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Post by B-rad on Oct 7, 2012 21:10:49 GMT -5
Tonght I got out late to hunt but still got out and busted up a big 11 on the way in and then later a doe. As I got in the stand I was pulling up my bow and saw a doe  let the bow down and she came to about 20 yards. She was small so I would've passed anyway. Then about 10 minutes later I see a doe about 100 yards off. She worked in and she was coming straight for the front of my stand so she finally started feeding and turned at 22 yards I turned and drew back. It was an ackward shot because I had my legs crossed and one leg around the seat of the stand, and her shoulder was behind brush but I Made the shot and it hit her right on the shoulder with wer just slightly quartering away. a little forward of what I wanted but Rage did the job. The arrow went all the way through and I think broke and came out when she jumped. It penetrated mostly through anyway. she went 60 yards good blood the whole way and went down in the middle of a corn field. This one was alot bigger probably fully dressed weighed 150+ or so. I'll out pics up tomorrow or whenever I get to it  |
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Post by Greenedog on Oct 7, 2012 22:28:22 GMT -5
Congrats again Brad! Whack 'em and stack 'em. |
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Post by Chase on Oct 8, 2012 16:53:55 GMT -5
Way to go Brad!  |
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Post by B-rad on Oct 8, 2012 19:51:31 GMT -5
The pics No camera man, so they don't really do her justice. She was a big girl.   I have to say I've always doubted em, but I'm falling for these rage!  |
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Post by goosepondmonster on Oct 9, 2012 7:56:03 GMT -5
I still look at the Rage broadheads every time I am at a store that carries them, but I just can't get past the thought of them not opening.
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Post by B-rad on Oct 10, 2012 20:10:25 GMT -5
I still look at the Rage broadheads every time I am at a store that carries them, but I just can't get past the thought of them not opening. As much as the front of the blades stick out and as easy as they slide open, I don't see how them openeing could be much of a problem. I always doubted penetration, from loss of ke due to the mechanics. You can push these through a napkin and they will open. |
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Post by strippitman on Oct 11, 2012 7:10:11 GMT -5
My best friend had one not open on the biggest deer of his life (he's the friend that has all the big bucks on the wall behind the pic of the doe I just posted). If a mechanical broadhead does not open, we've learned that you only get about 2" penetration. I'm a firm believer in having the fewest amount of moving parts between the time you begin to draw your bow til the arrow passes through the deer. For instance, the other day my hunting partner had a doe come past him and started to draw his bow back. He uses one of those rests that flip up when you draw back and then lays back down when the arrow is released. Well, he started to draw his bow on the doe and the rest wouldn't flip up all the way. I've been telling him for two years that one day that rest would bite him in the A$$. He's lucky it wasn't on a big buck. We have since put a whisker biscuit on his bow. You can't beat a whisker biscuit for hunting |
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Post by goosepondmonster on Oct 11, 2012 9:34:29 GMT -5
My best friend had one not open on the biggest deer of his life (he's the friend that has all the big bucks on the wall behind the pic of the doe I just posted). If a mechanical broadhead does not open, we've learned that you only get about 2" penetration. I'm a firm believer in having the fewest amount of moving parts between the time you begin to draw your bow til the arrow passes through the deer. For instance, the other day my hunting partner had a doe come past him and started to draw his bow back. He uses one of those rests that flip up when you draw back and then lays back down when the arrow is released. Well, he started to draw his bow on the doe and the rest wouldn't flip up all the way. I've been telling him for two years that one day that rest would bite him in the A$$. He's lucky it wasn't on a big buck. We have since put a whisker biscuit on his bow. You can't beat a whisker biscuit for hunting That's exactly the reason I went with the Whisker Biscuit over a drop-away rest. You may lose a little speed, but the Biscuit never fails. |
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Post by jsanders on Oct 11, 2012 18:55:48 GMT -5
congrats on the doe III. As for the mechanical broadheads, this is the first year Ive used them. My first shot was a hit and fail at the same time. I used my gift card for Bass Pro and bought swhacker. It did not open and I lost a doe on Oct 3rd. Barely any blood and 20 min of tracking before there was no blood. Looked for til 3 am and no deer. I will never use them again, she was broad side and 20 yards away and I watched the arrow hit and fall out. I will never use them again. I decided to try mechanical again and used G5 T3s. They slide back unlike the swhacker that flips open. It worked like a charm. So im still using them. I also use a drop away rest but I flip it up and it stays in the up position until released and drops away everytime. Hope it never fails. I do see the benefit of less moving parts but the mechanical broadheads fly straighter. too each their own
