Thread: Rage Broadheads

I wanted to try to make sense of the terrible reviews I've been getting back about the Rage broadhead. Is everyone that unsatisfied with them? Reason for the post is one of the larger local outdoor stores in LA was bashing them bc of reviews they've gotten from customers. Said that nobody was going to buy them anymore, with no further facts of people acutally telling him that, just him drawing a conclusion. I've used them for I guess 3 years now and I'm not saying they're the best on the market by no means, I'm not one to know if they are or not, but the results I've had with them have been devastating for the deer. Really unlike anything I've ever seen as far as entry and exit holes. Anyways, this outdoor store told me they ordered a big shipment of them and got so many bad reviews that they were dropping the price and not ordering any more once they were gone. When I heard the horror stories hunters had with them from the guy behind the counter, seemed to me like it was the operator, not the broadhead. Muzzy for example has been a good broadhead for a long time, but I've heard lots of bad things about them, when I got more info about the hunts, turns out the shot placement wasn't good. I think that hunters today get all excited about new broadheads when they come out, then they take the first shot they get when a deer comes by not keeping in mind that they are still the same ole deer that ran 2 miles from a previous hunt when they shot it quartering to them with a 300 win mag. There's not a broadhead on the market that is going to just blow a deer's insides out when you hit it, you still have to make a good shot to get good penetration and get a pass through. However, there is such a thing as getting a bigger more gapping wound from a larger blade span broadhead and there's many out there. Seems simple to me, wait til you get a qtring away shot, and shoot for where you want it to exit with a broadhead you're confident in. I guess it kind of aggravated me for a retailer to make a call on what products to sell based on a few bad reviews, that were really just bad shots. Just curious to know if anyone in other states have heard bad reviews to the extent of people wanting to yank them off the shelves.

-W-