Only been huntin for a few years now, but I hunt almost every day during the season and have yet to bag a nice buck. Last year I got caught up in all the hype and tried the 3 blade rage. Early in the season a REALLY nice buck strolled 10 yrds from my stand and I let em have it. The arrow hit him a little high in the vitals area and did not penetrate as deep as I thought it should. But I thought it was a good shot and I would have my buck. Moments later my huntin buddy spotted the deer runnin like a freight train on steroids, arrow still in him, on the other side of the field we were hunting. Never found him:no:
Three days later, different hunting spot, the same thing happened again. Massive blood trail dried up and the deer was gone:wallbash:
I know you are all thinking I didn't wait long enough. Maybe, but I did wait at least an hour before looking for the second buck. Frustrated I stopped by "wallies" and bought some fixed blade broadheads. Crimson something or other. Put three fat does in the freezer with those. And they all stopped runnin within 30 yrds of the shot. I'm not tryin to say the rage doesn't kill deer, there are a lot of maybe's and what-if's. But I think I'm gonna stick to "fixed" blades.
Deernuts