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Post by goosepondmonster on Oct 12, 2012 7:35:12 GMT -5
congrats on the doe III. As for the mechanical broadheads, this is the first year Ive used them. My first shot was a hit and fail at the same time. I used my gift card for Bass Pro and bought swhacker. It did not open and I lost a doe on Oct 3rd. Barely any blood and 20 min of tracking before there was no blood. Looked for til 3 am and no deer. I will never use them again, she was broad side and 20 yards away and I watched the arrow hit and fall out. I will never use them again. I decided to try mechanical again and used G5 T3s. They slide back unlike the swhacker that flips open. It worked like a charm. So im still using them. I also use a drop away rest but I flip it up and it stays in the up position until released and drops away everytime. Hope it never fails. I do see the benefit of less moving parts but the mechanical broadheads fly straighter. too each their own Tune your bow shooting fixed broadheads and they fly just as straight. |
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Post by strippitman on Oct 12, 2012 7:43:34 GMT -5
congrats on the doe III. As for the mechanical broadheads, this is the first year Ive used them. My first shot was a hit and fail at the same time. I used my gift card for Bass Pro and bought swhacker. It did not open and I lost a doe on Oct 3rd. Barely any blood and 20 min of tracking before there was no blood. Looked for til 3 am and no deer. I will never use them again, she was broad side and 20 yards away and I watched the arrow hit and fall out. I will never use them again. I decided to try mechanical again and used G5 T3s. They slide back unlike the swhacker that flips open. It worked like a charm. So im still using them. I also use a drop away rest but I flip it up and it stays in the up position until released and drops away everytime. Hope it never fails. I do see the benefit of less moving parts but the mechanical broadheads fly straighter. too each their own Tune your bow shooting fixed broadheads and they fly just as straight. YOu are exactly correct Goose! Also if you use a whisker biscuit rest it corrects the flight of the arrow as it is passing through it. I've never had broadhead fly straighter than when I added the whisker biscuit to my arsenal. Plus, I can get to full draw without a deer hearing me. This is a huge benefit! |
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Post by jsanders on Oct 12, 2012 9:21:11 GMT -5
I'm not defending mechanical broadheads, they are still new to me. I have always used muzzys fixed blades. Just decided to try them see what all the craze is about. And bow is tuned up. Actually had it done in 3 weeks before season because the tail end of my arrows weren't flying straight. I'm really just defending the comment of "to each their own"
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Post by z7bowhunter on Oct 17, 2012 17:48:04 GMT -5
I laugh at mechanical broadheads. I mean use whatever you want but i mean 40 or 50 bucks for three heads that may or may not fail to open? If im paying money like that it better work 110% of the time.. And ive heard too many stories to try them. I use Muzzy 3 blade 100 grains. half a dozen heads for $36 and $15 to replace the blades the next season. You can shoot them thru a steel drum like 5 times before they will break. And ive had deer drop anywhere from 15 to 60 yards, usually within 30 yards. And all i have to do is replace the blades and i can kill dozens of deer with the same head. They will NEVER fail.
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Post by B-rad on Oct 18, 2012 17:11:02 GMT -5
I've always always been a fan of fixed blades. I hateed the hype of expandables, but my brother lost my montecs so I decided to shoot rages because my friend gave me some. I've never had a problem with them opening. And look at those shots, the one above was quartering to me and I shot it right through shoulder. The first one I gat, was a bad shot. thats all there was too it. It was high and far back. I got liver, and possibly nicked the lungs, the doe went 25 yards. Ang through the all the shots ( one has been through 3 deer, the other just 1 ) the blades are fine, I sharpened them a little and there flying great. I'm not 100% for them yet, but the evidence speaks!
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Post by B-rad on Oct 18, 2012 17:14:59 GMT -5
This bad of a shot, and she dropped at 20! Oh, and of the three does I've killed, the combined distance they've gone is 120 yards 20, 40, 60  |
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let the bow down and she came to about 20 yards. She was small so I would've passed anyway. Then about 10 minutes later I see a doe about 100 yards off. She worked in and she was coming straight for the front of my stand so she finally started feeding and turned at 22 yards I turned and drew back. It was an ackward shot because I had my legs crossed and one leg around the seat of the stand, and her shoulder was behind brush but I Made the shot and it hit her right on the shoulder with wer just slightly quartering away. a little forward of what I wanted but Rage did the job. The arrow went all the way through and I think broke and came out when she jumped. It penetrated mostly through anyway. she went 60 yards good blood the whole way and went down in the middle of a corn field. This one was alot bigger probably fully dressed weighed 150+ or so. I'll out pics up tomorrow or whenever I get to it 
Just another night at work for me and Monty will be back here again bright and early. 
