Tab or Glove ? Which is better for hunting in cold weather ?

[Nathan Killen]

Which do you prefer ? I wanna be able to shoot with thin gloves on.

[bigbadjon]

My recommendation is to use what you normally do. Just keep your shooting hand in your pocket to keep it warm.

[durp]

glove...i just cut the ends off the three string fingers.

[EHK]

I realize this is a question of personal preference, but I'm with durp.  Cut 3 fingers off a cold weather glove and wear your shooting glove.  Keep the hand in a pocket with a checmical handwarmer and it's almost too warm.

[macksdad]

I like a glove and I have one of those Fanny pack hand warmers like you see quarterbacks use. You can get them for $20 at cabelas

[Easykeeper]

Originally posted by EHK:
I realize this is a question of personal preference, but I'm with durp.  Cut 3 fingers off a cold weather glove and wear your shooting glove.  Keep the hand in a pocket with a checmical handwarmer and it's almost too warm.

This works for me too.

[huntingarcher]

I am with macksdad I do the very same thing never had a problem.

[Night Wing]

Originally posted by macksdad:
I like a glove and I have one of those Fanny pack hand warmers like you see quarterbacks use. You can get them for $20 at cabelas

I use the same thing to keep my shooting hand warm, but I prefer a tab.

[Bowtie]

Tab for me.  I've been stump shooting with friends about every week through January and February here in NE Pennsylvania.  On my bow hand, I wear a warm glove. I keep my tab-hand in my coat pocket next to a hand warmer...... does the trick.

[Buckwheaties]

Tab all the way. Hand warmer, and exact same feel as when you target shoot.

[Claym]

I use a glove and wear light gloves overtop with the shooting fingers cut out as described above. I'm also a huge fan of the fanny packs like Macksdad said with some hand warmers thrown in. Works like a charm.  I'll carry some heavy gloves with me just in case, but I usually don't need them.

When it is bitterly cold, I use a cant pinch with a very hard piece of leather added to it that is large enough to fit over an insulated glove, otherwise I use a American Leathers glove with a fleece glove over it..

[EL Mejor]

YEP, KEEP HANDS WARM, HOW EVER U CAN, WHEN READY SHOOT... GOOD LUCK...

[flintznstyx]

dura glove and jersey with three fingers cut off is all i use no matter how cold. can always put your hand in a pocket if need be.

[Birdbow]

Nathan,
 I also use a tab year round here in N.H. but do it a little differently. I use a tab over thin a glove (either wool or fleece) which helps when your "on point" with game in the area but waiting for the shot. I practice regularly with too. Hope this is helpful. Best regards, Todd

[Bowwild]

Both my bow and string hand are bare when I'm about to shoot, regardless of the weather. I do like others have written above to keep warm until time to grab the bow. I'd have to practice with the thin gloves to trust wearing one when shooting.

I use a glove rather than a tab. I like the feel of the string better with the glove than with the tabs I've tried.

[Mojostick]

There's 2 options for me.

When "normal cold"...

A tab with a "good", thinner glove. When colder, I use a light/midweight Under Armour glove and I picked up a nifty, lined belt style handwarmer at the K-Zoo show, that you slide your hand down into. Throw 1-4 handwarmers in there and you're all set with hot hands.

When "silly cold"...

I use the Grey Wolf "mitts". They slide over your whole arm and have a huge opening that you kind of "flick" your hand out of, when shooting. If that makes any sense.

 http://www.graywolfwoolens.com/store/product.php?productid=167&cat=38&page=1

They are a tad bulky, but if you also add 1-2 handwarmers in there too, you are good at very cold temps.

[Beanbag]

Tab, with those flip open gloves with velcro or magnets to hold the flap back JG

[Jerry Bellmyer]

I like the tab...easy to get on quickly..

[stickem1]

I use a glove and a heavy gove minus 3 firngers also.