bare finger

[dink]

lost my tab today so ive been shooting bare finger i was just wandering is your release as good bare finger than it is with a tab or glove i really cant tell

[FerretWYO]

OUCH!!! Your tougher than me.

I know a few people who shoot bare finger and I practice a little bit some times just in case I ever loose my tab. I can tell you I am not as accurate bare finger even though there are many people who are.

[scedvm]

I lose accuracy when I try as well.  I think after about 3 shots I start subconsciously flinching at release cause I start getting a little sore, not really sure.  I decided to just throw an extra glove in my pack.

[dink]

my fingers rae st uff when i first started shooting 20 pluss years ago i shot bare finger more hrs i remember one time i got blisters so bad it looked like i touch a burner on a stove so i can bare just wandering is it costing me a more clean release before i go back to it or shoulkd i spring for a new tab or glove

[rluttrell]

OUCH!!! Your tougher than me.  

I was thinking the same thing.
I try a take a few shots at the end for that just in case I lose my tab. I find it that I have to not think about it. When I first tried I was worried about my fingers and was thinking about it... I was not very accurate. I have done it enough now that I don’t see any difference. I will also say I won’t give up my tab. I like the skin on my fingers just that way they are

[frank bullitt]

It's like going barefoot! Just have to get use to it.

I stared shooting without protection, in the late 80s. No, I don't have big hands and large callouses. Just determination and alot of arrows shot.

I will shoot with a tab time to time, and in the cold with a cotton or mechanix glove, for warmth.

Some folks, double serve their strings.

[Pope Co.]

I've shot bare fingers since I decided to go traditional. It took a little while before my fingers lasted as long as arms. Still in cold weather my fingers won't last as long as the rest of me. This is my thought process. If it is not my bow or my arrows then it might be left on the shelf and there I would be sitting in the tree with bare fingers.

[dink]

thanks every one i guess i will just stick to bare just thought i was maybe missing out on a better release

[Night Wing]

I tried shooting bare fingers one time and that was one time too many. OUCH! Never again.

[reddogge]

I'd only attempt it if a nice buck was in front of me and I lost my glove.

[Glunt]

A buddy and I tried it years ago.  It took a few weeks but you get some padding built up and its fine.  But, lay off a couple weeks and they start to get soft again.

I practice it now and then just to be prepared for when I do forget a glove.

[Larry247]

I only shoot bare fingered when i hunt, not when i practice.

To much shooting without a glove or tab, could possibly cause nerve damage in the tips of your fingers. Just a thought.

[dink]

larry  you know that probaly one reason i can is i have bad nerve damage acouple of bad broken fingeres when i was young thats probally why i shoot bare i feel more i was wandering if you practice with tab or glove does it change your grouping if you hunt bear

 thanks for all the replies

[LoneWolf73]

I have shot bare fingers for years now. One less thing to worry about. Calus delvelops and turns slick where you are not getting a clean release(in the beginning) usually the ring finger dragging at top. Sometimes think I should use a tab for cold weather. Somedays it feels like you just flung 3 fingers and an arrow into the target.

[zipper bowss]

I shoot without a tab or glove fairly regular.Well,unless I am going to be shooting alot.I dont notice any differance in arrow flight.
Bill