola · #1 02-01-2008, 12:51 AM

Last summer i bought a new bow but never downed a deer with it, i did shoot a nice buck but lost it. Then i heard about Rage Broadheads on another forum. I bought a pack and tuesday affternoon i went bowhunting, (yeah i know i'm an idiot for bowhunting during gun season

) I was actually impressed with them. Viewer discretion is advised. He weighed 145 pounds and had three points. I know he was kinda small on horns but nonetheless i killed a deer with my bow this year.

Stinky_Hooker · #2 02-01-2008, 10:37 AM

Very nice kill....Ive seen some DEVASTAING wounds on deer comes from a Rage. I too swapped to them this year.

Blue_Runner · #3 02-01-2008, 10:47 AM

Nice! I've never had a bow kill before....shot at 2, hit one. Decided to go back to slinging bullets instead.

I would love to build my own bow though, as I've mentioned before.

Dad (Willy) needs to show me how.

jasoncooperpcola · #4 02-01-2008, 12:56 PM

Stinky, are you shooting Rage 2 or Rage 3 broadhead's? I'm currently shooting the 2 blade version. I've heard that the 3 blade version will jam if all 3 blades dont expand at the same time, and was wondering if that was true or not. I still keep two 3 blade Muzzy's in my quiver. I just wish i had the Rage 2's when i shot that buck at the begining of bow season.

jasoncooperpcola · #5 02-01-2008, 01:09 PM

Blue, it actually might be cheaper building your own bow. And it sounds like it would be fun. I paid over a thousand dollars for my bow and still am not completely satisfied. I'm planning to get another sight for sure

willy · #6 02-01-2008, 01:38 PM

Jason and Stinky you guys are doing a great job, but I do want to say something concerning broadheads to you guys and it is my opinion only, but expanding broadheads, chisel pointed broadheads etc often fly initially better out of a compound, but their results are now and have always been either very good or total crap. Same hit area often times with vastly different results.
Thus many bowhunters have eliminated them from their equipment in spite of what the retailers and marketers say.
T he bow and arrow is an extremely effecient weapon and has taken every game animal in the world millions of times.
The key to its ability is hemmorage from a wound, the key to finding your deer after the demise is to have an entrance and clean exit wound.
There is really only one blade design that consistently does this, that is a cut on contact two blade broadhead, with the cut on contact (edge running to the point tip) three blade heads a second choice. Only because they make a larger wound channel but often get stopped cold by heavy bone contact at the often oblique angles we shoot from.
It does not make a difference if you are shooting a 600-700 grain heavy wood shaft from a longbow at 180 fps or a 350-400 grain arrow from a hyper velocity 300 fps compound.
The higher speed compound gives you a flatter trajectory which makes it easier to shoot with little sight deviations in normal hunting range. The draw back is the reduced kinetic energy upon impact, also that kinetic energy drops rapidly with the lighter arrow.
Therefore though you have higher speed you have less terminal energy and an arrow that does not cut on impact you end up often with poor penetration, poor blood trails and frequently lost deer. Along with the fact that if a marginal hit from you or movement from the quarry causes your shot to be off a little (or worse) and heavy bone is hit or hit at a strong angle the open on contact, chisel point, along with other designs that do not have an edge going to the point often penetrate very poorly.
I have seen this to my great dismay dozens and dozens of times and so have many of the bowhunters I know and hunt with, some of which you may know like Deano Farkas who for many years wrote bowhunting articles for bowhunter magazine, archery magazine, western hunter etc and was a close friend of Fred Bear has told me he had seen it hundreds of times in his tremendous bowhunting career.
These cut on contact two and three bladed heads are sometimes a little harder to sight in and group, especially in over 300fps set ups, and notice I said sometimes because most times they fly like darts. The little extra time needed if any to find and shoot the right one for your bow arrow combination is obviously worth it for it provides you an arrow that will pass thru your deer, even at tough angles and even if bone is encountered, giving you aclean kill and a good blood trail.
More meat in the cooler, no lost deer, Rackus on the mantle, women will swoon at the site of the great white hunter, Its all good.
Consider it.

Stinky_Hooker · #7 02-01-2008, 03:18 PM

I with ya Willy. Ive heard and been in all kinda arguements from both sides.

I have shot fixed with success and expandables. I think its all in what you are confident in and putting the hit RIGHT where it needs to be.

Jason, 2 blade....Ive seen bad things from the 3's as you just mentioned.

I also like the NAP splitfires, but I think Rage has really mastered the expandables...cant get much better!

Willy, I love the NAP hellrazors and Montec one piece designs...Ive been thinking of trying them as I have buddies that love them too.

Hellrazor

Montec