Glove vs. Tab

[rock_hunter]

My shooting glove is about worn out, so I'm looking for a new one.  I have noticed that it seems more people shoot tabs.  Should I get a tab and learn to shoot with that?  Which method, glove or tab, gives a cleaner release?

[northener]

You will get a mixed response but for me a quality made tab gives a cleaner release (cordovan face) and will wear like iron. Bateman tabs are the best I have found and make many different styles to choose from.

[MnFn]

I started shooting with a glove about fourty years ago, just because my dad did. However, this past year I have been experimenting with a calf hair tab and it seems like my release is better. I am also going to try the cordovan as noted above. I have not hunted with it yet, but will this fall.
gary

[JRY309]

It gets to be a personal preference,I started out with a glove but switched to a tab many years ago.Like Rod Jenkins said in MBIII,he said he seemed to be always breaking in a new glove.I like a simple Bateman cordovan tab,been shooting the same tab for the last 4 years,not bad for a $10 dollar tab.I find I can control the arrow better and I get a great release.Just my preference for me.

[Jeff Strubberg]

No opinion on which gives a cleaner release, but it's impossible to rotate a glove around out of your way for the 101 other things you need your right hand for on a hunt.

A tab is just a lot more covenient for me.

[George D. Stout]

I'm with Jeff, the tab is convenient and I believe it does allow for a cleaner loose.  I started using them in the mid 1960's and still use them.

[Frank V]

I have used both, the last 4 years I've been using a Cordovan tab form Alaska Bowhunters Supply. I really like it. I've eaten lunch with it on & never been bothered by wearing it. It will let you do the thousands of other things you do with your shooting hand without removing it. I get clean releases with it & am sold on the tab. Frank

[Matt Fowler]

I've just started playin' around with a tab and I like it. I think I get a better anchor.

[BRONZ]

Used glove for a while; switched to a tab and like it much, much more.  I get a cleaner release, can feel the string, find anchor, and don't loose dexterity in my fingers.  I could not run the striker on my slate well with a glove on.

[Hardhed]

I agree with all the above, a tab gives a much cleaner release and more sense of string position for me than a glove.

[rock_hunter]

I think I'll give the tab a try, at least they are cheap enough!

[SuperK]

I have used a glove for years and years.  I tried some different tabs and they just don't feel right.  May I suggest you try before you buy.  Just my 2 cents worth.

[Terry Green]

No opinion on the cleaner release....a clean release is up to the bowhunter not a piece of leather.  6 of one, half dozen of another.  

Glove is harder to lose...and is always in place.  I dont' have to fiddle with it to get it in the right spot to make a shot.  Just never liked tabs...can't keep up with them anyway.

Jeff.....not all gloves are the same.  I don't have a problem ...with one sling of the hand and my fingers are free.

As with most gear...its all subjective...find which one YOU like best...and THAT will be the best for you.

[b.glass]

I see more votes for the tab. I shoot both. A tab more in the hot summer months, but I like my damascus glove the best. Maybe I haven't found the right tab yet.

When I'm shoot'n, I'm shoot'n. Doesn't bother me to take it off when I have to.

[Jack Denbow]

I shot a glove for 20 years then one of my buddies who was a better shot than me got me to try a tab and I could see a markedly difference in my shooting. I have been using a tab for the last 30 years. One thing I like is I can turn it to the back side of my hand when climbing and not get it messed up. It is always there ready to go.
Jack

[Night Wing]

Tried both glove and tab. Liked the tab best and I've been using a tab for the last 41 years.

[countrygirl]

I play with tabs during 3-D season but when hunting season shows up it's a glove only. It goes on before I leave the truck and stays on until I return.
I have never broke the finger strap, lost or broke a glove while climbing a fence or tree but have gone thru three tabs on one 5 day hunt.

[hawgslayer]

 

Glove works for me. I have more feel and control of the string........  

[Mel Amos]

I started out with a glove, and then I moved to a tab for a while.  Thought my shooting improved.  Then one day I put the glove back on and noticed I shot better with it.  I'm staying with the glove now!  It's like Terry said shoot what you like!
Mel

[COOCH]

Glove for me also I tend to shoot heavy poundage bows I love the gloves with a plastic or baleen insert in the finger stalls,they give a nice clean release.Never could get used to a tab I gave them to a bud who swears by them.