Anyone besides me start getting cracks in your string fingers shooting in the cold?  I can't figure if it is just my skin getting too cold or my tab  being stiff and doing something different.

The colder air might be drying out the skin, causing it to crack when placed under pressure.  maybe some sort of good lotion, like eucerin would help them rebuild that and heal, then also prevent it from re-occurring.

I'm an electrician and I work in the cold all winter long. My hands always crack. Grab some of the lotion that is made to prevent a cow's udders from cracking, I forgot the name but it is great stuff and doesn't cost as much as some of the "human" stuff. Any hardware store or feed store carries it.

Udderly Smooth......Udder Cream.  I've got some right here, good stuff.  The tube shows a web site...www.udderlysmooth.com    Check 'em out.  

It's called Udder Cream and it works great.

The one I've user is Udder Balm.

udder balm and your good to go

I do get dry skin on the sides and back of my finger, string finger calluses, and knuckles.  I do get some annoying small cracks there, but the ones that really bother me are not those kinds of cracks.  These are deep ones that I get in the first knuckle joint or close to it above or below the crease right where the string sets.  Those areas appear not to be dry.  I get them the most on my middle finger.  I will not have one, go shooting, and then notice this deep crack later after shooting.  I have been think it is the cold, but not sure.  Could be dryness that I don't see like other areas.
I will have to try a tractor supply.  I bet I can get some there.  We milked a couple cows when I was a kid for our milk, butter, and what ever my mom had a mind to make.  We had that around.  I do recall my dad using it some.  He was also and electrician and between that and the farm we worked outside a lot.  I have noticed my hands getting a lot dryer the last few years.  Either it is my skin aging or the affect of all that hand saintlier we use so much more now days.

I get bloody cracked fingers starting every November here in Wisconsin, to the point where it is almost debilitating.  I have used every product out there.  Eucerin, Neutrogena and Udder Balm are good, none are a "silver bullet" for me, but a new product I am using is producing good results, it is called "Total foot Recovery Cream" made by Podiatrist Secret.  My wife got it on-line.  Apply it just before sleep and you'll notice definite relief when you wake up.  Also, avoid hot water on your hands, in particular soapy hot water (i.e. dish soap), as it strips your hands of its natural oils.  Anything you can do to keep your hands moist and protected in cold dry weather is a movement in the right direction.

Good Luck

Kris

Hand sanitizer is terrible for your skin.  It's mostly alcohol, which sucks moisture out faster than you can replace it.

I also get cracked fingertips and thumbtips. Recently I have switched to Atsko's Pro-Tech-Skin after they sent me a free sample. Seems to work well.

I use Corn Huskers Lotion. best I've ever tried to date.

QuoteOriginally posted by joekeith:
Udderly Smooth......Udder Cream.  I've got some right here, good stuff.  The tube shows a web site...www.udderlysmooth.com    Check 'em out.      

That is some good suff! Just don't know why you would have it with you while typing on TG do you like TG that much.    

use working hands... you can buy it at lowes . sorry mods and admins im a carpenter , i dont wear gloves no matter how cold it is outside. my hands get real beat up and this stuff works i swear by it. ruddy

Just picked up another can of Bag Balm from the local Rural King.  I use it for just about anything that needs healing.

Another trick is get a pair of white thin cotton gloves and cover your hands with cream.And put the gloves on and sleep with them on.My ex-girlfriends mother(before I got married) used to do this and she had hands smooth as a babies back end.It works

This will be funny....  I cook everyday. Many of my meals have a salad along with them.  I use olive oil....  nuff said.

I second the bag balm...that stuff will heal a severed limb!  

Bag Balm!  Comes in a square green tin.

Super Glue Dude!! Fix em right up. Heal from the inside out. No Pain