Cold Hands & Recurves...Help!

[John3]

I wear a thin camo "jersey" type glove on both hands.  Tab fingers cut off of my draw hand.  Hang your bow close and use a warmer muff or like I do I slide my hands into the insulated pockets on my bibs... Works well for me.

[Lil' Bow Pete]

Try practicing with your tab on over a glove. It works for me but you have to practice that way.

[M60gunner]

When I used a tab I did like Lil'bow Pete. Used a Black Widow tab just adjusted it to fit over glove.
I now wear a Marine issue glove on my bow hand. I keep my string hand in my pocket with a hand warmer. No, not fast but for some reason the desert cold seems worst these days.

[Sam McMichael]

The hand warmers and muffs are good, but I replace the jersey gloves with fleece. It is warmer but still thin enough to use my tab effectively.

[RAGHORN 3]

Another vote for hand muffs and warmers... don't practice with gloves on, so I don't hunt with gloves on...

[duffer1565]

Muff and hand warmers. Have a friend who just got the thermacell rechargables and likes them a lot. I picked up a pair of these at BJ's Wholesale for $20 each and they do a great job. They are bigger than the thermacell ones but also cheaper. I just leave them in my pocket or muff and my hands stay warm. They recharge 500 times so for $20 its a good deal.
   

[woodchucker]

Buy an XLarge Tab & wear it over your glove. After a little bit of practice, you'll wonder why you hadn't thought of it sooner!!!

[danbow]

Kirkll: I have these and they never last more than one hour.

[bucknut]

I had the same experience as Danbow.

[maineac]

I wear Arctic shield liner gloves and use the carbon hand warmers (though if I can find a rechargeable I would invest).  With a light glove (and the liners from arctic shield do a nice job) if your hands start warm they can last quite a while out of the muff or pocket.

[eidsvolling]

I use a Safari Tuff tab, which has an adjustable cord around the finger, and these gloves:  Sitka Mountain Gloves  

The glove tips are smooth enough that I don't notice any effect on my release. It looks like these may have been discontinued, but something with similarly smooth fingertips may work for you.

I melted the cord ends together so I could open the space between them as far as possible without fear of losing the cordlock. FWIW, I usually wear an XL or L glove size.

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by Wolf1007:
I am a bit of a scent freak...I have stayed away from the chemical handwarmers for that reason. Do you guys think they emit enough scent to spook game?

If they smell the hand warmers they've already smell you

[Friend]

Have always been cold natured, yet would find a way to be out. Blood thinners over the past five have exacerbated the issue and now my hands get unbearably cold in much less frigid temperatures.

Hand warmers and a muff have resolved the issue.

[fisherick]

I wear fingerless gloves with hand warmers in pockets. If colder temps I wear wool fingerless gloves with merino wool liner gloves underneath. I do use a tab year round and practice with these combos.

[Wolf1007]

Originally posted by Terry Green:

If they smell the hand warmers they've already smell you [/b][/QUOTE]

Ha! Guess I wasnt thinking about that!! I meant do they add to the aroma?!

[calgarychef]

Try this, it sounds crazy but sometimes it works.  Don't wear anything on your string hand, the human body can warm the fingers nicely on occasion.  It's weird but your fingers will get cold then begin to warm up again. If it doesn't work use your pocket with a hand warmer in it  

[Michael Arnette]

I don't use gloves, I have a hand warmer that acts as a fanny pack as well and put my hands inside with hot hands. When I see a deer I'm ready to shoot without affecting my anchor etc. I've hunted in high winds in the single digits this way.

if the temperatures were below zero I'm not sure if I could do this

[Wolf1007]

Sounds like the hand muff is a pretty popular choice...who makes a decent one?

[tim roberts]

The best $5.00 hand warmer out there!
The Improved Arrow Holder, allows one to use a wide variety of hand warming options, and still keeps an arrow at the ready!
Thanks,

[Broken Arrows]

I use the thin merino gloves from Kuiu put on my shooting glove then fingerless wool glover over them. I does get very cold here at time I have never had an issue except getting to hot at times and have to remove the top layer.