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I will be hunting from the ground this year and for the life of me can not get use to wearing a light glove under may tab! I know my hands stick out like a neon sign but it is what it is. getting use to face mask but its a work in progress. anyone else ditch both gloves and mask?
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I don't use either. Rarely camo my face with anything other than my beard, and my beard is pretty white. Works fine as long as they don't pick up motion.
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I use both, if I go to all the trouble to get close, I don't want a small detail to blow it for me.
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I wear gloves in the winter, but no - no gloves. No face mask - but I keep my head down and look just under my eye brows when on the ground and deer looking at me. That and my beard seem to have been ok for me so far.
Bob.
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Always use both. I used to use camo paint, but the mask and gloves are quicker and require less clean up.
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I wear a mask but keep it pulled down because it fogs my glasses and I hate it. I use it primarily to keep the bugs off me. I paint the exposed parts of my face. I have a thin pair of mesh gloves that dont obstruct my tab at all. You could try just rubbing a little paint or charcoal into your hands and that should darken them enough without having anything rub off.
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I can't shoot with a mask or gloves. I use camo paint on my face and hands.
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I wear camo paint on my face and wear one glove on my bow hand and put a little camo paint on my tab hand. This is most comfortable for me only takes a minute to wipe off the paint.
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I always wear gloves of some sort, a face mask sometimes. For me the face mask depends on the situation.
David
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I wear gloves when it is cold, I wear a face mask when it is cold and I have no beard. I have never shot a deer from a tree stand all on the ground, most of them using my sneak and sit method. By sit I mean either a Nifty seat, butt pad and convenient downed tree or ground shape. The last few years my beard has turned white. I have been wearing the face mask. The odd thing is the last 6 deer that I have taken, the face mask was either in my pocket or down around my neck, not covering my white beard. I do like my wife does when deer get close and I am sitting, I stare at the toe of my left foot and keep track of the deer in side vision to decide when it is time to shoot and when I shoot I shoot with a smooth one-thousand-one tempo from a swing or spread draw to release. In the past when I tried to shoot in a super motion tempo, either i messed up or the deer jumped before I could hit anchor. My latest fun still hunting technique is when I see a deer coming I plaster myself standing up tight against a tree. It is possible to use the Hill swing draw with my back tight against and not have to lean out away from the tree. The buck last year, I was not wearing camo and the only cover I had was a 16" wide basswood trunk that my back was against.
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I wear a beard during hunting season and its white now :(
I only wear gloves when it's cold.
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The only time I wear gloves or anything on my face is when it's really cold.
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Usually I wear a full glove on my bowhand, and the matching glove with 3 fingers cut off on string hand. Paint on my face.
If I'm in a blackout blind I wear black face paint, and put the same on the tops of my hands. Good luck!
Thom
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I'm the same way, I use handwarmers and a neck gator during cold weather
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I will not ware a facemask at all and i don't ware gloves until the temp drops. I will use face paint or burnt cork on face and hands some times.
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I do not wear gloves, but I do wear a face mask/headnet!
I do have a lightweight cotton glove with the first 3 fingers cut off that I do wear sometimes if it is real cold out on my string hand.
Bisch
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Originally posted by sticksnstones:
Usually I wear a full glove on my bowhand, and the matching glove with 3 fingers cut off on string hand. Paint on my face.
If I'm in a blackout blind I wear black face paint, and put the same on the tops of my hands. Good luck!
Thom
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When cold a light weight wool liner glove on string hand.
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Originally posted by kennym:
I use both, if I go to all the trouble to get close, I don't want a small detail to blow it for me.
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Sometimes charcoal from a burnt quark on my hands instead of gloves. (wine bottles quarks make good file handles/camo paint)
I tried a camo hoo rag this season for face mask. Just pull it down if you are hot and pull it up when you want to hide.
I wish I had got a light merino wool one though like first light makes. Mine glows in uv and has to be washed after each use because it stinks.
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I do wear a mesh 3/4 mask most of the time. In warmer weather it helps reduce mosquito bites (I think), and is still pretty breathable. I sweat all of the time no matter what the temperature is anyway, so paint isn't very practical for me (although it may be just what you need for your situation). I just soak the mask with the earth scented scent killer spray stuff and hope that it covers me when wind swirls.
I do have a thin glove for my bow hand that came in a turkey hunting kit that I got a long time ago, but I don't always remember to put it on. It doesn't seem to matter whether or not I wear the glove in regards to seeing (or being seen by) game.
