Anybody shoot the rage broadhead? If so, do you use the two or three blade? Are they worth the money?

I use the 2 blade and though I have only killed one deer with them I think they are worth the money. The deer I stuck with the rage left an enormous hole and I could see blood started flowing on impact.

My son has used them with great success. I will be shooting them this fall.

Two blade

All they talk about are the good things about them.. i have a couple buddies that hit the corner of the shoulder blade and it stopped it dead. 170" in Iowa ran away with 1/2" of penetration

watch the newest drury video and decide for your self.. pretty awesome

I shoot the 3 blade and I've never seen a hole like that. Makes a bigger hole then my slug does

I switched midseason last year. i went from G5's to the Rage two blade. The G5's had good blood trails at first but would peterout rightaway.

I made a less than perfect shot on an 8pt last year and the blood trail was unbelievable. I hit liver and guts the hole was so big i found guts hanging off a stick and the buck only ended up going 75yds. he didnt just go 75yds and bed down. I started tracking him an hour after the shot and i came up on him in the dark and he just couldnt go any farther.

I felt bad about my shot but i would have felt worse if i hadnt found him. I believe i wouldn't have found him if i hadn't switched to the Rage broadheads

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I'm sure every broadhead has a downside to some degree or a bad story with a bad or marginal hit.

I got 2 last year with the Rage 2 blade, huge holes, complete pass throughs and both deer were down within 50 yards of the shot. A great all around broadhead and I really love the rear deploying blades, a much better design than the older expandables. Like any broadhead, a poorly placed shot probably won't get the job done.

I have often wondered, What is the minimum lb. draw to properly deploy the rage boardheads?

I would say you should at least shoot a minimum of 50#'s to deploy the blades for sure.

I always heard the rule of thumb was you needed 60lb of ke to deploy mechanicals. I think this was mostly talked about with over the top deployment style heads. I don't think it would be as much of an issue with rear deploy. At least I haven't heard so much about the kinetic energy issue with Rage and other rear deploy mechanicals. ??? My Thoughts.

I bought the rage three blades, and just by touching the blades with your finger a little bit, they fall out. Which is great if you ask me. the easier they deploy the better. I understand that there is some negative force when in the air, but I dont think it takes much impact for them to open. I would think the minimum legal draw weight would do it(30lbs). Im just thinking this through in my head so please reply to my comment if you know more about them than I. If Im wrong then, I would also like to know.

can you shoot them without the o rings on? I have some 2 blades that are missing them, so if you cant where do you get more?

I think you can. its says on the package that the O'rings are for vibration dampening. They supposedly have nothing to do with the deployment of the blades.