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I am going out bow hunting this year and in past years i have used just fixed blade broad heads. This i am going to try the rage 3 blade expandable. My questions is does my Horton Yukon with a 150lb draw back weight have enough energy to be sufficient. I surmise that i wont have a clean pass through. The reason why i went to the rage is because they come with a practice head and i don't have to worry about sitting in over and over with the fixed blade.

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moose1987 said:
I am going out bow hunting this year and in past years i have used just fixed blade broad heads. This i am going to try the rage 3 blade expandable. My questions is does my Horton Yukon with a 150lb draw back weight have enough energy to be sufficient. I surmise that i wont have a clean pass through. The reason why i went to the rage is because they come with a practice head and i don't have to worry about sitting in over and over with the fixed blade.

moose
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Where are you hunting from?

This is out of the Ontario regs for deer:

Crossbows must have a draw length
of at least 300 mm (11.8 in.) and a
draw weight of at least 45 kilograms
(99.2 lb.). At a minimum bolts must
have a 22 mm (0.87 in.) wide head
with at least two sharp cutting
edges.

So as far as legalities go, you're good. And I would think thats more than enough energy to get a pass-through if a compound drawing at 40# can achieve the same.
 
koesdibyo said:
Where are you hunting from?

This is out of the Ontario regs for deer:

Crossbows must have a draw length
of at least 300 mm (11.8 in.) and a
draw weight of at least 45 kilograms
(99.2 lb.). At a minimum bolts must
have a 22 mm (0.87 in.) wide head
with at least two sharp cutting
edges.

So as far as legalities go, you're good. And I would think thats more than enough energy to get a pass-through if a compound drawing at 40# can achieve the same.
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the regulations say nothing about passing through I doubt a 40lb pull from a vertical bow would pass though a deer I barely get pass throughs with my Barnett panzer V
 
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The reason why I am asking is because as far as I know the rage heads don't deploy until they are in the deer there for a small entry hole for the deer to bleed out of if not a clean pass throught. If I am wrong I would like to know.


Moose
 
moose1987 said:
The reason why I am asking is because as far as I know the rage heads don't deploy until they are in the deer there for a small entry hole for the deer to bleed out of if not a clean pass throught. If I am wrong I would like to know.


Moose
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from what I've seen most expendable's tend to have blades break off even rage
 
antiqueguy said:
the regulations say nothing about passing though I doubt a 40lb pull from a vertical bow would pass though a deer I barely get pass thoughts with my Barnett panzer V
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My son achieved three complete pass through's on whitetail deer with his 40 lb. Browning Micro Midas, but was using a small 100 grain fixed broadhead (Rocket Steelhead)... as far as your 150 lb. crossbow goes, you should have plenty of energy to do the job.

For the record... I am not a fan of expandable broadheads... I know that many use them successfully... but there have also been countless documented failures... I try to minimize the potential problems with my equipment.
 
moose1987 said:
The reason why I am asking is because as far as I know the rage heads don't deploy until they are in the deer there for a small entry hole for the deer to bleed out of if not a clean pass throught. If I am wrong I would like to know.


Moose
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The Rage opens on contact and makes a fantastic entry hole... I've used them on a few deer and 2 bears and never had a problem.
 
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A broadside shot the arrow should pass thru no problem. I use expanding mechanical heads and have never had issues. I have had blades break off when hitting the spine.
 
As stated before the rage head deploys on contact, making a large entry and exit hole. You'll have no problems getting a pass through as long as you stay off the shoulder.
 
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