Rage Two Blade Chisel Point

I write the following in the hopes it will help someone who was in my shoes a couple short months ago. We all know the discussion of broadheads can be as bad as any political discussion. It’s not my intent to bash or even say “My” broadhead is better than yours. One of the things I switched this year was going from a Rage 3 blade to the 2 blade cut on contact blade. I shot a nice deer on the Mn deer opener, double lung at 40 yards with complete pass through. The deer died 60 yards later. Awesome, my confidence was restored.

Fast forward to my annual November hunt in South Dakota. I decided last minute to try the new 2 blade chisel point. My plan was to wait until a doe presented me with with a close shot so I could push the limits of this head. I know some may be questioning my ethics on this choice but I simply don’t know how else to truly give this blade a real test.

On Thursday morning I got my first opportunity. A doe with twin fawns and a 1.5 year old doe came by my stand. I drew, centered my 20 yard pin on the doe slightly quartering to me and released. I watched this doe go down less than 80 yards from point of impact. Upon further inspection, I pulled my shot slightly and actually went above the shoulder, but the steep angle allowed me to take out the lung on the opposite side. The next morning I was back in the same blind. A nice mature doe presented another 18 yard shot, this time more broadside. I again centered my 20 yard pin and aimed at the shoulder area. A complete pass thru and this doe was down less than 60 yards from the stand.

I think a very important part of hunting is having confidence in your setup, whether it be your rifle & scope or your arrow/bow/broadhead combination. Going into 2012 I didn’t have the confidence I once did. Not any longer. I’m very confident in the new 2 blade chisel point from Rage. My #1 goal is to end the animal’s life as quickly and ethically as possible. I feel the Rage 2 blade chisel point gives me the proper tool to do so.

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There are a lot of great choices for broadheads these days. It is pretty tough to argue against succes like that. Good shootin’!

well Im quick just going to voice an opinion….and this is it..With proper shot placement a deer will die with a simple field point….puncture both lungs and it will happen, maybe the blood trail will be less than perfect but the deer will be dead. The idea of purposely maybe missing the mark of a perfect kill is insane to me. I bowhunt a lot and am not a big internet poster. People that know me can probably hopefully attest to that. I get just as excited about someone shooting a deer as if I shot it myself. I normally hunt one or two out of states along with MN and that is on a college budget. I live, breath and die it. And it is my OPINION that we should all be trying to harvest deer the most ethical way we should. Maybe in your case the shot placement was off or you really did want to do a “Field test”. I guess I dont see the theory in that. I also shoot the rage chisel points and shot a beautiful 9 pointer out of state with it. I practiced, made the tiny adjustments to me sight and was very confident that the broadhead would produce the correct results. I guess all I am trying to say is “as a whole lets respect the animals we are pursuing”

Thanks for your opinion! I knew a few folks could take acception to my thought process and maybe I didn’t do a very good job of describing my intent. I would never intentionally try to wound an animal, however in the past, it’s happened. I wish I could make the perfect shot under perfect conditions every time. As we all know, it doesn’t take much to be “off” on a shot and suddenly you’ve went from double lung to guts or shoulder blades. Over the years I have had arrows bounce off shoulder blades, glance off ribs and take weird turns etc… I think I’ve seen it all after this year.

I practiced with the practice point that came with the new blades out to 40 yards. I didn’t have to adjust my sight at all thankfully. I was highly confident at 20 yards or less and shooting 65+ lbs of draw weight I was limiting the chance of something bad happening.

I truly get where you are coming from. I was very hesitant to post this and I guess maybe I should have put it out there in a different manner. The fact is, if someone has a way to field test broadheads in the real world I’d like to hear more about it.

Any time I draw my bow back, my number one goal is a double lung shot.

I think I understood your point as presented. I have no exceptions to it at all. I agree with everyone who says shot placement is everything!Like BAM! and it’s down. But
I also agree that ‘everything’ doesn’t always align itself every time and it’s nice to know that whatever one’s choice of broadhead or bullet, it’ll do the job and a successful recovery of a humanely as possible harvested animal.
I also shoot the Rage 2 blade and at this time can’t imagine using anything else. I also have never taken a shot over 35 yards.
Key is,(like a pilot), know your limitations, trust your equipment/instruments, and execute.
(I’ve looked at the chisel points, might have to get a pack of those)

I personally would like to see a test done with a series of ballistic gelatin blocks with cartage and some bones. That way penetration and cutting path could be equally compared. All the promo tests I see are the gelatin only.