I've talked with everyone I know who bowhunts, and read anything I can find on the Rage. I hear mixed reviews.
I've heard alot that the rage opens easy if you bump it, i've heard that they just sometimes open on their own.
Then I hear people say they will never hunt with anything else.
Awsome entrey holes, then I hear that they have poor penatration and they seldom get pass through shots.
My opinion is,I like the idea, but it's hard to beat a good fixed blade broadhead that you have confedence in.
I would hate to wound or maim a deer trying something new, when I know my fixed blades work and whare they are going to shoot.
I've almost bought them several times for Turkeys, I just haven't. I also hear that one shot and they are done and it's hard to change the blades, to the point most just buy new ones. Thats just a few things I have found out while researching them, hope it helps. But nothing is a substatute for people who have used them.

One thing is for certain; Rage sure spends the money on marketing. I receive 6 hunting related magazines and every one contains full page ad for the Rage broadhead. I think the cut on contact broadheads are the best.

This season, at the bow shop I work at, the biggest seller has been the Rage two blades. We can't seem to hardly keep them in stock. A lot of the hunters that come in say they have used the three blade but it doesn't fly as smooth as the two blade does. For the most part, they have been a success. However, usually about a dozen people come in a week complaining that their Rage's prematurely opened, whether during flight or on the rest. In fact, on a few occasions recently, a few guys have been talking to me about switching to fixed blades (Montec or Striker by G5 more specifically) because they missed deer during opening week due to the Rage openly during flight and affecting the travel of the arrow. I see the thick blood trails and the large exit holes that the Rage leaves, but after using them myself, I think I'll just stick to fixed blade broadheads.

To each their own...my own is the muzzy 3 blade 100 grain broadheads. Tried and true, very durable, easy to change blades, and legal in all states (rage broadheads are illegal to use on big game in New York).

Opening day 09-15-09 Maryland i shot a 7 pointer in full velvet with the rage 2 blade at 45 yards with my mission ux2 bow he ran 65 yards and dropped. I had great penetration with total pass thru. I have not had a bad experience but this is my first season with them.

To date I have released on 7 deer with the 2 blade and 6 of them died within 57 yds. One ten point was so close that I could see a geyser of blood spurting from his side after the hit. The one that got away was a 40 yd shot I should not have tried. He was making a rub and not likely to move so I tried it and hit the shoulder blade. I might add that my shots are usually right on out to 60 yds. Six out of seven is better than I ever did with any fixed blade and over the last 45 yrs have tried many. Yes grass and twigs will cause the blades to unlock so pay attention to your 'heads. I hunt from stands and blinds. Do not try to shoot thru netting as it will cause the blades to deploy. If you click on my name you can see the wound one of the 2 blades made on a large Kansas doe a couple weeks ago,

when using rage make sure not to hit solid bone, they will stop dead. Anything in the rib cage is good, just not a "shoulder buster" head. I shoot 75lbs with my primos\bear truth. Hit a hundred pound doe in the shoulder, turned my tip into a J and bent the blades. Deer wasnt hurt at all, just really made me mad. Kinda spooked me, but I have seen the trails of lung shot deer that looks like a gallon paint bucket was poured out... All in personal preference. I am actually back to shooting the 2 blades. Very well engineered head, very sharp, and get the job done. Just dont hug the front shoulder too terribly tight with your shot

Shot a nice 8 point on 11/14 at 30yds with Rage 2 blade and got clean pass through. Gaping 2" plus hole and massive blood trail. Shot a doe in shoulder last night at 30 yds. Broadhead went through shoulder blade, heart, and into stomach. Good penetration for a shoulder shot almost straight on. She was down and dead in 5 seconds. Blades did bend, but still intact. Two deer with the same broadhead in 9 days and still shoots like a field point. I love these Rage broadheads.

