Rage Broadhead Users

Shot my third doe this season using the 3 blade rage. First one shot back in the beginning of the season was slightly quartering to me. The shot caught lung, liver and guts. Not much of a blood trail because there was a fist size full of guts plugging the exit hole. Second deer did not find. When reviewing the video, she had time to duck and turn before the arrow hit her. Ended up hitting her in the guts. When following the blood trail she was only bleeding out of the entry side. Figured the guts were plugging the exit hole. Tracked her to a big swamp and lost her. I was a bit discourage but was not going to blame the the broadhead at this time. I wanted to see what kind of damage it would do on a “perfect shot”. That opportunity came this past Saturday night. Had a nice doe come in at 15 yards, she was quartering away from me but not too hard. Took aim and let fly. Shot was perfect. She took off and I gave her two and half hours to expire. Came back after supper and picked up the trail. With all the snow on the ground it was not hard to track her, but from all the stories from the rage users I was surprised I wasn’t seeing more blood. I figured I would find her less than 100 yards from the stand. Tracked her to her first bed over 200 yards from where she was shot. I couldn’t believe she got up. I knew she was mortally wounded, I was baffled that she wasn’t dead yet. Continued to track her. She jumped a fence and on the other side I found what looked like pieces of her lung on some brush. I wondered if she was coughing it up or was it hanging out the exit hole. Very little blood to follow once she bedded down, but still easy to track. Came across a second bed. Now I am second guessing the shot. I tracked her for close to a mile now and decide to back out and picked it up in the morning. Next morning had a buddy of mine tag along to help me. Picked up the blood trail from the night before. She climbed a hill. Now I am really second guessing the shot because I have never had a deer that is mortally wounded ever climb a hill. Tracked her for another 300 yards before we finally found her dead. She had gone over 1 mile with the shot that caught liver and lung. The exit hole had between 12 – 14 inches of lung hanging out of the hole. I did not have my camera, but I have never seen anything like this. The only reason I started to shoot these this year was because last year I shot a doe on Jan. 3rd with my muzzy…was a double lung and she never bled. She ended up dying less than 20 yards from where I shot her, but I thought if she would have ran off it would have been a tough track job.

Sorry for the long ramblings, but has anyone else experienced this with the rage or any other expandable broadheads? I am using the 3 blade rage. The holes are unbelievable, but I just don’t have the faith in them like I did with my Muzzy’s. I’ll be going back to the old Muzzy’s next year and maybe use the rage on the turkeys.

Ive been useing Muzzy’s for 10 years and won’t switch they just plain put a hurting on anything they hit. I thought about trying the rage broadheads just because of the huge wound size. I haven’t because I know a few people that had issues with the blades opening in flight and getting bad shots on deer they never found. Most times from what ive seen when they work they are awesome. I just feel more comfortable with a broadhead that has no choice but to work. Sounds that the deer you shot was just one tough deer if she could endure that it probably didn’t matter what broadhead you used she just wasn’t giveing up.

Yeah, I didn’t have a problem with how far she went, as she could have done gone that far with any broadhead. This issue I have is the exit hole becoming plugged.

in most cases that plugged hole, would not stop the bleeding as she would have bled internally. sorry it had to be so hard. We had a doe earlier, perfect broadside, but no exit, 10 inches of arrow sticking out, very little blood trail. WE looked for two day’s and never found her. but did see her later that next day—- still in heat, still being chased by the big 10 point, arrow still sticking out. What can you say??? It wasn’t meant to be.

Until my Muzzy’s fail me terribly I won’t be switching to anything else. They just plain put animals down! They may not have the massive wound channel but they do the job 9 times out of 10!

Shot a doe a few years back on a drive with a muzzy. I was on the ground and she stopped at 15 yards broadside. Pass through and watched her run across a field and pile up after 75 yards. Ended up hitting high lungs and had a heck of a time even finding pin drops of blood in the snow – all internal bleeding. Would have been tough w/o snow in the woods – lesson – aim lower. Always had good luck with those heads though.

Last week shot a doe with 2 blade rages – little back and caught 1 lung and liver. Followed the blood trail 200 yards right to her. Very easy track. Only issue is I’ve had some accuracy issues the last couple years with the rages. Thought it was just me. Sure that’s part of it but would 70 lbs be opening them up in flight??

I may be going back to muzzy too.

A buddy of mine shot rage broadheads a couple years and twice had the blade open in flight. What he found was that pulling in and out of the quiver cut an o ring that alowed the broadhead to open it flight. You know when it happens cause it did a big cork screw on the way to the target. I think you just have to make sure they are in good condition when you knock your arrow. Ive shot deer with the same broadhead for years and I have found that an identicle shot with the same broadhead on diferant deer can produce diferant results. Some bleed out like a stuck pig and others fill internaly. Thats why I say shoot what ever is the most accurate with your set up and put what ever broadhead your useing where it counts. No matter the size of hole if you pop both lungs they aren’t going far.

It’s like throwing an axe through them!

The only thing I hit with two shots from my Rage 2 blade this year were twigs. I got my shooting lanes trimmed the hard way. It was not the broadheads fault.
I was able to shoot a buck with a fixed blade though. I chose a fixed blade braodhead because I was hunting during freezing rain storm in late November and I didn’t want to have issues with my 2 blade not opening since it might be frozen shut when I needed it. The shot was a little high and back and I only got internal bleeding. Thankfully he only ran 60 yards and I watched him drop.
Both my deer I shot with these broadheads I have been able to watch them drop. One bled buckets of blood and the other not a drop. Shot placement and blade sharpness is the key. I thinking I will be using scary sharp fixed blade heads from now on.

If you have confidence in it keep shooting it, regarless of brand. I think confidence is more important than the name of the product.

The 2 blade Rage has been awesome for me, including on a black bear last spring. Have not tried the 3 blade. Huge holes.

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The 2 blade Rage has been awesome for me, including on a black bear last spring. Have not tried the 3 blade. Huge holes.

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I’m a rage 3 blade shooter and have been for the last 4 years. In those 4 years I have shot a number of deer and bear with minimal losses! I always had HUGE entrance holes and good blood! I guess I,m gonna stick with what works for me and what im confident in! 100g 3 blade Rage