The Tab Experiment is Over!

[Autumnarcher]

Over the summer I've tried several tabs, none of which I can really remember the names of. I've shot with plain leather or deerskin tabs, some with some really smooth polished leather, and some with artificial surfaces. Try and try as I might, I could never get consistent with them. I had days I shot real well with them, and days I couldn't hit my hind end with my own back quiver.

I feel I gave the tab a fair shake, but the other night I finally tossed it aside for good, and went back to my good old Damascus glove. I like the thinner fingers,thick enough to protect my fingers, but still a good feel of the string.
My anchor feels right. My arrows are now going back to where they belong.

I can't say for sure why I even tried the tab, other than to say i did it, but inconsistency has no place in the hunting woods.

Funny thing is, my youngest son also tried a tab, and he tossed his glove aside, and is shooting great with the calfskin tab he got at the GLLI. Good for him.

[Three Arrows]

I ended up the same way as you.  I went through about 8 different tabs one year.  I never could get consistent enough with one. For some reason, I would develop a "claw" draw when using the tabs.  I really wanted to use one so I could wear a light glove when hunting.

[MikeBurns]

Quitter!! I'm just the opposite, started with a glove switched to a tab and never looked back. Use whatever works.

[vtmtnman]

I never liked them either.I've tried and tried with them but they're just too darn akward.

[Wannabe1]

Never could figure out consistent shooting with one. I'll stick to my glove!

[David Lewis]

I'm with Mike. I tried a glove a few times; it feels awkward and I can't feel my face.

[FOXXNTROUT]

I love tabs...want my mailing address?

[ron w]

I go back and forth,,can't seem to find a good or bad thing about either,except a glove won't fall off.

[WestTnMan]

I can't shoot them either and have tried. I am sticking with my glove, a Blackwidow PDQ.

[xtrema312]

Well I switched this year to a tab.  What I found is I had to change my anchor because without the glove's extra material I couldn't get to my mouth without hitting my lip or something with the string.  After that I found I needed to get them short so they only got to my first joint with an open hand or end of my tips with a deep hook.  That took out a lot of the left shooting I was getting at first.  I shoot split finger.  Now I am playing with 3 under, and I think I may try a glove with that because my tab anchor puts the nock at my eye with 3 under.  I don’t care for that.

[J-dog]

I have used a super achery mitt(tab) and they are awesome. Course been using the same one for 22 years now! Got a new one not long ago and started to break it in with pitch blend and usage BUT I just cant retire the old tab as he is battle hardened!!

Work for some not for others?

J

[Jeff Strubberg]

Different strokes...

I found a glove was in my way all the time doing the 1001 other things you do besides drawing a bow while in the woods.  I've been using a simple one hole target tab for 15 years or so.

[Red Boar]

Originally posted by Three Arrows:
I ended up the same way as you.  I went through about 8 different tabs one year.  I never could get consistent enough with one. For some reason, I would develop a "claw" draw when using the tabs.  I really wanted to use one so I could wear a light glove when hunting.

Ditto for me....it's just all about finding what is comfortable for you.  Went through the same experience with quivers (a much more expensive experimentation period   :rolleyes:  ).

[Jeff Sample]

I think most tabs have too much junk on them, making them difficult for some to shoot comfortably. A simple one-hole, single layer codovan leather tab, no finger spacer, works fine for me, and is way better than a glove for me, as I get a much better feel for my anchor, and can get the string in close to the corner of my mouth; I was never able to do that with a glove.

[Scarne]

I use a light cordavon leather tab with my Damascus glove.  Yea...I know its wierd but between the two I can feel the string and with the tab I get a smoother release.  Find what works for you and stick with it.  Sometimes you already have the best thing going for you and just don't know it...till you try something else. I think that is what makes all of this fun.

[Coop]

The last few PA archery seasons have gotten pretty cold by the end. With a shooting glove I really couldn't wear a glove on my right hand because I didn't like the release I had on the string with a hunting glove over my shooting glove. I am not a fan of keeping my hands in my pockets when hunting, don't ask me why. This year I tried a Cavalier tab and wish I would have switched years ago. My release is smoother (my "plucking" problem on release is gone), I am no longer spinning the arrow when drawing, it has just really improved my shooting. Might just be mental, but it worked. Plus with the elastic cord I can use my hunting gloves, both light and heavy, and it doesn't change my shooting. I tried already to be sure.

[Autumnarcher]

I think of all the tabs I tried, the ones  Icut out of a piece of tanned deer hide worked the best. But I shot today with a deerskin work glove on while I was working on ground blinds, and shot really good.

Maybe next year I'll tinker with.... carbon shafts. LOL

[acadian archer]

tried tabs also but went back to a glove. old habits die hard lol

[George D. Stout]

Shoot with what you are happy with as long as you shoot well.   I shoot better with a tab, but I started with one in 1965.

[PeteA]

I shoot with a cordovan tab and trimmed it down a bit. Once trimmed to fit my fingers better my groups improved another 10%