I can answer some of the most common questions and problems here... 1) 2 blade rages are NOT illegal in NYS, they do NOT lock into a barb. 2) Rage broadheads are designed for faster bows, if you are using older technology and have a problem with penetration, time to upgrade your bow or find another broadhead. 3) to solve your problem of rages opening up or "deploying" too soon or in the quiver, put an orthodontic rubber band (the ones they use for braces) around the middle of the broadhead. This will prevent the accidental deploys and has ZERO effect on the flight of the arrow. (tried and tested to 60 yards) I hunt with Mathew's Monster 7.0 and have it adjusted to where I am shooting about 325 fps, It shoots 100 grain field tips, rage practice broadheads AND the real broadheads right on the money, no variation! But the key is.... rage is designed for fast bows, you will not see the true product with a slower bow!

Shot a deer today with a rage 2 blade 100. Should have listened to the people who told me not to buy. No penetration and a lost animal. That will be the last time I use them.

Buckbusterdouglas, what kind of bow are you shooting that you are slaying deer at 96 and 136 yards? however, the lack of pass through is not due to the arrow being to light. lets think back to physics 101, the impact force has two factors, velocity and weight. the heavier the arrow, the slower it will go, but it will hit with x force. however, the lighter arrow will go faster and will still hit with x force.

I have harvested deer with rage broad heads good penatration great blood trail major hole however many times the broadhead opened very very easy so easy some times just knocking the arrow on it opened

I have used many broadheads and have had success will everything from fixed blades to mechanical. My favorite so far has been the rage. Last year i shot 4 deer with them and the furthest ran 50 yards. They all had great wound channels and they were all pass through shots. My biggest thing is that you have to make sure that you do pay attention to the broadhead. They do open easy and they do not work well for spot and stalk or still hunting. Grass will open these bad boys. I hunt stands and they have not failed me yet. I use 2 blades not 3. I have heard some real bad stuff on the 3 blade. Hope this helps. Good luck this season go get ya one

I can't wait to use my new Rage either.

I have a follow-up to my last post. I have since practiced and adjusted my bow with the actual broadheads. This last weekend I filled my partners tag with a nice six pointer. It was a heart shot at 15 yards. I don't even think the deer felt a thing. Dropped him right on the spot and and his heart was just about cut in half. I am currently selling all my Thunderheads on ebay. Broadheads work great. My advice agian is to practice with the actual broadhead and I agree with rootju, make sure that the blades are closed before you shoot. If you do those things you will hit and recover more deer.

Rage is all the rage. Shot a big doe yesterday with this wonderful hole opener and man did she bleed. Found her 40 yards from where she stood. Wonderful product.

Rages work pretty dang good haven't heard anyone i know complain about them, as a matter of fact i just whopperjawed one the other day made a nice perfect 2 inch cut just like they say they do and it only went 15 yards after the shot........ thats the best part was NO TRACKING! lol

Ive used muzzy 3 blade 100 grain for years and they have never let me down. I just dont see the point in payin 40 dollars for 3 rage broadheads when I can pay 32 dollars for a good ol muzzy and do just as good.

I've been using the 3 blade, 100 grain Rage broadheads for 2 years now and I have never not retrieved a deer I shot at with them. The entry holes are impressive, but the exit holes are what really sold me the first time! Every deer I've shot at have been pass-thru's, and the deer never goes out of sight after it's been hit with one of these bad boys! I've also used the heads a second and third time as long as they have been cleaned properly, but the time it takes to clean the blades is well worth it knowing I'll never have to chase another deer waiting for it to finally croak. After using Thunderheads prior to the Rage, I'll never go back to another broadhead again!

I use the Rage 2 blade and have been amazed with how well they work. There are huge entry holes and I have had pass throughs on all my shots. Considering them opening up when they shouldn't, it happens. But that's just telling you that it needs a new o-ring. I will say if you are one that likes to stalk, they are not for you because they will open when you bump them on something. So for the still hunter I say get some Rage and for the stalker I say get some Muzzy.

bioguy, as far as I know the only illegal broadheads in NY State are barbed ones. Expandable are legal.