I rarely wear anything on my string hand other than my tab or shooting glove. Unless it's REALLY cold. In that case, I wear as thin of a glove as I can get away with, and just shoot with it on a few times to get used to it.
I have, on several occasions, forgotten any number of those items and usually just cuss myself for a second and go huntin' anyway. Lol
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Lightweight cotton facemask/head cover in early season with a olive drab glove on the bow hand. Fleece facemask and the same glove in cold weather. Facemasks are predator brown. Nothing but my shooting glove on the string hand. Have a "hoody" type pocket on all of my hunting shirts and I keep my string hand in the pocket except when glassing or occasionally calling. I use a handwarmer in the pocket if it is really cold.
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I'm with sticksnstones, I wear a full glove and a Fingerless glove. I also use a modified spandoflauge
that covers from mid nose down. A little burnt cork on my cheeks.
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No face mask ever, gloves only when its really cold, then I remove my glove and shoot bare fingered.
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I never wear gloves, not even when cold. I just don't like anything between me and the bow..either hand (except a tab to protect my fingers).
I rarely use a face mask but as leaves fall I am more likely to use one. I've been thinking about using camo paint again (haven't used it since the 70's). I will admit, I feel more secure if I pull down a face mask before the deer is in bow range.
I'm in a tree for 90% of my hunting...all of my whitetail hunting.
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Gloves (ranging from thin nylon to thick gauntlet type) are on my hands 365 days a year when shooting. I'd feel nekkid without them. :D
Mask of some sort is on when hunting or available to pull down, and I make sure to practice with them as well. I grew weary of the make-up routine pretty quickly.
I became a firm believer in both once I started watching the selfie videos I shoot occasionally while stumping.
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I don't wear gloves.I am not worried about them.Thier small and don't look much different than a leaf.
I am not comfortable if a deers very close and staring me down without a face mask.So I wear one.Its not worth getting cracked to me.I don't like to look directly at a deers face/eyes when its close.
When hunting a deer can be right in your face.Especially from the ground.I know they don't have great eyes and are said to be colorblind.They pick up movement best.I don't think their eyes are so bad that I want my face exposed at very close range.
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Neither bother me at all when shooting, but I only wear them when it's cold for warmth. Deer don't care but turkeys, that's different story.
I use the thin tight fitting silk/polyester type, that's usually all I need. I do have hand warmers in my pockets most of the time to. Works for me but everybody is different just have to try different types.
You might try cutting the shooting fingers off that's what I do with my glove and then you can feel your tab better and most of your hand will stay cozy warm.
Tracy
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I buy cheap camo gloves and cut the fingers off on my draw hand.......no problem with my tab.
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I just can't seem to find a face mask that matches my loin cloth, so I don't where anything on my face.
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Most times I don't wear a face mask, unless I'm hunting mature hogs on the ground. Gloves only in the cold.
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I have never worn a face mask and rarely gloves. I'm light complected but usually have a pretty good tan on my face and hands after the summer and I don't think it's necessary for me.
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Always wear a face mask and usually a glove on my bow hand.
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Face mask or paint my face and a glove on my bow hand. RC
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Originally posted by Michael Arnette:
I'm the same way, I use handwarmers and a neck gator during cold weather
X2. I cant stand to have anything on my face or hands. Keep my hands in my handwarmer muff until its time to get ready...and just turn my head downwards if a deer is looking in my direction and let the bill of my cap block my face.
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Last year was the first time in years that I wore face paint. My stand height was only about 12 feet up and I felt I had much better luck staying undetected.
I had multiple nights with ten to twelve deer by within shooting distance and was never busted. Some bucks, but not the right one.
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Besides down vests my favorite cold weather accessory is a Sitka Gear hand warming muff. I can put a chemical hand warmer in this thing and keep my hands inside. Works great!
Cold creeps in when I have a deer coming that takes a long time and I'm holding the string and grip. Of course I barely notice the cold during these times.
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If I am hunting with my ghillie the last thing I do is put my face mask on, thin bow hand glove and a camo glove with the fingers cut off on my string hand. One year I did all this but didn't paint my face above my mask - got busted three times in one day by turkeys - now I camo my face. When I have a Tom or boss hen all keyed up at 6-8 yards I don't have time to worry about how my camo looks.
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If I am still hunting I have camo paint on but don't usually wear my face mask until I stop to sit or see something. Gloves when it's cold - sure. I have no problem shooting with any of my "accessories".
