cold weather shooting gloves

[Dave Nash]

#7144

I really enjoy shooting my longbow all winter but can’t for the life of me find a glove that keeps my hands warm and allows for a good release. Anyone have suggestion’s?

Thanks Dave

[grumpy]

#58619

I use the same gloves I use for work (uninsulated), and when it is cold, I use one of those little chemical (rusting iron) hand warmers in the palm. When it gets too hot, the hand warmer goes in my pocket for a little. There is a lot to be said about using what you are accustomed to. Oh, they also FIT! I have small fingers and big knuckles (due to arthritus and injuries) so hard to fit. These streach around the knuckles (HD).

Pete

[Dave Nash]

#59343

Thanks Pete,might give that a try

Dave

[1shot]

#59591

None that I have tried worked for me shooting, but the ones used by race car pit crews fit tight and have great grip.

[Brennan Herr]

#59684

I use fingerless gloves with the pullover tops…I cut them so my shooting gloves fit thought the finger holes. Perfect no but the best I found so far.

[Ralph]

#59697

Since I started shooting 3 under I can shoot either with a tab or shooting glove. So if it’s cold (It only has to be below 40* and my old hands get cold, I frost bit’em both when I was delivering papers when I lived in Mnt. Home, Idaho as a youth) I been trying this combo with my homemade tab.

I used a double holed ?cord latch?, dunno what they’re really called, so I can adjust the holding loop to what I need for glove or no glove. I can’t get on the string and arrow as quickly but if my hands were cold and stiff I wouldn’t be able to shoot anyway.

[ChumpMcgee]

#60685

I have a pair of gloves that have the mitt like glove that can fold back. I tested a couple of different methods with my shooting glove. I first tried to wear my shooting glove over my winter glove but my fingers still got cold due to the tight fit of my winter glove. What works for me is wearing my shooting glove on the OUTSIDE of my winter glove.

I have been thinking about getting a new shooting glove and cutting the tips off and sowing them into a pair of gloves. I assume someone makes a pair of these kind of gloves but I have a no luck finding them.

[mhay]

#60780

Been using the Jersey’s for decades . Also , I have two shooting gloves . One works on the outside ,,,one on the inside , depending which glove I may use on any given day . Simply cut the 3 fingers off the Jersey .

During really cold weather I keep the button above my knife belt unfastened and just slide my hand inside my outside shirt . So far it has worked out great , though I may appear to have an injured arm in a sling while waiting on a cloven hoofed quadruped to come by .:D

[Dave Nash]

#62200

Thanks guys for the suggestions. The Jerseys work great.Not that cold yet but I believe for short practice sessions they will be fine as the weather cools.Amazing the vast amount of knowledge can be found if you only ask.Best trad site ever

Stay well brother’s and sister’s. I just lost my 99 year uncle one hour ago. He worked on the family farm until yesterday. Laid down for a nap and passed away. He taught me how to shoot a longbow sixty years ago.God’s speed old timer.

Dave

[mhay]

#62995

Truly sorry for your loss, Dave .

[Bruce Smithhammer]

#63123

Sorry for your loss, Dave. It sounds like he lived a long and full life right up to the end, and went as peacefully as one could hope for.

Back on topic, I go back and forth between a tab and gloves and have still never been able to make up my mind which I prefer in the long run (though I’m currently back to shooting my glove again…). For cold weather with a glove, I do as others mentioned and combine it with a fingerless fleece or wool glove.

Has anyone used the “Black Glove” from Kustom King? It’s all synthetic, and is supposed to dry quickly and be more insulating than a leather glove. Might be nice for cooler, wet weather.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

#63219

This thread caused me to go take a look at the American Leathers site, since I hadn’t looked at it in quite a while, and it looks like they are now making “handwarmer” gloves out of windstopper fleece to compliment a shooting glove in cold weather. Palms and thumb are covered in deerhide for additional grippiness. They look pretty sweet.

[David Coulter]

#7981

Dave Nash,

Sorry for your loss. What an inspiration to have in your life.

For winter shooting, I use my Duraglove inside one of those half-finger gloves with the folding mitt tops, sometimes. The rest of the time, I just have a pair of light wool gloves that I cut three fingers off on the right glove with my duraglove underneath. It’s easy to keep my hand in my pocket where it’s got the best chance of staying warm. dwc

[William Warren]

#9229

During early fall I use the half finger rag wool gloves with my dura glove and if I need a little more protection the wool glove liners from the Surplus store are available in half finger and full finger. I get a pair of each in OD green then use a half finger on my shooting hand and full finger on my bow hand. Then when it gets too cold for that I have wool mittens with the split palm. Just keep the dura glove inside until time to shoot.

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