Anyone just not able to shoot a tab?

[Rob DiStefano]

the thing is, once a glove or tab or whatever "speaks" to you, yer home and nothing else will do, literally forever. 

each of us can break it down and show why something works "best" for each of us, and that's a good, personal thing.  nothing else should and won't matter.

the not-so-good thing is if yer sittin' on a fence and can't seem to decide what yer string hand will wear.  in that case, you ain't shot enuf arras yet.  keep at it and you'll eventually know what will get wrapped around string hand fingers, and the bowstring.  don't just stand at a butt and shoot, rove the woods, get into a more hunting situation and give that fingers protection a good work out.

 

[flyonline]

....  don't just stand at a butt and shoot, rove the woods, get into a more hunting situation and give that fingers protection a good work out.

 

That's what convinced me to go with a tab over a glove even though I shoot both about the same considering +'s and -'s of both at the range. I wear gloves nearly every hunt, mostly for hand protection from vegetation and I also use my phone as camera, GPS, tracker etc. while hunting. With a glove, I had to take it off, do whatever, then put it back on again whereas with a tab I can simply spin it around my finger and leave it out of the way and takes very little movement. I now hunt with my tab on pretty much all the time so it can't fall out of my pocket while crawling on hands and knees and I don't have to go fumbling in my pocket if I manage to get in close to game without realising it.

Just gotta remember to take in the first place though 

[GCook]

Too many people on here assume because you haven't been on here long or have a low post count that your experience is somehow lesser.
Personally my trad experience is less than many.  My bowhunting experience is more than many though.  That said more of my hundreds of bow kills over the last 3 decades were under 20 yards than over.  All of my traditional kills have been u der 20 yards.
Please don't try to invalidate a person just because they are new in the neighborhood.

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[deerfly]

GCook, too many people, really?

If you're calling me out my point was more about who has the moral high ground to challenge others credibility on what amounts to human nature.

Who among us hasn't bought a new bow and said we'd never sell it?

I've said it at least a dz times in the last 20 years and lied every time. Is my opinion not credible then?

The low post count part of that is about throwing your weight around when few would know much about you as opposed to what you may actually know and have credentials to speak on. There's very little history here to read between the lines and again the critique used was subjective at best and an insult to many at worst.

Who steps up to a campfire and starts questioning the credibility of those around the fire already telling their stories?

Where I come from that's almost a certain ass whooping.

ftr, 1arrow pm'd me with a very cordial message and explanation and I replied in kind. There's no problem between us best I can tell.

Lastly, its very out of character for me to even bother responding the way I did and I'm still not sure what rubbed me wrong enough to bother responding in this case either. Regardless, I did respond and I stand by my comments for the reasons I just articulated. - eric

[1Arrow1Kill]

Hello My Brothers.  I still vote for my cordovan tab. I also vote for PEACE and GOODWILL toward ALL MEN!  Never meant to challenge anyone's credibility, just some of the information presented (as stated in my original post).  Boys will be Boys (don't wanna grow up) and we each have differing life experiences.  We each also like or dislike differing things and ideas.  My wife's been teaching me for 39 years that 'My Way' is right for me, but that doesn't mean that 'My Way' is the 'ONLY' way, or that it's 'Right for Others'.  I say. 'I'm learning' . . . she says, 'Not so much'.  She Wins . . . AGAIN!

1Arrow1Kill - OUT!  Time to Practice . . .   

[Roy from Pa]

 

[nineworlds9]

Im a glove man, but only for practice at home and shoots.  When im hunting i only wear a thin camo glove thats slick enough for a few hunting shots.  And besides if my fingers are so tender I cant take a hunting shot with a 50# bow ive got bigger problems.     i hate tabs for splitfinger.  They feel cumbersome. 

[scott myers]

I shot a glove back in my compound days.  It worked really well.  Starting using a recurve to bowfish and kept the glove.  Not sure why I tried a tab but about 10 years ago I did and that’s what I use currently.  Both work well, both feel good but I prefer the tab.  I also practice bare fingers as well just in case I ever forget my tabs when I hit the woods. 

