What Glove?

[DanielB89]

I know that new ones are always coming out.  I am currently using a Black Widow Stik Tite and like it, but I am looking at seeing if there is another one out there I should look at before just ordering another one of them. 

I prefer a little more material on the fingers and I much prefer the stitching seams to be on the back of my fingers. 

Any guidance for a new glove? 

Thanks, Fellas.

[Pine]

Check out American Leathers.
I have the Big Shot Crossover Buffalo hide and I love it.
They have several styles and leather options. 

[M60gunner]

America Leathers Crossover Kangaroo glove. Have mine 5 years now. No stretching.

[Steelhead]

When I shot gloves I used American Leathers a lot.Thier very strong and very well made.The finger tip overlays are slick.

I also used ones that had soft leather with Velcro strap and Cordovan leather tip overlays.You can feel the string better with those styles and a little more feel for your anchor.The cordovan is slick and lasts a long time.Not as much finger protection as the American Leathers.That may not matter unless you shoot heavier bows or have finger issues like tendons that get stressed from shooting a lot for example.

[Yellow Dog]

Shot Damacus gloves for 20+ years until they quit making them in the USA and the fit and quality just wasn’t the same. I drove down to Gregg Coffey’s place a few years back to pick up a bow he’d built for me. I didn’t bring a glove to shoot it so Gregg handed me a glove to fling a few arrows. Asked him “what is this glove”?.......Bearpaw Black Glove. Ordered a couple as soon as I returned home and won’t shoot anything else now. Great gloves and they don’t break the bank either.

[Terry Green]

American Leathers Big Shot Slick Shot.

Lasts n lasts n lasts....I have 3. 

[DanielB89]

This brings me to my next question:

at what point do you change gloves?  My original stick tite has developed the crease where I grip the string.  Is it now time to get a new one? Or is there something I can do to fix that? 

Given how much I like it, I went ahead and ordered another last night.  I do plan on ordering a different one as well. 

[kevsuperg]

America Leathers Crossover Kangaroo glove. Have mine 5 years now. No stretching.

This for me too, really great glove

[Trenton G.]

I use a big shot buffalo glove. I really like it, but the downside is that they aren't cheap, and after a year if you shoot a lot they develope such bad string grooves in the overlays that it's almost impossible to get a clean release. I'm interested in trying one if the Bearpaw gloves.

[V I Archer]

I love my Howard Hill deluxe with inserts.  That said, I have long been coveting a big shot kangaroo.

[DanielB89]

I use a big shot buffalo glove. I really like it, but the downside is that they aren't cheap, and after a year if you shoot a lot they develope such bad string grooves in the overlays that it's almost impossible to get a clean release. I'm interested in trying one if the Bearpaw gloves.

that's what i'm battling now

[pavan]

In my Big shot American Leathers glove I treat them with Neatsfoot oil.  It softens them up and it is easy to work any grooving that may develop out of them.  I quite often walk in left handed with my duo shooter bows and then switch to right handed when i sit.  I use the same glove, I message the crease out, do a few blank draws and a practice shot or two, and my left hand glove becomes a a right hand optimized glove.  Years back i gave my first James Schulz built nylon American Leathers glove to a friend, he is still using it today.  it was a left hand glove for me, it is a right hand glove for him. 

[Steelhead]

The Hill with inserts and gloves like that do resist grooving very well

[Charlie Lamb]

I'm not sure how long I've been shooting my Big Shot Kangaroo Crossover glove but it just keeps getting better. I shoot a lot and there's no grooving.
There are inserts in the tips but they aren't even close to being as stiff as the Hill Deluxe glove.  I highly recommend it as break in was a breeze and it's been super comfortable from the beginning.

[Terry Green]

I use a big shot buffalo glove. I really like it, but the downside is that they aren't cheap, and after a year if you shoot a lot they develope such bad string grooves in the overlays that it's almost impossible to get a clean release. I'm interested in trying one if the Bearpaw gloves.

 I've been shooting their gloves for over 10 years I've never experienced this or anything close to this.

6 year old American Leathers glove takes the hardest animal to kill with a bow in Africa with a heart shot.

[MnFn]

I have three American Leather gloves and like them all.   A Big Shot, a Kangaroo, and a Crossover? (Can’t remember for sure).

I have shot them a lot and don’t feel the creasing is a problem at all for me.  If you are worried about that, I’d suggest  the kangaroo although it has less padding I think.

[GCook]

I use a big shot buffalo glove. I really like it, but the downside is that they aren't cheap, and after a year if you shoot a lot they develope such bad string grooves in the overlays that it's almost impossible to get a clean release. I'm interested in trying one if the Bearpaw gloves.

I shoot a Bearpaw bodnik speed glove.  I like it and plan to get another.  But I've only shot it since 2015 so I'm not sure how it will last long term.

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[Trenton G.]

I use a big shot buffalo glove. I really like it, but the downside is that they aren't cheap, and after a year if you shoot a lot they develope such bad string grooves in the overlays that it's almost impossible to get a clean release. I'm interested in trying one if the Bearpaw gloves.

I shoot a Bearpaw bodnik speed glove.  I like it and plan to get another.  But I've only shot it since 2015 so I'm not sure how it will last long term.

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How thick are they? I shoot heavier bows around 55-60 and I like to have some protection. If it lasted from 2015, that's way better than I'm doing. I replace mine every year almost. Must be doing something wrong I guess.

[GCook]

Leather with a ballistic nylon finger tip

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[KentuckyWolf]

Shot a Cordovan tip glove for years....they are hard to beat. Although, I resent my picked up a BearPaw black speed glove....loving it. Might be a little cleaner on release. Good string feel on mid weight bows.