I've tried Rage but the entry wound isn't reliable enough to create a good blood trail, so I switched to the Muzzy MX-3 Broadheads, and never looked back. These things bust their targets!

I purchased the Rage 2 Blade broadheads last year buying into the hype a little bit. I was very happy with them until they started opening up in mid flight and swerving like a drunk driver. I don't know if it is because the o rings are a little chewed up or if it is a design flaw, all I know is, I went and purchased muzzy fixed blade broadheads out of desperation because I shot the rages 2 days before opening day of archer in PA and realized I am not taking them into the woods with results like that. I am sure there is a fix, or a way to keep them from doing this, but until rage responds back to me and I test the broadheads again with better results, I will not be shooting at anything except a target with them. I am sure if you hit something with them they make quite a hole, and leave a nice bloodtrail, but if the blades are so unrealiable that they open prematurely 50-75% of the time, I am not using them. I will let you guys know if I get better results after I speak with Rage.

Just for a follow up, spoke with Rage, they said to replace the O rings, I did, and so far they are shooting better. Note to other users, you need to replace the O rings every other shot or so, even a minute tear in the o ring can cause premature opening while in flight. I have since been using my rage 2 blades and they are punching huge holes right where they should be, where my pin is pointed!

I don't know about other people, but Rage broadheads are the best on the market. The blood trails are like you have a hose leaking. If you can't find a deer with these, you probably shouldn't be hunting. And they do so much damage. They are definately my favorites.

I don't know about all the horror stories about the Rage broadheads.I personally use them and they have worked well for me.My son also uses them and has harvested three deer the last three years and "NOT" one of them made outside of view of the tree stand.The Rage has a large entry and exit holeand also leaves a very good blood trail.Like I said,we have harvested many deer using rage products and I would give them an A+ on thier product.As a bowhunter accept some of the responsibility for loosing your animals,don't make stupid shots just because you have to kill something,If the animal doesn't present you with a good shot,then be enough of a spotsperson to let him walk and try again another day.HUNT ethical and remember the equipment you choose to use is only as good as you make it!!

just got on searching for people experiencing probs with the rage 3 blade all these post sound great however my experience just this week fits directly with Cshanks post. I have been bowhunting elk for 26 years and have always shot fixed blade, heard so much about the rage thought i would break with tradition and give them a go. first experience was last weekend, young bull stepped out broad side at 39 yards arrow placement was perfect midline just back of front leg, funny sound upon impact bull ran 30 yards stopped broadside again and looked back at me. The arrow was hanging from the entrance hole with what appeared to be about 3inches penetration no blood. he was out there 75 yrds but thought better try to get another in him. he saw the movement and bolted out to about 100 yrds stopped again. watched him for another 10 min with arrow still hanging and no blood he barely acknowleged the arrow showed no sign of being sick he finally headed up the mountain at a normal walking pace. Gave him about 6 hours then searched the rest of the day and found no blood and no elk. Was out last night and got a 30 yard shot at another young bull quartering away arrow entered about mid ribcage angled forward. bull ran about 50 yards arrow fell out. could see the wound but no blood to speak of once again bull barely acknowledged the shot and eventually wondered up the mountain out of sight. let the bull be over night came back and found arrow one blade partially deployed the other to did not and were jammed in. found a grand total of 5 drops of blood in 125 yards before just couldn't decifer a trail anylonger. Never lost and elk before this week (thank the lord) and I will never buy that broadhead again! I also think they r one of the dullest broadheads out of the package I have seen. I was shooting 74lbs out of my martin, and with my fixed blades have rarely not gotten and exit wound if not complete pass through on broadside elk relaxed at that range. unless contacting the off shoulder

Love my 2-blade Rage. Nothin but great things with them. I tighten up the little screw that tightens the blades after every show. dont over tighten or they wont open. i havent had any troubles with them so far.

After my problems I started looking around to see if it was just me...Nope. Here is my story, Sry in advance for the wall of text.

