The main reason to shoot a rage is because they fly exactly like field points. If your lodging them into shoulder blades they are not the best broadhead on the market. If your passing them through the lungs, heart, or liver, they are tough to beat. I was scepital too, believe me. But when I bought my new Mathews Monster this fall, it shot so darn fast (about 340fps +/-)that no fixed blade broadhead would shoot worth a darn. I tried my favorite old Muzzy's, Montec's, Striker's, Slick Trick's, and Thunderheads. Nothing would shoot good with my set up, I couldn't group them at all. I did not want to shoot expandables. Then I tried the 3 blade rages and they shot exactly like field points. It is really nice being able to practice with field points, and not have to re-sight your bow for broadheads. Like anything there are trade offs. Personally I will take speed and exceptional accuracy over ultimate toughness. I will take one well placed shot over 10 poor ones. In my case my options were limited, I was going broke trying out all the fixed blades, and I figured I tried some of the best. The two deer I arrowed this year with Rage's both died within 50 yards or less. Both were complete pass throughs, and the broadheads were still functional (albeit dulled) let alone intacted. One was a double lung shot on a doe, and the other a liver hit, grazing the lungs on a buck I was hunting out of state. That liver was absolutley destroyed. I will say however that I only bowhunt whitetailed deer, not elk. Also neither of my deer bled all that much, but they did die within a minute or two. They were close enough to find without blood if neccessary. That's my experience with them. I'm going to keep shooting them.