LET EM GROW

Is this a SE NY buck? lol. Or SSE? lol. Not god angle, 2.5/3.5

They're certainly better to just show a different angle either way you use it, and not a main recording device. Definitely not for re watching shot placement or counting points, or even distinguishing bucks vs doe lol. The new ones have come along way but still not what some people think they should be..

Granted a bigger hole, with razor sharp blades will certainly draw more blood. But it also depends on your shot placement. Big holes at the right spots, (for example high lung angling down) if it even exits you'll have good blood since you created a drain plug, but if it doesn't exit your not getting much of a blood trail at all until it starts coming out of the nose and mouth. Even a high lung fairly level shot will result in a less than desired blood trail. Leading back to shot placement and angles leading to the best blood trails, regardless of broadhead. But i think were both explaining the same situations, just differently. I love Rage and will go straight back to them if i ever needed a quick fix from what im shooting. Those Rage Hypos treated me well since they came out, even the original heads never failed me. I even put the collars on wrong and still they opened every time.. Put them hypos in a spine on a big doe, pulled the head out and it was sharp and un bent.. Maybe i got lucky but i have zero complaints with them. I did have a backup package but my stepson needed new heads and i gave them to him... Since i cant get it through his head to shoot a better built arrow setup, especially since he lost a couple deer and a bear already at age 16 to shoulder hits and zero penetration.

The last time i took it out, the night i missed my Target buck at 35 steps. I laid eyes on him working a scrape and forgot i even had a camera ready.. So zero footage recorded.. Recorded all sorts of neat stuff that night too!

Youre right, A lease member of ours is on here, and lives there. Was just curious..

Depends on your budget and the quality of video you want. The go pro works cool as a second stationary angle. but as for recording the shot opportunities, A 4k Handycam is very entry level. I bought the HD Handycam by Sony right before 4k came out. I used it a few times, Then didn't get to hunt much and when i did i left it home. I do plan on getting it out this year. A good HD or 4k handycam will suit you well. until you figure out if you enjoy filming or not. I also suggest a camera arm like lone wolf custom gear or fourth arrow is probably a better investment than sinking a ton of money into camera gear. Get a nice entry level cam and a solid camera arm for the tree and give it a whirl. We used to video a lot of hunts before i had kids. They have put a damper on a lot of my hunting opportunities lol

Typical september shift.. I hate it!

After having to leave afew bucks to slowly succumb.. If i dont see them fall from the stand. its an automatic hour before checking the arrow, if the hit was bad, then its an immediate 6hr wait minimum. Im not worried for smaller holes and blood trails. That all depends on your shot placement and angle, not the broadhead its self.

Exactly, I used to shoot 385gr TAW.. with a rage hypodermic for years. Never had a problem with pass throughs. 28" 70#. about 285fps. In my earlier years i lost some to should hits as mentioned, even at real close range. But When i finally got my chance at my #1 Target buck in 2019 and I missed the shot and cut hairs on his back.. The whole time(quick second) my arrow traveled to him, I thought hes going to take that arrow like a Goalie in Hockey and walk away from this, OR penetration is going to be terrible on a 250#+ 8yr old buck.. Just like you see in the videos and the deer runs with it flapping out the entrance side still.. These are the bucks I target so i need to make sure my equipment is on par too.. I've put hypodermic through average doe scapula's with no problem and still got a pass through.. But a Mature buck(My Target) is built differently.. There's no Doubt..

who is this member?

A perfectly tuned bow, with the right arrow setup will fly so perfect, and with super sharp blades, many times a deer wont even know what hits them. Blades not extreme sharp or less, will hit harder upon impact and energy loss will be greater, the more dull a broadhead is

Yep a slight quartering to shot maybe. Or "If" something happens and your shot misses your mark for whatever reason BC we all know it happens at some point. You worry less with a setup like that..

Lots of good options out there. al depends on your budget i suppose. People may crap on it, but if you keep your distances shorter to a more controllable shot anyways.. You dont lose anything.. you only gain as you wont have to worry about that first shoulder if your setup correctly.

Mini clear-cuts, they'll probably come back and take the ones left left standing in a few years..

Some practice pics from the other night.. And as a bonus my daughter (whom never ever wanted to hunt before) asks if her bow is strong enough to kill a deer.. Guess the back off no pressure technique is starting to work! My son will probably never hunt so i really hope she gains some interest in it. I'm sure she will, she is a daddy's girl! Looks like momma is getting a new bow next year and shes getting mommas bow !

Yep! we've got all sorts of diamond grad files and stones in all sorts of sizes and shapes. a round one should work great with a good hand.

I am going to say an early born Button, yes. April Born. A button that has weeks or even a month more to his first growing season than the rest or a typical button bucks first 6 months... more food, means more body weight and probably a touch longer than normal "buttons" .. but im not a biologist either.. My best guess. Ive seen some big doe produce some big offspring.

Do you still have the jaw?

Keep me posted! im curious as well. The grizzlyStik testimonials looks promising! Im keeping my sights settled right tight to the shoulder now. Ive put rage hypodermics through the scapula of some average size doe.. but Mature whitetail will take that hit and run. Hope these heads will get me through, if not, ill build it heavier! lol

I will shoot them again tonight. I ordered some for my wifes bow that were delivered Saturday. So hopefully they are quiet. Changed my wifes arrow setup a little, cut her 500 spine shafts 2.5in shorter, machines 65gr brass inserts for them and shooting a 125 head, shes at 22% FOC with this setup and at 390gr TAW. She had one bow harvest before this and it was a BB, and her arrow barely penetrated out the off side..

Makes you feel good when they do what they're supposed to do! lol

I havent noticed a whistle. I also dont have the ears I once I had either lol. Ill try to listen for it this week. If i do ill just switch to the 200 gr that has solid blades and the better ferule

Need a side profile.. but if I had a guess I'm going with 4.5

That's the reason i went with the samurai style.. straight blade for easier sharpening, otherwise i wanted to buy these heads. Youll have to do some serious handworking and get good with a stone by hand to keep and hold those edges. Or youll need a stone that has the same angle you can run along that edge.