Trad Gang
Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Autumnarcher on August 20, 2009, 06:54:00 PM
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Over the summer I've tried several tabs, none of which I can really remember the names of. I've shot with plain leather or deerskin tabs, some with some really smooth polished leather, and some with artificial surfaces. Try and try as I might, I could never get consistent with them. I had days I shot real well with them, and days I couldn't hit my hind end with my own back quiver.
I feel I gave the tab a fair shake, but the other night I finally tossed it aside for good, and went back to my good old Damascus glove. I like the thinner fingers,thick enough to protect my fingers, but still a good feel of the string.
My anchor feels right. My arrows are now going back to where they belong.
I can't say for sure why I even tried the tab, other than to say i did it, but inconsistency has no place in the hunting woods.
Funny thing is, my youngest son also tried a tab, and he tossed his glove aside, and is shooting great with the calfskin tab he got at the GLLI. Good for him.
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I ended up the same way as you. I went through about 8 different tabs one year. I never could get consistent enough with one. For some reason, I would develop a "claw" draw when using the tabs. I really wanted to use one so I could wear a light glove when hunting.
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Quitter!! I'm just the opposite, started with a glove switched to a tab and never looked back. Use whatever works.
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I never liked them either.I've tried and tried with them but they're just too darn akward.
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Never could figure out consistent shooting with one. I'll stick to my glove!
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I'm with Mike. I tried a glove a few times; it feels awkward and I can't feel my face.
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I love tabs...want my mailing address?
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I go back and forth,,can't seem to find a good or bad thing about either,except a glove won't fall off.
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I can't shoot them either and have tried. I am sticking with my glove, a Blackwidow PDQ.
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Well I switched this year to a tab. What I found is I had to change my anchor because without the glove's extra material I couldn't get to my mouth without hitting my lip or something with the string. After that I found I needed to get them short so they only got to my first joint with an open hand or end of my tips with a deep hook. That took out a lot of the left shooting I was getting at first. I shoot split finger. Now I am playing with 3 under, and I think I may try a glove with that because my tab anchor puts the nock at my eye with 3 under. I don’t care for that.
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I have used a super achery mitt(tab) and they are awesome. Course been using the same one for 22 years now! Got a new one not long ago and started to break it in with pitch blend and usage BUT I just cant retire the old tab as he is battle hardened!!
Work for some not for others?
J
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Different strokes...
I found a glove was in my way all the time doing the 1001 other things you do besides drawing a bow while in the woods. I've been using a simple one hole target tab for 15 years or so.
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Originally posted by Three Arrows:
I ended up the same way as you. I went through about 8 different tabs one year. I never could get consistent enough with one. For some reason, I would develop a "claw" draw when using the tabs. I really wanted to use one so I could wear a light glove when hunting.
Ditto for me....it's just all about finding what is comfortable for you. Went through the same experience with quivers (a much more expensive experimentation period :rolleyes: ).
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I think most tabs have too much junk on them, making them difficult for some to shoot comfortably. A simple one-hole, single layer codovan leather tab, no finger spacer, works fine for me, and is way better than a glove for me, as I get a much better feel for my anchor, and can get the string in close to the corner of my mouth; I was never able to do that with a glove.
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I use a light cordavon leather tab with my Damascus glove. Yea...I know its wierd but between the two I can feel the string and with the tab I get a smoother release. Find what works for you and stick with it. Sometimes you already have the best thing going for you and just don't know it...till you try something else. I think that is what makes all of this fun.
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The last few PA archery seasons have gotten pretty cold by the end. With a shooting glove I really couldn't wear a glove on my right hand because I didn't like the release I had on the string with a hunting glove over my shooting glove. I am not a fan of keeping my hands in my pockets when hunting, don't ask me why. This year I tried a Cavalier tab and wish I would have switched years ago. My release is smoother (my "plucking" problem on release is gone), I am no longer spinning the arrow when drawing, it has just really improved my shooting. Might just be mental, but it worked. Plus with the elastic cord I can use my hunting gloves, both light and heavy, and it doesn't change my shooting. I tried already to be sure.
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I think of all the tabs I tried, the ones Icut out of a piece of tanned deer hide worked the best. But I shot today with a deerskin work glove on while I was working on ground blinds, and shot really good.
Maybe next year I'll tinker with.... carbon shafts. LOL
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tried tabs also but went back to a glove. old habits die hard lol
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Shoot with what you are happy with as long as you shoot well. I shoot better with a tab, but I started with one in 1965.
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I shoot with a cordovan tab and trimmed it down a bit. Once trimmed to fit my fingers better my groups improved another 10%
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I only soot with a tab,hate losing them and having to break in a new one...PR
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Tab here also - basic piece of cordavan well trimmed. With over 55#, I will add another thin layer. Never could get used to a glove.
Steve