It was a great hunt. The weather didn't cooperate, but the deer did... and that was all we needed.
It was opening morning of Georgia's archery season, and I was less than an hour's drive north of the Florida state line, sitting in a double-wide ladder stand propped against a sizeable tree in a mosquito-filled creek bottom. The skeeters were keeping their distance, though, thanks to my Thermacell.
I had in my possession a Barnett Wildcat C5 crossbow and some other goodies I had recently purchased. I had owned the crossbow for just a few weeks, and it had already provided me with plenty of ups and downs, the most recent of which had resulted in my purchase of new arrows and broadheads less than a week earlier.
My old broadheads (three-blade Satellite Mag-125s) had started flying erratically, and I needed to change something fast. My arrows were spined a little limber, too. After a trip to Advantage Sports Center in Salt Springs, Florida and a consultation with Jim (the owner), I headed home with a lighter wallet, six new Horton Lightning Strike MX aluminum arrows, and a three-pack of Rage two-blade expandable broadheads.
I re-zeroed the bow, then shot the Rage practice head (there's one included with every pack of Rage broadheads). It flew perfectly - the first time. After that, not so much. In my opinion, the Rage two-blade practice head is junky and not very useful.
I was very hesitant to shoot one of the Rage broadheads at my "The Block 4x4 Pup" target (which I had bought at a benefit auction for 4-H Shooting Sports, a worthy organization). Rage broadheads are overpriced - the three-pack I bought cost $43.99 plus tax. The Rage folks even clip you $25 plus shipping just for replacement blades.
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