Tab.....or Glove??

[rod251]

I use a Black Widow super glove with finger overlays.  I love this glove.

[GG]

Calf hair tab

[Budog56]

calf hair glove..tred tabs they just dont feel right

[Jwilliam]

American Leathers Big Shot Glove.


Bill

[Swamp Preacher]

I shoot both recurves and long bows.  Started out years ago with "no pinch" tabs.  Never did like the feel when hunting.  Have gone to a glove and love the feel it gives me. I use two fingers under with my bows that pull 50-60lbs.  Have a three fingers under cordovan tab that I got from Three Rivers that is the best as far as tabs go.  Gives a clean release, but then there is that "feel" thing again.  I have a Big Shot Buffalo glove from American Leathers that is the best glove so far.  Lots of the Old Timers (Masters of Bare Bow Videos) use tabs in some configuration. Sort of a "tastes great or less filling" debate! Plan to try Black Widow"s top glove.  

[bawana bowman]

I have shot with a glove since I started shooting bows at age 5. Now at 53 I still shoot split finger with a glove. Put it on and it's always there, to me it's like shooting with bare fingers. Never have to worry about if it's on right, just draw and shoot. One less thing to have to think about allows for more concentration on impact point.
Hal

[Steve O]

I use a home made Cordovan tab.  Whenever I try to shoot with a glove, it feels like my anchor finger is 6" from my tooth!

[White Oak]

Shoot split.Have used Saunders Super Slick tabs for a long time. Tried gloves. I just don't do well with them.

      Take care,
                Ed  

[Problem Child]

Was using Damascus and after the second one I bought wore out in about a week I decided to try something different.I bought the Cordovan tab from Alaska Bowhunting Supply about three years ago and I don't think it will ever wear out.

[babs]

Check this website out its a tab and a glove all in one. Backfourtygear.com I hear good things about this.

[bear2paw]

I shoot split fingers, I don't use either. I shoot bare fingers. I found the only thing that was hurting my finger was the nock point so i switched to dental floss. Try shooting more often with bare fingers and you'll get use to it, and won't be able to switch back. Plus a glove or tab is one less thing you'll have to worry about anymore. Anybody else do the same?

[vtmtnman]

I tried a tab but because I started with a glove and shot it for so long the tab was just weird.I still experiment with using it though from time to time.

[redfish]

Mostly tabs, I have an old Neet palm tab, and some home made copies. I am going to make 2 more today. I lost one last week while hunting and forgot to pack a backup.

[Lefty]

I have used them both off and on over the years.  Always end up back with a tab.  I think I have found the best tab made.  That is the Black Widow cordovan tab.  I had been shooting the super leather ones, but would shoot them out in 3-4 months.  After getting the cordovan one, I have been shooting it for over a year and still as slick as can be.  I think I have a better chance of losing it rather than shooting it out.

[Bowhunter4life]

Damascus glove for a little over 8 years...

[hawgslayer]

[pipe]

I use a simple leather tab.  Two fingers under.

[joe ashton]

I have 3 simple one layer cordovan tabs that I got from the 7th dwarf  12 or thirteen years ago.

[wihill]

I use a Cavalier Elite tab.  I can't explain it, but there's something about "feeling" the string slide past my fingertips on release.  I tried shooting with gloves on with the tab, but ended up cutting off the fingertips on the glove so I could feel my face/string.  

I'd like to switch over to a glove, but I've yet to find one that gives me the light, airy feeling of a tab.  Most I've tried feel bulky and overbuilt.

[Two Arrows]

Tab for me. Anchoring with my bare finger tip at the corner of my mouth feels better to me than having a bulkier glove there.