Talk to me Goose! Tabs hurt my face...

[DanielB89]

I feel that, with a tab, I am over drawing, and that leads to some lip slap.  And when it slaps, it is a very painful pain.lol.  

Try filming yourself in slowmo on your phone and see if you can see anything.  That's how I noticed what was happening with me.

[Dorado]

This was a very helpful thread. Matt, Thanks for posting this. I've been thinking that I need to trim my tab back but didn't know how far I should go.

I had a different problem when I shot my bow. Every few times I'd come to anchor, if I didn't hold my mouth right I'd get a sudden pain on release. Turns out that having a handlebar mustache is not conducive to archery.

[DanielB89]

That's very true!  I know it catches my beard and mustache at times.  I do believe the tab is a much cleaner release.  I took my tab out and tried it again today.  I have decent sized hands and have found that the best size that works for me is a small..

[RedShaft]

I have a big hand and only use a medium tab

[Bladepeek]

The size of the tab is really only important for the width. They will all be too long and need to be trimmed for length.