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I wear a face mask and gloves (shooting hand fingers are cut off), as much to hide me as it is to keep the skeeters off me early season. I hunt the ground. When in a tree stand I don't always wear the above.
Chuck
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I ware a glove on my bow with the Palm cut away and on my string hand I have cut the fingers off.
I ware a camo neck gater that is easy to pull up to cover my face and down to shoot.
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I never use too since I hate things on my face and hands but back in 1994 I was hunting mule deer with a friend.
The guide was going to do a push so he put us in a finger of cover and my friend was further down the mountain.
My friend had a deep deep tan, really dark complexion. I couldn't make him out at all except I could see his hands and face clear as day. They shined like a mirror, it really shocked me how much.
From that day on I always wore a facemask and gloves.
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No gloves or face mask. Use a muff late season. Usually single digit temps here then. Camo make up or soot on face to knock down the glare.
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Nothing on face or hands...well maybe deet here in the early fall. no camo either. Just plaids and wool. Yes, I kill deer from the ground...
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I wear a glove on my bow hand to keep mosquitoes off as best i can. Theyre normally bad but ive never seen them as bad as i have this year. I would wear a mask but my glasses fog up. Gonna start using clay as facepaint.
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I wear a merino wool gaiter that I can pull up over my nose if needed. I don't like anything on my face if possible as I don't like the feel. I do wear finger less gloves.
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I've favored camo paint in the past, but switched to a mask this season due to the shear heat. I put my stands up early and it's not unusual for deer to know where they are before I even hunt them(even in thick cover), so I can't get away with any movement at all and need every advantage. Since I use cock fletch to nose as a draw check I had to make sure I could pull the eye hole down under my nose when shooting and that works fine. My corner of mouth anchor wasn't negatively impacted. I don't normally wear gloves, but I have a set of mesh-type that I cut the fingers out of that I can shoot with a tab or glove....for exceptionally inquisitive deer that really need removing from the gene pool before they pass that IQ to the next generation!
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A little carbomask on my face and hands.
Works like a charm
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Ýesterday,I was hunting from the ground (tree seat) when a bear walked in at 20 ýards and was heading straight towards mè. I yelled and he stopped and began looking for me. So I yelled again...He looked once more and then he left. Glad I was çamoed to the hilt... including face and hands!
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Hate to admit it but I don't have any idea if wearing gloves affects my shooting. I've never tried it.
I just try to keep hands warm (not too difficult) until time to grab bow (I keep it hanging most of the time). I've had to hold a cold bow grip for a long time (slow deer) and it can get cold enough I want to toe the bow and hold between my knees!
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Camo face paint for me, the mask always gets in my peripheral. As far as my hands like others I cut the 3 fingers off of my glove hand.
Steve Jr
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I don't wear a face mask...never liked how they felt. have used face paint before but normally don't go that route much anymore. I don't wear gloves either.Dunno if that's from duck hunting for so many years(and a duck call with gloves just doesn't cut it)
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I'm a ground ponder and wear no gloves or face mask until the weather dictates it. Grow some facial hair,kill your scent an draw slow. Become one with the environment both body and spirit brother. They'll walk up to ya.. :archer:
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I like a thin leather glove on my bow hand - something like a driving or shooting glove - and when shooting with a tab, I use a glove on my string hand with the middle finger cut off, and the tip of the index finger cut off, for anchoring to a tooth.
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I don't wear a face mask or paint, or anything on my left hand. I like to wear a glove on my left because I like shooting in one.
I do a lot of bowhunting during rifle season and my orange duds, shown in my profile, work fine. I'd look kind of silly wearing face paint.
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If cold enough I will were a thin wool glove, with fingers cut out so I can use my tab. Sometimes I wear a spando-flage mask with a large hole cut that leaves my mouth nose and eyes uncovered as I find breathing through a mask makes it moist and uncomfortable, especially in the cold.
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I wear light gloves, with the fingers cut off on my right hand. Doesnt interfere with my tab. I also dont care for facemasks but wear them.
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i used to wear camo paint but the stuff I have really smells so I went to a beard and glove on bow hand. and 3 fingers cut out on shooting hand in cold weather. killed my biggest trad buck ever 3 years ago early season no glove no paint or face mask.
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Hey Vic, Have you been Shape-Shifting again...??
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I wear a face mask hood with the front cut open and can turn my head when deer are close.Where light camo gloves,but just slice under the fingers not cut them off,easy enough to slide fingers out to shoot since I dont use a tab or glove.