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Title: Cold weather shooting
Post by: BDann on November 22, 2009, 09:02:00 AM
I'm a glove shooter, and heading to Ks. for a hunt next week.  The weather there will be quite a bit colder than here in Houston.  What do you guys do wtih the glove hand when its cold out?
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Post by: koger on November 22, 2009, 09:04:00 AM
That is one reason I changed to a tab, can be slid over a glove and shoot close to the same.
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Post by: SteveMcD on November 22, 2009, 09:07:00 AM
I use a winter glove on my bow hand and still wear my archery glove on my drawing hand. I use one of those football handwarmers that you strap arouund your waist.
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Post by: mahantango on November 22, 2009, 09:11:00 AM
fingerless fleece or wool glove on top of my shooting glove.
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Post by: ranger 3 on November 22, 2009, 09:15:00 AM
I wear a fingerless wool glove and my shooting under it. Works great, also you can put a hand warmer in your pocket.
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Post by: BDann on November 22, 2009, 09:29:00 AM
Great tips guys, thanks a bunch!
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Post by: artifaker1 on November 22, 2009, 09:30:00 AM
I have a extra large Damascus that I put over a regular glove. Or i use a tab.
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Post by: adeeden on November 22, 2009, 09:38:00 AM
Regular glove on my bow hand, and my damascus glove under one of those flip style mittens on my string hand! And the disposable handwarmers are the greatest thing ever!
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Post by: Covey on November 22, 2009, 09:45:00 AM
I hate gloves, they mess up my feel for my bow, and there is no way, "I myself" could put a glove under my shooting glove! I wear the fingerless but I don't even like them. I think the only way to go is the hand warmer, a friend of mine has one and it works real good, just slides his hands out and he's ready to go!! I'll eventually get one myself! Jason
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on November 22, 2009, 09:50:00 AM
get the mitt/gloves the ones that flip open to a fingerless glove. When you have it as a mitt you can have hand warmer in there to keep fingers warm. Flip open to shoot. Just ware you shooting glove under the mitt/glove.
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Post by: Rick P on November 22, 2009, 12:49:00 PM
Well I've never used a "shooting glove" instead I use a pair of soft leather gloves. They keep me good down to say 10. From 10 down to -10 I wear a pair of glomitts and shoot bare fingered. Below -10 I wear my regular winter gloves and just take off the draw hand glove before I shoot.

Glomitts are the mitts with a flip top as described above and they are not all created equally! Get a pair that is wool lined with fleece and you should be good for just about any temps you will see down there.
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Post by: GingivitisKahn on November 22, 2009, 02:39:00 PM
You can always use a muffler of some sort (with heat packs in it even) and keep you hands in there until it's time to shoot.
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Post by: lpcjon2 on November 23, 2009, 01:13:00 PM
The fleece glommit gloves work great your glove goes on and then they do I love it.
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Post by: BobCo 1965 on November 23, 2009, 01:19:00 PM
I use silk glove liners, and a disposable hand warmer in my pocket.
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Post by: reddogge on November 23, 2009, 05:40:00 PM
I usually use a brown cotton work glove with the first three fingers cut out that I slip over my glove.  The bow hand is a cotton glove with rubber nubs on it for grip.  Put the right hand in your pocket while on stand.
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Post by: bretto on November 23, 2009, 06:06:00 PM
Get one of the hand muffs. Your glove will fit in it fine. And if it gets real cold throw in some heat packs.