Most of you already know I am very new to trad archery any way I just bougt a blackwidow tab and a martin glove I really like the tab is that what a new guy should be useing I really want to hunt this year with my recurves so any help would be great thanks Mike
I like a tab, but you should shoot with which ever you are more comfortable with, and more important the one you shoot the best with.
i shoot better with my tab, because its thicker.
with my glove i struggle to anchor for more than 2seconds after 10 or 20 shots , because my fingers burn like fire.
i see many people using the glove though, you should use what youre more comfortable with.
the tab can sometimes be annoying when pulling arrows etc,.
Glove for me.
I feel it gives a more consistent anchor for me over a tab.
Now you may feel the same about a tab after trying both.
99% of it is what you feel comfortable with - there's no right answer. The other 1% is that a glove gives you a better chance of getting off a second shot when hunting because you can grab an arrow more quickly with a glove. Of course 1% is probably an exaggeration of the likelihood that you'll see more than one or two chances at a second shot in your lifetime.
QuoteOriginally posted by Hill Hunter:
I like a tab, but you should shoot with which ever you are more comfortable with, and more important the one you shoot the best with.
What he said!
Bisch
thanks guys now I still have to get some arrows I am still in the hunt for some wooden arrows do any of you have any used ones I could buy I need some to get started with been shooting way over spined aluminum gamegetters eastons just to get the feel of the shot and release. I shoot a 45# 58" wing archery hawk any arrow suggestion would b great
In the old days I used a tab. Great to hunt with as you have full use of your bare fingers to do whatever.
Now I use a glove as it seems more comfortable. A little more inconvenient though. Need to take it off to handle those little dexterity problems.
Tab I just cannot find a glove I like. Try them both though.
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I use the sams tab.
I shoot best with a tab.
I use the tab because I can anchor more consistently and it just feels better to me
Both gloves and tabs are used by extremely successful hunters. The choice should be yours. What one archer may find as a pro may be a con to another. Being comfortable with what you take to the field is paramount.
I have shot a glove for a long time but just started shooting a tab. I like the feel of a glove better but a tab makes more sense to me for the hunting I do. I still use a glove for for bows that are over 60#.
I prefer a cordovan tab.
I used to shoot with a glove but switched to 3 under and a tab after going to Rod Jenkins shooting clinic. I am more accurate this way.
A Black Widow tab for me, too. Just shoot what feels the best to you. Out of my small group of traditional bowhunter mates, four of us use tabs and one bloke uses a glove.
Damascus glove for me.Locked loaded and ready to shoot fast if needed.
Cordovan tab from Bateman I have one 11 years old and still kicking !
You'll never see an Olympic archer shooting a glove , there is a reason for that . But it is all about preference.
I shot a glove years ago, but tried a tab and haven't looked back.
I have used both. I switched to a tab last year because I thought my release was ever so slightly better. A couple of days ago, I tried my old glove for some practise and it worked fine. The tab seems to work a little better for me in colder weather.
Damascus glove for me... tried a lot of tabs over the years but can't find one that gives me the same feel on the string the Damascus does thus accuracy suffers...
Finq ... try another glove. There are gloves with built in plastic inserts and there are gloves (American Leathers ?) with built in strips of damascus leather or other slippery materials on the fingers that not only aid in release, but also add some padding.
I like gloves, but seem to shoot better with a tab. So I currently use a tab except for bowfishing.
ChuckC