How do you keep your hands warm?

[Josh Perdue]

While in the stand last week one cold morning my shooting hand fingers got really cold practically numb. Before getting out of my stand I came to anchor and realized I couldn't even feel my finger in the corner of my mouth and my site picture was way off. I wouldn't have felt comfortable shooting even if I had the chance. Since then I've been using hot hands and they work well. Was wondering if anyone has used the zippo hand warmer, or how do you keep your hands warm?

I know a lot of people probably wear gloves and I have tried gloves before but it just seems to mess with my anchor. I shoot a tab as well.

[VictoryHunter]

Hot hands!

[Rob W.]

I wear a thin spandex type gloves and a Asbell wool muff. When it gets real cold I add hand warmers.

[Thumper Dunker]

Stay in California  LOL.    

[m midd]

I usually keep my string hand inside my vest on my side

[Pete McMiller]

Wear a glove on your string hand that has had the fingers cut off.  Most of my gloves have the fingers off of the right hand.

[onemississipp]

Pockets and movement .. Really cold sit on them or put them in your arm pits.

Buy a larger glove you can wear with gloves...

[Stumpkiller]

Wool glove with leather palm for my bow hand and a wool fingerless mitt on my string hand.  I keep that in a Winona Camo fleece lined pocket that attaches to my belt.  

When it gets really cold a Glommit instead of a glove on my bow hand and my string hand.

   
   

[babs]

I like a hand muff with hand warmers and thin gloves or no gloves don't really like shooting with gloves on my bow hand. I use a big shot glove and usually buy the cheap camo jersey gloves and cut out the finger tips on my draw hand.

[Gen273]

I agree with babs, I use a hand muff.

[hitman]

I have a pouch that fits around my waist that you can put both hands in and use hot hands inside it.

[fujimo]

as above- hand muff, and warmers if need be. dont like gloves for shooting

[LB_hntr]

hand muff for me too. simple to strap around your waist and stick your hands in to stay toasty warm until you need to shoot.
also wear warm gloves for hanging and droping stands and climbing stands.

[tippit]

An old Screaming Eagle Wooly Bugger fleece muff that straps around your waist.  I don't wear a glove on my shooting hand with tab and only a light liner glove on my bow holding hand. No movement and quiet as it sits in my lap.  It is so thick with sheep fleece that there is no need for hand warmer plus the fleece blocks any wind from entering. I also never hold my bow as I use a 3 arm EZ Bow Hanger that keeps my bow right in front of me...tippit

 

 

[bicster]

I struggled with this issue too until I found the right combination. I wear a pair of thin gloves with my string fingers cut off and I use a fleece muff with a chemical Hot Hands pack inside. You still need the gloves for when you are holding a bow as a deer slowly walks in. My hands went numb one time from a close encounter that lasted a long time.

[njloco]

I do what Charlie ( stumpkiller ) does, but I use the mittens that can slide on and off the fingers, so  when  you uncover the fingers,  you  have the picture that Charlie shows above, and  you  can  leave  your  tab  on covered or uncovered.

When  it  gets  really  cold, I  use a  hand  muff with  hand  warmers  like  the  others  do.

[Chain2]

I like a muff. When it is raining and sleeting like it has been here for 6 weeks, I can also keep my nocked arrow's fletching dry with it, on my lap.

[silent sniper]

This is what I use and with great success may I add. I use this Hot Shot hand muff while I am hunting. I don't wear any gloves unless its really cold than a light pair will do. I sit in my double bull magnum chair with my bow across my lap under my hand muff. This keeps my fletching dry in the rain and keeps my bright pink fletching hid. I keep my hands in the muff at all times unless I am going to pick up my bow.

  I feel keeping my hands in the muff helps break up my outline by keeping my arms close to my body. My Muff has a window in It so I can get on my phone and look on Trad Gang while hunting without making any outside movement. Like I said it works for me!
 http://www.amazon.com/JACOB-ASH-TEXTPAC-HAND-WARMER/dp/B00927FD04/ref=pd_sim_sbs_sg_2

[Bowwild]

I can't stand gloves on my hands. I have some very think under-armor ones but I just need the skin on grip feel. Maybe, if I practiced with gloves I might trust them.

Mostly I just keep the hands in the pockets or inside my bib tops. The bow is hanging within easy reach. Sometimes the hands get cold as I hold the grip waiting for a deer to get in shooting position (or not).

I do have a Sitka Gear hand muff that straps around the waist that is very comfy but it has to be very cold (under 30 degrees) for me to bother with it.

[reddogge]

I wear a cotton glove with rubber nubbies on the left hand and brown cotton work jersey glove with 3 fingers and thumb cut off with shooting glove over top. Then I stick that in my pocket and add chemical handwarmers if really cold.

I stopped using the stinky, unreliable Jon-E handwarmers when they invented the Hot Hands.