Cold weather Gloves and face mask?

bm22 · March 17, 2010, 08:34:00 PM

i shoot with a tab, but what kind of gloves do you guys wear to keep your hands from freezing? i will cut the fingers out of a pair of gloves if i have to but i was wondering what you guys wear. i have used several cheap walmart wool gloves but i hate that i can't feel my bow grip and it seems like my bow slips out of my hands.
i wish someone makes a pair of gloves with really thing palms with rubber grips or something similar but be thick and warm on the back of your hand. does anyone make something similar?

also what do you guys wear to keep your ears warm? i like to feel my cheek and mouth when i shoot but want to be as warm as possible. does anyone know of anything similar to that description?

i understand i am kind of picky but in texas it is usually not cold enough to have time to practice with a face mask on and i never could get used to shooting with my thick wool ski mask on.

L82HUNT · March 17, 2010, 08:44:00 PM

I to use a tab and really like the face mask from Under Armor. Makes a tight fit, cold weather face mask used mine for the last couple years and really like it. I can still feel my anchor. As for gloves I still just wear plan brown gloves. Just keep my hands in my pocket till need be. Hunted in -9 this year and was ok. Except the ice on my eyelashes.

WVeer · March 17, 2010, 09:17:00 PM

skip the glove and get a hand warming muff with a chemical hand warmer stuck inside. It'll keep you warm until you need to make the shot.

LKH · March 17, 2010, 09:50:00 PM

WVeer has it. There isn't a glove in the world that keeps my hands warm if I'm inactive. If you need to use gloves, stick a chem handwarmer on the back of your hand. There are a ton of blood vessels there and it really helps.

Fletcher · March 17, 2010, 11:13:00 PM

I hunt with a tab and wear it over a wool glove. The GI wool glove liners work great under the tab. I have some rag wool gloves with the little rubber dots for my bow hand.

BowMIke · March 17, 2010, 11:23:00 PM

I like to use thin gloves with 3 fingers trimmed off for my shooting tab. I like to wear Spandoflage face cover, it's very thin an fits snug to your face. It is surprisingly warm.

Northwoods · March 18, 2010, 01:09:00 AM

On my bow hand, I wear a fairly thin fleece mitten that has the flap you can pull back to expose your fingers. On my string hand I have a full hand fleece shooting glove that is fairly thin. I use a handwarming muff and slip my hands in when they start to get cold. for a facemask, I use one that has an open hole at the mouth that doesn't interfere with keeping my anchor consistant. I sometimes wear a fur hat over that when it's really cold.

Ted

March 18, 2010, 08:55:00 AM

Under Armour liner gloves, with your tab. Then add a handmuff with chemical warmers inside. The gloves have some grippy stuff on the palm so your will hold the bow without slippage, and the UA material keeps hands dry. Works great. A Fleece balaclava with a wind barrier tops it off.

JC · March 18, 2010, 09:13:00 AM

Sitka Gear jetstream gloves with fingers on right hand cut just short enough to fit my American Leathers glove over it. When it's mild, I wear the Underarmor mask, when it's cold the Sitka Gear Traverse Balaclava, when it's really cold, both.