Anyone here wear a glove on their bow hand? Was shooting some new cedar arrows today and sliced my index finger open with the fletch when I released. Just wonder if someone else thought of doing this or already does do this.
RustyJr
I wear the UA liner glove for camo
In winter. Not now
Try a drop of fletching cement on the leading edge of your feather.
Hap
Thanks Hot Hap, I'll give that a try.
RustyJr
always do,, my hands sweat bad.. so wear one light cammo glove all the time on both hands and shooting glove over the one on my shooting hand..
Ken
If it happens a lot, your grip is not right for your hand. Your nock point could be a bit low too.
I wear a glove when hunting always.
For many years a very thin black synthetic coated glove. Both of mine have holes where you cut your finger.
Not for hand protection, but I always wear a light camo glove when hunting to cover up the flesh colored hand on the bow.
Because most of my hunting is spot and stalk in the panhandle I wear one for stability/grip when holding the bow and to protect my hands when crawling. Just like everything else I practice as I would be hunting to alleivate the variables when hunting.
Those slices happen. I think that my skin built up in the area over the years.
As far as a glove, when I am hunting, I wear a black silk glove liner (you can find them at motorcycle stores). It wicks very well and is actually somewhat warm.
A golf glove works well in warmer weather.
SL
Same thing was happening to me last year and several things fixed the problem. I tried rotating the arrow nock but that didn't help a whole lot. My nocking point was too low so raising it helped a bunch. The last thing is to get a foam cored emery board at the drug store and gently sand the forward end of the feather so it's smooth. I'm doing that right now to some arrows I recently fletched.
Always when hunting, usually a light cotton glove when warm and jersey gloves as it gets cooler and wool when it gets really cold. I wear it mostly for comfort but also to hide the skin color and to help with biting bugs as well.
i wear a black golf rain glove, thin, not too hot. wear one on my shooting hand too. i can shoot with just the glove and when it wears out , i cut off three fingers and use it with a damascus glove.
I cut off the tips of a leather glove and have been shooting with it for a couple of years .... I guess I need a new one ... the leather is now torn where the feathers touch the glove from time to time ....
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For some people shooting right wing fletched arrows from a right hand bow, as in Hill longbows with the straight offset fletching from Hill, the feather can do this very nicely, until you have a scar on your index finger like I do. A finger stall ends the pain for a couple of bucks. Fortuna finger stall it is called, they have them in xbay.
When hunting, I also 2nd the UA camo liner glove. It's a super glove for hunting. Keeps the bugs off when warm, doesn't make your hand hot and is good when cold, when you can keep your bow hand in a muff or pocket with handwarmers.
I sometimes wear a Past glove intended to protect your hands from handgun recoil. I have arthritis in both hands, and the glove helps me pull the bow with excess pain. I don't have trouble getting sliced with arrows.
Richard
you should always were a glove when shooting woodies 3-rivers sells them for the bow hand.one day we were all 3-d shooting B.S ING having a good time my buddy shot an missed he must of not checked his arrow the next shot it exploded an went right through his hand.a glove would have stopped this.I ordeder one when I got home.sometimes you have to think of worse case serinos,like hunting by your self an this happening while your up in a tree.Its too much to put yourself through for no reason.
I wear a light leather driving glove on my bow hand in the summer and an insulated one in the winter. It protects from the occasional finger cut when I hold too high on the grip (really shooting off the knuckle :^)), and from the arrow blow ups. I just made it a habit and now don't even notice it. Alex
QuoteOriginally posted by pavan:
For some people shooting right wing fletched arrows from a right hand bow, as in Hill longbows with the straight offset fletching from Hill, the feather can do this very nicely, until you have a scar on your index finger like I do.
I had same problem so I switched to left wing feathers and cured the problem.
This is as old as Saxton Pope. Taper the front of the quills down to the shaft. Then put a drop of Duco on the junction of the quill and shaft.
Folks were shooting for thousands of years without shooting gloves. Does anyone really think they all got feather cuts?
The other one I sometimes do is to serve the end of the feather with about a quarter inch of some matching thread. Looks nice and helps to keep the feathers from shearing off.
I never shoot with gloves on either hand. I keep my hands in my pockets until time to shoot. I have some very think Sitka and Under Armor gloves and if I would practice with them I'm sure it would be ok. Maybe this year?
Nope. I take a razor blade and pare off the front edge of every feather quill, then put a drop of fletch cement on 'em.
No need to bleed.
Just wondering. Could it be possible that the arrows is slightly stiff and that is why the feather is hitting your hand?
Gilbert
At -20 to -40 during whitetail season us northerners really have to wear a glove or mitt. Shelf cut and grip have lots to do with the feather or arrow hitting my glove and in turn affecting flight.
I found when shooting my Predator that I couldn't wear a thick mitten or glove as it would lift the arrow off of the shelf. Some bows like my Tall Tines has a ridge between the grip and the top of the shelf allowing me to wear a glove without contact issues.
In a nutshell.....do what you can to avoid any contact issues IMO. I guess that's why it's so key to practice with all our gear on!
Best of luck figuring it out....Ryan
I wear a thin glove on both hands at all times
(practice and hunting) so that the prey does not
see my old pasty white hands.