finger tabs or glove ??????

September 08, 2013, 08:58:00 AM

For lighter recurves, tab and for heavier longbows, glove. For more sensitive bows a tab will work better for most.

stagetek · September 08, 2013, 01:56:00 PM

I try a tab every now and then, but I always go back to a glove. Feels better to me.

jrbows · September 08, 2013, 02:52:00 PM

Have shot a glove since I started but recently (at Sawmill) a group of us drove across the road to shoot the off-site course and I forgot my glove so I shot the course bare-fingers after I got over the fear of tearing my fingers up I got along fine, my fingers were sore until early the following week but I kept shooting and prefer the different "feel" of the string at release and I believe it has cleaned up my release quite a bit. I think it's an option not a lot of people try or think about I wouldn't have tried it if I didn't have to but I'm glad it happened.

Pojman · September 08, 2013, 03:06:00 PM

I only "hunt" field and 3D targets but I have a glove that is over twenty years old and I love it. Very well worn in. I can easily change from split to three fingers under. Plus works great on my 40" compound bow when I drop the index finger after I anchor. The only tab that I have found that I would use is the black widow palm.

elkhunter45 · September 08, 2013, 04:55:00 PM

Well, after spending 25+ years with a glove I started experimenting with a tab in 2011. My consistency jumped to a whole new level. I am now a tab man. I like the thought of a glove in hunting situations, but I get a better feel and cleaner release with a plain old calf hair tab that doesn't have the hard spacer on it.

erictetterton · September 08, 2013, 05:00:00 PM

I've shot both and a tab is way smoother and cleaner release for me. I shot tighter groups instantly. Tab all the way

Stealth Man · September 08, 2013, 09:48:00 PM

Tab.....the problem for me with gloves is the finger tips are not flush the fingers. I bet at least an eighth inch of leather beyond the actual finger tip. This messes with both my anchor and release.

finger tabs or glove ??????

stagetek

jrbows

Pojman

elkhunter45

erictetterton

Stealth Man