Ramcat Broadheads

Bryan8

Bryan8

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Anyone use Ramcat broad heads?


I've been a rage shooter and have taken 15 deer with them. Lost a doe last year due to a shoulder shot and have been looking for other options. After hours of research I'm going to be trying the RamCat broad heads this year. Supposed to be the best flying fixed blade with the most penetration. The older models had blades that bent easy, but they fixed these issues with the newer production runs.

Anybody on here have personal experience with them?

Bryan
 
I hunt with them and love them. they fly just like my field points. I was shooting some old blades today to practice and was shooting 40yards with no adjustments from my field points. they are also tough I shot one through a bobcat and into rocky soil with little damage. Glad to see you are getting away from the rage I have seen lots of failures that my old roomate had. even the last bow killed buck which was shot in the ribs didn't make it through the other side and the blades were bent around so there was no cutting surface going forward.

this is the ramcat I shot through the bobcat. I also shot a coyote with it and he was DRT.


This is what happened for my old roommate when he was shooting the rage two blade.


I'll take the ramcat over the rage after seeing this and other broken rage broadheads. As far as that goes the three blade rage is even worse with it rare to have all three blades deploy. helped a guy recover a buck where only one blade deployed, he was just lucky he had great shot placement.
 
Originally Posted By: Cookie125I hunt with them and love them. they fly just like my field points. I was shooting some old blades today to practice and was shooting 40yards with no adjustments from my field points. they are also tough I shot one through a bobcat and into rocky soil with little damage. Glad to see you are getting away from the rage I have seen lots of failures that my old roomate had. even the last bow killed buck which was shot in the ribs didn't make it through the other side and the blades were bent around so there was no cutting surface going forward.

this is the ramcat I shot through the bobcat. I also shot a coyote with it and he was DRT.


This is what happened for my old roommate when he was shooting the rage two blade.


I'll take the ramcat over the rage after seeing this and other broken rage broadheads. As far as that goes the three blade rage is even worse with it rare to have all three blades deploy. helped a guy recover a buck where only one blade deployed, he was just lucky he had great shot placement.

Thanks for the input. Yeah I never had a failure that I know of with the rage. I lost one doe due to a shot in the brisket, but that would of happened with any head. The shoulder hit was what upset me last season. It wasn't a direct shoulder joint shot, but defiantly hit the blade. Only got 4-5 inches of penetration, than the arrow fell out. Followed blood for a little and lost it. After searching through the night and into morning we gave up. I also noticed I hardly got pass throughs at the 55lbs I was shooting.

Now I got a new 2013 Hoyt Spyder 30 maxed out at 63lbs 29 1/2 inch draw. Shooting a 400.6 grain arrow at 278 fps so I'm thinking ill get more pass throughs with the new set up with the ram cats!

Bryan
 
Yeah the chisel point is suppose to help with penetration but I bet it helps to destroy the tissue as well as the blades causing blood loss. Thats what I like about them. But in all honesty if I were to switch from them it wouldn't be to any mechanical head. And it would be a magnus snuffer ss. But it doesn't look like I will be switching anytime soon. Best of luck with the ramcats.
 
Ram cats are good heads. The lack of penetration from rage is usually caused from too light of a set up, either light arrows with little momentum and shooting lighter poundage. You will be good to go with your current set up.
 
I absolutely LOVE the Ramcats. They fly better than any broadhead I've ever shot. The wound channel is massive, and the actual chisel point can take a beating. Blades for them are cheap if/when they get dinged up from rocks or whatever else you hit.

However...make sure the screws are tight and loctited in! After bouncing around on some rough roads for a few days, I had one lose a screw and blade. Also want to make sure they fit in your quiver. Some are too small to completely encase the broadhead.
 
I like the way ram cats fly they are tuff heads that you can't go wrong with my dad shot a bull elk with one and was able to pass all the way through breaking a rib on both sides. Mechanical broad heads lose a lot of energy when they open there blades I did a science fair experiment a few years ago with them and found that I was losing up to 30% of my energy.
 
New Mexico kid I have heard that about the energy loss with mechanical heads part of why I decided to give the ramcats a try in the first place.

And zachvu I had problems with them in my kwikie kwiver but if you turn each one just right they went in fine. Can't say I've had any problems with the screw unless the hit a target first but doesn't keep me from checking anyway.
 
had a friend who recently had serious poor performance with these heads on an elk hunt.
I been bowhunting for over 20 yrs so i know what ya'll are thinking and maybe you are correct, placement etc. he claims good placement..just puttin it out their
 
Glunker did he just lose an animal or what is he calling a failure my dad had a heck of a shot on a deer last year and had to shoot it again 16 hours later.
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heres where his shot hit. His placement was good and he did everything right. We know this is the first shot since the second shot stayed in the deer. Sometimes they just don't want to give up.
If your buddy had a good shot maybe he had one of those animals that are just too bullheaded to know when to quit.

aslo I should mention my dad wasn't using the ramcats but thought it really illistrated how the animals me hunt are very tough.
 
He lost 2 bulls in a weeks time. Arrows were recovered and the head/blades were mangled badly. Blood trails were very minimal. I would think that just about any broadhead that is decent would do the trick if placed behind the shoulder..assuming it is sharp.
He is a veteran archer so I don't know what to think..It has me really thinking about my broadhead choice. I like to try new heads frequently.
 
Kind of sounds like he has the first blades that the ramcat had. The new ones are a lot beefier than the first ones. was the ferrel damaged to a point of causing a lot of problems or mostly just the blades? Its too bad he lost both bulls. hope his luck turns around no matter what head he uses.

as for trying new heads have you tried any of Magnus' broadheads? I have shot the Stinger and really like them and use them with my recurve now. Think the killer bee version I would like better since it no longer has the vented blade. My dad and brother shoot the snuffer SS and both really like them. Also with these broadheads if the get damaged by lets say hitting a rock or something you can send them to the company and they will replace it no question asked.
 
Cookie,
I do think he has had these heads for quite awhile..damage was blades mostly.
Haven't tried the Magnus heads..I did give the Trophy Taker Shuttle T's a try this year and was fortunate enough to get my best bull to date, the head performed very good.
Good hunting
 
Glunker its still too bad he had troubles with those heads but good to hear you're having success with the shuttle T broadheads. I've seen them but never have tried them.
 
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