I heard good things about the Rage Broadheads. Had a Hunting buddy using a Mathews totally DESTROY a Doe at 15yds with the 2 Blade. This year I picked up a pack of 3 Blade. I'm hunting a residential subdivision in Central TX, just outside a city limit that is overloaded with Deer. Being residential, Homeowners assoc limited Harvesting to Archery only. Not much "Hunting" more like just Harvesting. Shooting an Oneida Screaming Eagle, 70lb Draw, Easton 2317 (Arrow+Braodhead= 600gr) @ 270fps, for years I used the Muzzy 100gr with success. We "Had" 2 super nice bucks running around out here and a 1:15 Buck/Doe ratio.
2nd week of Oct I finally got a shot on a 130lb 4yr old 9Pt, approx 140ish class. Roughly 18 Wide x 16 tall that I had been watching for a couple weeks. Biggest Deer i've ever had a shot on, much lesss with a Bow, 42yds Broadside. I had just repaired some damage fletching arrows with the Bone Collector Quick Spin shrink wraps and had not shot them over 20yds. I am proficient out to 50yds with traditional fletchings, He stood there a good 10 sec broadside and gave me the shot. I leveled in him & let it fly... The arrow with traditional fletchings drop ~8" at 40yds, When I fired I could see the arrow dropping, at about the 20yd mark I heard the "Twip" as the quick spin kicked in, leveled out the arrow and hit him right behind the shoulder about 3" below the spine with a sharp "Crack". OK, I knew I hit ribs and it was high but it was a double lung shot and he plowed off into the cedars with 2/3 of the arrow hangin out on exit with no signs of slowing down. I justified it to myself that I hit ribs in & out and that was why the arrow didn't blow all way thru. I gave it an hour and fully expected to find him piled up about 70yds back... Didn't find blood for 40yds, found random droppings of bright frothy blood, confirmed lung shot... eventually found the arrow about 175yds, only 1 blade was deployed and other 2 were jammed. We Lost/found/lost/found blood trail over 1.5miles after 9hrs we accidentally stumbled into him bedded up about 100yds since last blood. He jumped up looking at us with a huge black strak down his side, ducked his head and plowed back into the brush without a care in the world. This was a new, right out of the package broadheads. I had tinkered with it, pushing on the shoulders wo see how it was supposed to work. After the recovery, a piece of bone was jammed in 1 of the blades that did not even deploy, the 2nd was 1/2 deployed and had a nick on it where it looked like it hit the 3rd when they deployed. Buck of my life and lost it, was less than impressed with the end results.
Co-workers came out that were 2-3yr Archery Hunters that haven't gotten a Bow kill yet. Female friend using a PSE with 40lb draw, carbon express arrows and the 2" Rage. She finally got a legit shot on a yearling Doe ~45lbs at 10yds, Quartering to. She was proficient on the targets and I knew she could make the shot. She made a perfect behind the shoulder shot awesome "Crack & Whoosh" (Bone & Lung), 5 of us standing there watching the hit & only 1/3 of the arrow entered. Gave it 30 minutes and started the search. We found the arrow ~50yds away with some blood and gut contents. Ewww. We continued ~75yds and almost walked into the deer standing up in a small clump of oaks. Enourmous entry hole and not bleeding... 3 of us were standing 5ft from the deer in awe... amazing entry hole with nothing coming out. Tried to tackle her to cut her throat but she ran another 50yds and layed down under the Cedar. We left her overnight and claimed the reward the next morning. After field dressing her we found a good entry, busted rib and the arrow took a hard rt turn, followed the inside of the ribcage, 1 lung, liver and gut.Recovery but less than impressive.
I was holding out for the larger Does & letting them try to harvest some younguns when I had ~100lb Doe give me a broadside at 20yds. Once again, 3 Blade Rage... Mid body entry hit at the crease behind shoulder, saw the arrow exit with an upward trajectory and she ran off. I could see the arrow hanging in the tree. I recovered the arrow with all 3 blades 1/2 deployed. Now i'm really getting concerned. Why are these broadheads not deploying?????? Needless to say, 2hr search and losing the bloodtrail about 100yds out, 3hr search never found her.
