Broadhead?

[outdoorsmen22]

hey guys, i just bought a brand new bowtech allegiance, and was wondering what kind of broadhead might shoot good out of it. im pullin bout 65#, 28inch draw. its getting around 304fps. i have some muzzy 100gr, but they are pretty sporadic in flight. ive had the bow tuned and tuned, but still havnt been able to group the muzzies. what do yall think

 

[Bow Hunter]

Only one word RAGE

 

[TJS209]

Grim Reaper

 

[RussellvilleRob]

Who is building your arrows? If you are confident in your bow tuning, the next place to look would be arrows....

 

[Buck Assassin]

Trophy Ridge Meat Seekers.

 

[outdoorsmen22]

would beman arrows be a good arrow to switch to?

 

[switchbacker]

arrows are like broadheads, its whichever one you shoot well and gives you confidence. some shops may let you try a few different ones to see the one thats right for you. if your on a budget check out the bps blackout 3 blades, good fixed heads and good pricing

 

[cecil30-30]

NAP Spitfires are great.

 

[splitter]

i love muzzys and hate rages, just my opinion

 

[UTGrad]

Grim Reapers

 

[Bow Hunter]

i love muzzys and hate rages, just my opinion

And just why do you hate rage? Is it the price, the way they look, the way they open. Have you ever hunt with them or even shot a deer with one. Hate is a strong word to use and not tell us why.

 

[TN RDG RNR]

NAP Spitfires are great.

Great broadhead. Been using them for years and never had a failure.



Alot of folks like the Rage. I took out a loan and bought 6 of them to see what all the rage was about. They never made it to the woods. The fact that everytime I pulled one out of my quiver the blades were flopping around like a wet noodle was enough to prevent me from using them. It made me wonder if they can't stay in place for a gentle ride in my quiver how in the world could they stay in position 100% of the time when shot? :whistle:

 

[Buck Assassin]

i love muzzys and hate rages, just my opinion

And just why do you hate rage? Is it the price, the way they look, the way they open. Have you ever hunt with them or even shot a deer with one. Hate is a strong word to use and not tell us why.

I would have to agree with splitter on the rages.

 

[splitter]

i love muzzys and hate rages, just my opinion

And just why do you hate rage? Is it the price, the way they look, the way they open. Have you ever hunt with them or even shot a deer with one. Hate is a strong word to use and not tell us why.

how would i know i didn't like them if i nad never shot a deer with them, come on. i shot a deer year before last with one, got about 6 inches of penetration, have no clue as to why. the blades break easy, they are way overpriced, the blades are a pain in the butt to try to keep from falling out in the quiver. if you hunt with rages and have had good luck with them, that's great. i sure haven't

 

[Bow Hunter]

i love muzzys and hate rages, just my opinion

And just why do you hate rage? Is it the price, the way they look, the way they open. Have you ever hunt with them or even shot a deer with one. Hate is a strong word to use and not tell us why.

how would i know i didn't like them if i nad never shot a deer with them, come on. i shot a deer year before last with one, got about 6 inches of penetration, have no clue as to why. the blades break easy, they are way overpriced, the blades are a pain in the butt to try to keep from falling out in the quiver. if you hunt with rages and have had good luck with them, that's great. i sure haven't

A lot of people hate things they have never tryed just because someone told them they didnt like it. Also are you useing a quiver made for exspandable heads if not that could be the reason they open and fall out on you. Did you find the deer you shot with the rage? A bad shot with any broadhead is a lost deer most of the time.

 

[UTGrad]

NAP Spitfires are great.

Great broadhead. Been using them for years and never had a failure.



Alot of folks like the Rage. I took out a loan and bought 6 of them to see what all the rage was about. They never made it to the woods. The fact that everytime I pulled one out of my quiver the blades were flopping around like a wet noodle was enough to prevent me from using them. It made me wonder if they can't stay in place for a gentle ride in my quiver how in the world could they stay in position 100% of the time when shot? :whistle:

I agree with you on this post...I killed two deer with them and had pass through and great blood trail, but the blades came out of the slip cam with a good bump and couldn't stand that. Had great results with Grim Reapers last season and them suckers stay shut until they hit something.

 

[buckhorn40]

Rage

 

[Living2Hunt]

Rage! For sure! I went away from muzzy for same reason. I have shot 8 deer in the last three seasons. 2 yotes, and two turkeys. I have watched all go down in site. But remeber that everyone is going to tell u different things. All broadheads are made to kill. Shot placement is everything! And rage does shoot like a field point, so u want have grouping problems!

 

[plinker22]

What Grim Reaper are you guys suggesting?

 

[harley 2008]

Rage.

 

[stik]

Shot placement is everything! And rage does shoot like a field point , so u want have grouping problems!

as will most if not all mechanical heads. rage is overrated and overpriced imo.

 

[spoon]

RAGE!!!!!!!! nuff said lol

 

[UTGrad]

What Grim Reaper are you guys suggesting?

1 3/8" Razortip is the most popular Grim Reaper style.

 

[grunt'n gator]

I've shot WASP SST's and EASTON aluminum arrows for years but i got me some RAGE 2 blade 100 gr's and was plan'n on goin ta carbon arrrows an a whisker biskit this year btu now ya'll have got me nervous about the RAGE'S. I've never heard so much negative talk about them.

 

[TheLBLman]

Shot placement is everything! And rage does shoot like a field point , so u want have grouping problems!

as will most if not all mechanical heads. rage is overrated and overpriced imo.

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If you can't get the 100-gr Muzzys to group tight, the problem is likely in your tuning. Mechanicals allow you to get tight groups with a less than ideal tune. But anything less than ideal tune, you're not getting all you should from your bow.

Overall, Muzzys are hard to beat when it comes to fixed heads. Great head, great value.

Among the mechanicals, those Spitfires are much more impressive to me than the Rage heads, and I've heard very little negative about the Spitfires over the years. By contrast, many, many people have had a bad experience with the Rages.

 

[tickweed]

Good post Wes. Plus ,Muzzys are not to expensive.

 

[bowhunterfanatic]

Any broadhead that flies straight will do the trick. I've had amazing results with rage broadheads, and won't be switching unless something changes.

 

[bobthebowhunter]

I'm shooting the Rage as well at the moment. I really only switched to them because the heads I used to like(Rocky Mountain Snypers) were discontinued. I came into about half a dozen of the Rage head pretty cheap. A guy shot em but didn't want them any more so I just replaced the blades and now have more than I need. I agree with Wes there have been a lot of horror stories about the rage head. I feel that is in part because of the popularity of them. Lime light has a tendency to expose the bad along with the good. While I haven't had any bad experiences with the Rage heads, I think in the future I'm going to get away from mechanicel heads altogether for the sole reason that it's just one more variable that I don't want to have to worry about. I like the looks of the g5 fixed blade line up as well as the tricks. So we'll see, but for now I'm shooting Rage because that is what i have and I'm once again a broke college student. lol there's my .02

 

[ratsnakeboogy]

I've had great luck with Slick Tricks, barring one doe that refused to bleed but she dropped within 40 yards.

 

[Crow Terminator]

Slick Tricks are my favorite fixed head broadhead.

I had pretty good success with the Grim Reapers this past season too.

Rages, as already stated many times here -- over rated and over priced. The reason most people shoot them is because of their brilliant marketing campaign. They are in every magazine you open and most of the "we will praise anything you pay us to shoot on TV" crowd crows about them. Yeah I had some in my quiver but sold them all. As others have stated, the blades would not stay closed in the quiver. I have a Quickee Combo quiver made for mechanicals and fixed heads...it's just the o ring design of the Rage.