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Who wears a glove on the bow hand all the time?
trad_bowhunter1965:
My all-time favourite was the Under armor glove before they were sold now it's the Kuiu Ultra Merino glove and the Sting Fleece
cacciatore:
I wear gloves only in the winter,most of my bows are checkered or stippled so they are never slippery. In the winterI wear a light Merino wool glove if I am moving and if hunting from the tree stand I add a fleece glove that I can slip off if something approaches and still the Merino keeps my hand warm.
Stinger:
My dad taught me as a kid that the key to keeping your hands warm when it got cold was keeping your wrists warm. Now I don’t know if that’s true for most or not, but it has worked for me for over 55 years. I do wear gloves on the bow hand however mostly to camouflage the skin. I opened my glove bag the other day and counted 23 different pairs of gloves. I have everything from old leather palmed aviators gloves to wool, to work gloves to thin cotton with the little grippy dots on them. Also have heavy insulated gloves. In the end I found that I tended to wear the same thing most of the time. In early season I wore the cotton gloves and when it got colder I wore a thin pair of ski glove liners with the cotton gloves over them. When it got really cold, I used that same setup but kept my bow hand in a hand warmer muff with a chemical heat pack in it until I was ready to shoot.
The key is that you have to practice with each setup so that you know how you will shoot with each one. Some of my gloves induced a bow torque that I couldn’t live with and I took them out of the lineup.
trubltrubl:
I wear one 90% of the time . Unless it's hot out and the riser has a leather grip.
The glove does a few things , it stops mosquitos, it's dark so it is not noticed if moved , as lighter colors , and the grip on wood is more firm.
I have not noticed any difference in shooting accuracy.
On a side note . Make sure the index finger part of the glove does not go above the shelf if your wearing an I insulated glove , as it will raise your arrow above the shelf and your shot will be quite high ...... And likely a miss.
trubltrubl:
Also , I prefer a glove that is leather on the palm or some form of grip . Straight wool can be slippery.
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