Gloves while hunting?

Bullfrog 1 · November 05, 2014, 05:52:00 PM

I usually do the old hand in the pocket thing. I shoot a cavalier tab. A friend recommended the UA scent control thin gloves. They are nice pretty warm and don't affect my shooting. Anyone else. I also have a Sitka muff that I use on occasion. Think these gloves could be used early season as well. Bill

Jerry Jeffer · November 05, 2014, 06:10:00 PM

Early season I use a thin camo glove on my bow hand, shooting glove on the other. Cold weather, I have a rag wool gloves with thinsulate. I have three finger cut off for my shooting glove. If it is real real cold, I tuck in a hand warmer.

Bowwild · November 05, 2014, 06:15:00 PM

I use the pockets or inside top of my bibs until it is cold enough to bring out the Sitka hand muff. I also use the Cavalier elite tab.

I have very thin pair of camo gloves in my pack but I don't practice in them so I'm not confident to wear them. Don't know why I carry them?

Some times when I have to hold the grip of my bow for several minutes as deer approach or are near my bow hand gets really cold.

Rob W. · November 05, 2014, 07:50:00 PM

I have been using green pilots gloves that were reccomended in a post earlier this year. I love them. I usually wear one on my bow hand and a fingerless ragg wool glove under my shooting glove.

I have practiced with the pilots glove under my big shot. It's pretty snug but my shooting is fine. May try that when the temps drop into the teens.

Marc B. · November 06, 2014, 07:46:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by Jerry Jeffer:
Early season I use a thin camo glove on my bow hand, shooting glove on the other. Cold weather, I have a rag wool gloves with thinsulate. I have three finger cut off for my shooting glove. If it is real real cold, I tuck in a hand warmer.

I do the same thing, works well.

MnFn · November 06, 2014, 02:58:00 PM

Rob, where do you get those green pilots gloves?
Thanks, Gary

Rob W. · November 06, 2014, 03:28:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by MnFn:
Rob, where do you get those green pilots gloves?
Thanks, Gary

I finally found some on the big auction. I'm going to look around in the off season at Army surplus stores.

Rob W. · November 06, 2014, 03:33:00 PM

They stick to my bow(even with stippling) like glue and they seem a bit warmer than the thin gloves I was using.

November 06, 2014, 03:46:00 PM

I use thin cotton gloves. Habe the fingers cut off on my string hand, and take the left one off if a shot opp occurs. I can't stand a glove on my bow hand!

Bisch

Diamond Paul · November 06, 2014, 04:33:00 PM

I have some black gloves I get at Academy Sports. They are fairly thin an light, but insulated some. They work well down here, not so much up north, I wouldn't think. I think they are technically glove liners, although they are thicker than most glove liners I've used. They are in the area with the ski stuff, winter wear, etc., not the hunting section. I like them. I wear a polypro liner under my Damascus glove to shoot; I use an older glove that is a bit stretched out for this.

Cwilder · November 06, 2014, 06:58:00 PM

I only wear a thin glove on my bow hand

Sam McMichael · November 06, 2014, 07:07:00 PM

In warm weather, I use cotton jersey gloves in camo. In colder weather, I use fairly light fleece gloves in colder weather. With the generally mild winters in Georgia, this is heavy enough. I shoot with a tab, and it works well with both of these types of gloves.

maineac · November 07, 2014, 11:31:00 AM

I wear thin camo skinz in early season, then slightly thicker in colder weather. I have a muff, or pockets I put handwarmers in once we hit late november and into december.

Stone Knife · November 08, 2014, 05:59:00 AM

Fingerless rag wool gloves with the dots on them have worked the best for me. I just wear my shooting glove under mine.

habujohn · November 08, 2014, 10:43:00 AM

Rag wool gloves with fingers cut out on the string hand. When really cold I use my muff and a chemical hand warmer. Those hand warmers go on top of my hands and they last for hours. Use them in my rubber boots too.

monterey · November 08, 2014, 08:49:00 PM

Most of the time in the Sep seasons no gloves needed, but some mornings can be a bit bitter in the high country. Have found that any loose fitting gloves allow wearing a tab folded back into the palm. Pulling the glove off with my teeth leaves the tab positioned to shoot. For me, it's no problem holding the bow with a glove on.

Trad Whitetail · November 09, 2014, 09:17:00 PM

I shoot with a tab and when winter hits here (it gets cold!) I use glomits. The hand cover goes over my tab and fingers and when it is time to shoot it is easy to push it off and shoot. So far it is the best solution I have found for extreme cold. When it is warm I use a thin fingerless glove.