following morning, I had 1 Muzzy left. ~65lb Doe at 20yds, high double lung shot (higher than day before), She dropped and spun just as I fired. Full blow thru, 40yds later recovery. Unfortunately the broadhead hit a rock on exit and was destroyed.
I've had a 140lb, 140 class 10pt tormenting me for 2 weeks. He beds down in the tall grass 50yds out and all I can see are his Antlers sticking out of the grass. Couple times I tried to sneak up on him to get a shot and he would slink away into the heavy cedars, Every time another Buck shows up he would bust out at a full charge and run them off, any time a Doe would show up he would bust out at a full charge and they would run. 45min later, I would see the horns sticking out of the Grass. I knew the 1st rut was in full swing and he would make a mistake, I just hoped I would be ready when he did... I only had 1 arrow left... and the last of the Rage 3 Blade...
Yesterday was my Birthday, had a group of Does show up & here he comes, chased them off and lost sight of him. BUT... this time he messed up. He came back the same route, 15yds passed me. He stopped at 25yds quartering away watching some other Does trying to approach, I drew back, found the Shoulder, "Happy Birthday to Me!" FIRE... Just as I fired he started his charge, perfect elevation, way back, heard the hollow "Whump" as it hit. He hunched up and stopped about another 20yds. Buddy and I stood here watching him at 45yds facing away from us with all but the fletching hanging out the exit. With Bino's I could see the arrow covered in black Liver blood. He stood there 10 min looking back where I shot him, and trying to bite at the arrow hanging out of him just behind his shoulder. He was hunched up and finally started slowly walking back into the brush with the arrow hanging out. Fully expecting him to bed down in the heavy cedars 50yds back and die, We left him alone for 3 1/2 yrs before I couldn't stand it anymore. The spot he stood for 10 min had a 5" puddle of dark blood. We continued down the trail where we watched him go... nothing. We backed out, gave it another 2hrs and enlisted the help of 2 others to help me make my "recovery". 7hrs of searching every trail, ravine, creekbed, brushpile, known or possible bedding areas, We found one section for about 30yds where he bled good. Never found him or the Arrow.
Buddy using a Mathews, 65lb Draw, 300fps Carbons, 2 Blade Rage, stayed to hunt last night. 1 really big ~110lb Doe shows up leading her fawns. He gets a Broadside shot at 30yds, shot low, missed. She ran TOWARD us and turned looking back to see what that commotion was. He reloaded, Slight "quartering to" Broadside at 20yds looking back, CRACK, dead center in the shoulder, minimal penetration. We watched her dragging her front leg and the arrow fall out. OK, not the perfect shot, "Quartering to" Shoulder shot should get the shoulder, heart and lungs. We listened and heard her crashing in the brush on 3 occasions and it got quiet for 20min. It got dark so we needed to go find her. We found the arrow broken. 10yds later found a 3" section of the broken off tip with the Rage 2 Blade 1/2 deployed and locked in a "T" Shape.
Now that I'm out of Arrows and Broadheads... 2 Monster Bucks and a huge Doe wasted/missing... I started searching to find out if anybody else it having problems. WOW did I find people having problems. What was revered as the Greatest thing since Compound Bows... utter FAIL. I have 2 salvaged Rage 3 Blade broadheads left, Think I will use them for something that I might get full Penetration on... like a Rabbit, Squirrel or neighbors cat that keeps climbing on my truck...
If you made it this far and you still have Rage Broadheads, Your worst hunting nightmare is waiting... Total waste of my $44, 2 Personal best Bucks and a Huge Doe. 4 of 5 Shot with a Rage 2 & 3 not recovered, and the 1 that was recovered was by accident. Never again....