[pavan]

An odd thing that I ran into this year.  About 18 or 20 years ago a bowhunter came and talked to me about boots.  The shoe fixer in town told him that his favorite hunting boots were a lost cause and they could no longer be patched up.  He said that they were his 16th birthday present  and they were only boots he owned.  He just couldn't part with them.  Remember those cordovan tabs with the sheep hide?  We turned one of his boots into an arm guard and the other we traced my tab and made two tabs out of the other boot top.  I ran into him this year over Thanksgiving.  His arm guard is that old boot top, and he was shooting a longbow with one of those cordovan tabs.  Does anyone make a cordovan tab with good boot grade leather?

[GCook]

Im a glove man, but only for practice at home and shoots.  When im hunting i only wear a thin camo glove thats slick enough for a few hunting shots.  And besides if my fingers are so tender I cant take a hunting shot with a 50# bow ive got bigger problems.     i hate tabs for splitfinger.  They feel cumbersome.

I agree.  I actually take a few practice shots with my fingers fairly regularly so I can be ready should the opportunity ever arise.

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[Bladepeek]

I will only say that I wanted to try a tab, but kept getting slapped in the face; especially around the lips.
I found out the tab was way too long. Arnie Moe has a great video about tab length. When you curl your fingers they are on the outside of the curve and the tab needs to be shorter than the fingers.
Made all the difference in the world. I can shoot with either, but like the finger freedom I get with a tab.
If you do want to try a tab, it needs to be a lot shorter than you might think.

[Macatawa]

the thing is, once a glove or tab or whatever "speaks" to you, yer home and nothing else will do, literally forever. 

each of us can break it down and show why something works "best" for each of us, and that's a good, personal thing.  nothing else should and won't matter.

the not-so-good thing is if yer sittin' on a fence and can't seem to decide what yer string hand will wear.  in that case, you ain't shot enuf arras yet.  keep at it and you'll eventually know what will get wrapped around string hand fingers, and the bowstring.  don't just stand at a butt and shoot, rove the woods, get into a more hunting situation and give that fingers protection a good work out.

 

Here 'tis...in a nutshell   

[Macatawa]

Too many people on here assume because you haven't been on here long or have a low post count that your experience is somehow lesser.
Personally my trad experience is less than many.  My bowhunting experience is more than many though.  That said more of my hundreds of bow kills over the last 3 decades were under 20 yards than over.  All of my traditional kills have been u der 20 yards.
Please don't try to invalidate a person just because they are new in the neighborhood.

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Yep...!!   

[Macatawa]

I shot a glove back in my compound days.  It worked really well.  Starting using a recurve to bowfish and kept the glove.  Not sure why I tried a tab but about 10 years ago I did and that’s what I use currently.  Both work well, both feel good but I prefer the tab.  I also practice bare fingers as well just in case I ever forget my tabs when I hit the woods.

Kinda like me.  I use what works...no matter what works for others.  Its all good but better when you choose by first-hand experience. 

[Charlie Lamb]

I like a glove. l actually like a pretty substantial glove. But I can adapt pretty quickly when the need arises. Like when I forgot my glove one morning and needed something/anything to protect my fingers from the sting of the fairly heavy bows I prefer.
A business card and a pocket knife did the trick. I didn't have to use it, but there was a lot of peace of mind in that little piece of card stock.

 

[1Arrow1Kill]

Nice Charlie.  Necessity IS the mother of invention.  After a closer look, it appears you have the very first Harry S Truman tab.

[Charlie Lamb]

Well, you won't be seeing any tabs made from Benjamins any time soon.

[Roy from Pa]

I'm confused now.

So I think I'll just order a thumb ring..

 

[pavan]

For really cold rabbit hunting, I found that a cordovan tab with rather stiff deer skin that is big enough to fit  over a moderately warm glove, gives a really good release.  I tried leather gloves, but mine are not warm enough and the string sinks in too deep. 

[Slickhead]

tried, didnt like it