Rage Broadheads in a Cross Bow.

Tennessee Deer Sporting & Deer Hunting Community Forum

Help Support TNDeer | Tennessee Deer:

hcdeerman

Well-Known Member
Joined
Sep 20, 2011
Messages
148
City & State/Province
Hardin County
I am making the swap from a compound to crossbow this season. I haven't bought any broadheads yet, but still have my 2 blade and 3 blade rage broadheads. Will these work ok without them being "crossbow specific"? I would hate to waste these high priced things. Would rather use these at first and then buy different ones later, but would also hate to have a malfunction on a deer. Any thoughts or experiences would be helpful!
 
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change.
I would cut out and chisel a rock as a broadhead before I used a Rage! This afternoon is a glaring reason, and there are others as well, as to why I say that. A kid from down the street wanted me to check the tune of his bow and he wanted to check his arrow flight. He shot a few shots and everything was fine and he wanted to shoot a broadhead and I said go ahead. He pulled out this Rage tipped arrow and let it fly. Immediately the arrow started corkscrewing through the air and hit the target almost sideways....6inches right and 4inches high of where he was aiming. That flippin, stupid rubber-band broke and let the blades deploy in flight. I have seen this several times and had it happen to me years ago when they first came out...not to mention the penetration problems that so often plague mechanicals.

When they work, they do work well, but are you willing to risk wounding a deer, or ruining your chances of recovering a once in a lifetime deer? Stick with a fixed blade and you don't have to worry about moving parts failing.
 
They have always performed well for me out of my compound. Actually they have OUT-performed any other broadhead that I have ever used before. That being said, the deployment in-flight issues are what scare me about using them in a crossbow. I'm really feeling like it might be better to go with a good fixed blade. Need to swap somebody some Rage heads for some Muzzys!
 
hcdeerman said:
They have always performed well for me out of my compound. Actually they have OUT-performed any other broadhead that I have ever used before. That being said, the deployment in-flight issues are what scare me about using them in a crossbow. I'm really feeling like it might be better to go with a good fixed blade. Need to swap somebody some Rage heads for some Muzzys!
I hear nothing but good about muzzys, also I use thunderheads and love them
 
I use them with my Xbow and have taken over 30 deer with em and never 1 problem. Love em!! Never needed, or even knew about the plastic cap. I shoot the 2 blade 100 gr
 

Latest posts

Back
Top