Trad Gang

What do you use and why. I have alwas shot with a glove, but got a tab today and I can't belaeave my groups got way tighter with it. I was shooting 4-6 inch groupd back at 20yrds now I'm hitting arrows at 20yrds.

Howard hill glove. i shoot with a glove cause i cant shoot with a tab lol  :)

I've been using a tab for 46 years. A tab has always given me a cleaner release than with a glove. Groups were always tighter too than with a glove.

I use a super glove from Alaska Bowhunting Supply. It gives me a very smooth release. Like Shawn Rackley, I can't shoot very good with a tab either  

I've been kicken around that idea of trying a tab, just haven't did it yet. What tab you using? and what length of bow did you try it on? longbow? or recurve?

Thanks, might give it a try

I've tried a tab but the glove being on my hand and ready is just to easy.

QuoteOriginally posted by Day Dreamer:
I've been kicken around that idea of trying a tab, just haven't did it yet. What tab you using? and what length of bow did you try it on? longbow? or recurve?

Thanks, might give it a try

I'm shooting a Bear Grizzly 50#@28" 62" recurve I'm using a Black Widow tab.

I use a cordovan tab nice smooth release and the cordovan lasts forever.

I shoot tab now.
I used to swear I never, and then I picked one up last summer and did some experimentation with. I found that once I adapted from that "awkward" feeling that I began getting tighter groups
Before long I was designing my own style and shooting and hunting with my own tabs. With practice, It's easier than you would think to adapt to quickly nocking and shooting with it.
Afew months ago a friend gave me a Super Mitt, and I really like the feel of it. Gonna stick with it this fall. I still shoot glove from time to time, but I feel that the tab is more forgiving of a sloppy release under pressure( not that I'm excusing bad shooting form lol).

My thoughts.
Ethan

I'm like mookie .I feel like my hand is ready with my glove ecspecialy when stalking.Also i can feel my anchor point better.been shooting with a damascus glove the last 12 years.

Damascus glove, I also like the locked and loaded filling and I know I have my fingers on the string the way I want them.

For hunting I much prefer a tab-it can just be flipped up out of the way for a quick whatever you need fingers for. And no finger pinch from the string either.

I use tab i get a better release i did shoot a glove for along time but then i tried a tab and i new it was going to stay that way.

I just went back to a tab this spring. I was shooting with my son and had left the glove at home. I get a much bettter release, we will see how it goes this fall.

I shot a tab for years shooting fingers compound, but since switching to traditional,  I shoot a glove much better.  I have tried three different tabs with with my traditional bows (four recurves and three longbows) and I keep going back to a glove.

I prefer a cordovan finger tip glove for heavier draw weights (60# and higher) or a 3Rivers brand Duraglove or a Seal Skin glove (Alaska Bowhunter's Supply) for lighter-weight bows.  The Duraglove will last longer than the seal skin, but the seal skin is extremely comfortable in my opinion.  All three offer clean releases, but the cordovan and Duraglove seem to me to be a little "slicker" on the release.

I shoot cordovan tabs that I make,been using tabs for 48 years.Never could get a good release with a glove.

Cordovan tabs make it feel more natural to me, try them both, and find out which one you like.

I've bought and sold 10 bows here already, I don't have permission to post a want ad in the trad bow section, what happened to tradgang.com???

It used to be I couldn't see much of a difference between a tab and a Neet glove. The glove was more "natural", so I used that. Then my shooting became erratic- I finally figure out my glove was worn out.
Then I saw Rod Jenkin's discussion of this on MBB vol 1, talking about how with a glove he was always either breaking it in or wearing it out, and a Cavalier Elite tab was much better.
And it is! I've since tried a DuraGlove, but it's just not as consistent for me as the Cav Elite.

I switched to a tab this spring, I am the only guy out of our group that shoots with one, I just like the feel on the string and the smooth release I get! Now as to hunting this fall with a tab the jury is still out! But I love the tab for target shooting!

QuoteOriginally posted by sticknstring_AK:
I've bought and sold 10 bows here already, I don't have permission to post a want ad in the trad bow section, what happened to tradgang.com???

did you not see the big red banner on the trad bow classifieds????  guess not ......

QuoteOriginally posted by sticknstring_AK:
I've bought and sold 10 bows here already, I don't have permission to post a want ad in the trad bow section, what happened to tradgang.com???

We made it better...whether you realise it or want to admit it or not.

You are welcome.

I dont feel comftorable with either, nothing like just using your bare hands to pull a bow back

I shoot the Skookum glove from Alaska Bowhunting Supply.  I have 3 of them and they will last me the rest of my shooting days.  I've been shooting one of them for 3 years now.  The other two are spares.

Bill

I always shot with a glove then two years ago went to the tab.  I shot much better with a tab.  I tried a lot of tabs and found a couple I liked a lot.  Then I tried a big shot glove.  Now I am going back to the glove for a lot more of my shooting.  The big shot is the only glove I have tried that gives me tab like clean release, good feel, but with good protection of my fingers for the string, plus full finger protection on the sides.  I get no seam issues rubbing or a lot of seam materials on my finger tips.

Using a tab I had an occasional problem with catching my cheek with the string because of my thumb knuckle and upper jaw bone anchor.  With the big shot I get a little more space between my face and string due to the finger tip material.  

I like to shoot some short bows with some tight string angles.  I always have some heavy callous on the bottom of my ring finger and bottom of my index finger from the string and arrow nock contact using the tab.  The big shot really reduces this.  Also I find the glove produces less callous overall because it doesn't move on my skin near as much as the tab.

I still like a tab for easy of moving it out of the way to use my fingers for stuff, but the big shot is a really nice glove.

I use a Black widow 3-under cordovan tab.  I like the feel better than a glove, and I get a smooth release.  Cordovan lasts forever.

I've always used a tab. Get a better feel on the string.

I have used a Bateman Cordovan Tab with finger spacer for several years. This is a great tab that is easy to use,durable and produces a clean release. I lost one this past hunting season that I had been using for 3 years and I shoot a lot. I've tried several different gloves over the years but never felt comfortable using a glove, and was unable to get the smooth release that I could generate with a tab.To each his own but I'll stick with my tab.

I tried a shooters mitt. It was bulky and cumbersome to me. I like a glove.It may not be as accurate as a tab, but it is comfortable.

I prefer either a Bateman Cordovan tab or an old Grizzly glove with the cordura finger overlays. Unfortunately, the new Grizzly gloves do not fit me as well as the old ones, so I now buy the 3Rivers Dura-glove instead. I shoot about the same with the tab or the glove. When wearing a full glove for warmth, the tab is a better choice. When shooting lots of arrows, the shooting glove protects my fingers better.

Allan