Glove Help??

[Cmalone1]

I am needing to find a new glove and would love some suggestions...My ring finger is getting absolutely EAT up from the bow string...I'm starting to form a calas(think i spelled it right) but I am wanting something that has stiffer tips...

Right now i'm shooting just a neet glove that i bought at my local bow shop and it's fine on my other bows but I just acquired a 73lb bow...so now I'm needing something with a LOT harder finger tips...

I will really appreciate your guys help...

Coty

[NDTerminator]

IMO the best glove available is the Big Shot by American Leathers. I have both the buffalo and elk hide Big Shots.  I shoot constantly and haven't had a problem with sore fingers or callouses since I switched to Big Shots.

Those wimpy little Neet gloves should be against the law...

[Smallwood]

get yourself an american leather big shot and your fingers will be saved.
when you order, get a couple in different sizes so you can pick which one fits best, and then exchange the other one for the same size as you kept. now you have a backup glove as well.
   If it's you ring finger that's sore, you may have too high of an elbow at full draw.

[Pepper]

2nd on the Big Shot, don't think you can go wrong with one of these.

[Cmalone1]

I have always thought about getting a big shot...they look like really good gloves...

What do you they use for the finger overlays? It looks like nylon webbing...

[Chris Shelton]

Definatly the big shot, the nylon has saved me several times before, I have shot fish out on the creek, and after not thinking reached in to grab it and got the glove soaked, I continued to shoot and was still fine.  It stiffened like leather will afterwards but it is still a fantastic glove.  I have had mine for two years now, and I shoot almost everyday!

[Covey]

Kinda hard to get use to at first but IMHO the big shot's are the best. Jason

[Shakes.602]

I use the Same Old Style Glove as Byron Ferguson and Howard Hill Use or used!! Cordovan Tipped and The Straps Wont Bake your Whole Hand!!

[lpcjon2]

I use a NEET brand 3-finger palm glove.

[xtrema312]

I have been messing with a super glove. Very slick cordovan tips.  I want to try a Big Shot.

[seabound]

You need to set it up to at least cordovan leather reinforced tips. Check out the super glove. I'd also like to try a big shot. I currently use the dura-glove with a 54# bow and love it.

[Lechwe]

I'm with smallwood. You are putting way too much pressure on that finger. I had a similar problem because of a short bow and a little finger pinch. Adjust your grip on the string so there is less being done by the ring finger.

Good luck

[Cmalone1]

Thanks for the info smallwood and Lechwe...I am going to try the big shot glove...how do they run? I shoot a large or XL glove normally...Do thy run small, big, or fit right?

Also if anybody has one for sale let me know and I'll take it off your hands...

Coty

[bowslinger]

For 65# and up, I second the recommendation of a cordovan leather glove.  They are extremely durable and really spare the fingers. For 60 pounds and less, I really like the Duraglove from 3Rivers.  They wear like iron.  I was wearing out two seal skin gloves a year and tried a Duraglove.  I am shooting the same one 2 years later.  It seems to me to have a very slick realease.