How many experience trad gangers use tip protectors.  The tips are so good looking I hate to cover them up but at the same time I dont want to damage my tips while stoking the fire or poking my brother in law in the eye (he hates that)  seriously do you use them or not and if so what type.  

I use one, make it myself! Pretty simple to make out of leather and stitch it up on my bottom tip.

Hey bud how ya doing only a few days and you will be at Mauthe.  I have made a few out of deer hide scraps but most of the picks I see here seem not have many in use.

I use an old plastic one that came on a Martin I got used a while back.  It gets recycled around to whatever bow I'm hunting with at the time.

I hunt in pretty rough terrain, and I prefer not to use them. I am simply more careful with how and where I put the bow down.

I use em.....rubber one on the 62", and a moose leather one on the 64"

rubber.

I use a rubber one.Easy to transfer from bow to bow if you want.I also cut mine in half.Because if i don`t,the rubber goes up the string loop a little.Then when i shoot i hear the rubber make noise as the string loop stretches the rubber.Even with the rubber on the tip,i still put the tip on my foot most of the time.Just a habit i guess.

rubber

Have used them in the past, but no longer! Make sure you remove and clean the inside and the bow tip once in a while. One small grain of sand can wear your bow string loop to the point it can break. Had one on a 63" 55lb longbow, and it cut the string!!! Lucky the bow was just hangin' on a bow rack!  Ended up 20 feet out in the yard!!!  Bow was OK...but not a good thing!

I make my own from leather scraps. In my limited experience, they need to fit just so or they will affect performance. I made three before I got "the" one that one of my longbows liked. The others make it shoot with some additional noise.

longarrow, that is a scary story. I guess i will take mine off for  a cleaning.

I use the rubber covers that come on air nozzel triggers sounds crazy but works like a charm, I take every one I can get from the guys at work but... I shoot recurves and I'm sure longbows  would prefer something differant! works really good on a curve though!! Jason

I don't use one, because it can throw the timing of the limbs off by adding weight to one end.

I use a leather tip protector on my bottom tip.

Funny, you should post this thread today.  I presently use a black rubber one that came with my Widow but I'm going to try something today and see if i like it better. Going to lowe's in a few minute and buy a can of plastic kote and try dipping the tip in just to the string groove.  I think i will wax the ti first to form a barrier between the tip and the plastic.  My thinking is this will allow me to remove it easily.  I think this will also be lighter than the tip protector i have now.  What do you guys think?  Will it work?

I have rubber ones on my recurves and my sons' bows too.Besides protecting the tip it keeps the loop in the string nocks while stringing/unstringing.
Saw a guy,at the Muzzy shoot,take a sitting down shot and hit his lower limb tip on the stonewall in front of him taking out a big chip...might not have happened if he had a tip protector.

yeah... protect your tip.    

Ok guys I bought the Plastic Dip an it looks good a real form fit and i believe it will be less weight to it no way to know for sure but it a lot less bulky.  I waxed the tips real well before dipping to create a barrier between the plastic and the wood, so i think it will rub off if i need it to.  This will also do away with the concern of sand or moisture between the tip and the slip on protectors.

yip i use one
rubber and insulation tape