96trigger Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 So all summer I shoot my bow without gloves, in the fall I start wearing gloves to get use to the feel as I always have gloves on in the stand. I have never really noticed the gloves causing issues but I have noticed that since I put on the gloves, my accuracy has gone down a little bit, not much and I wasn't concerned, probably went from a 2 inch group to a 3 inch group. What I didn't like was that every once in awhile I would get an errant arrow. Usually close enough for a kill, but not in the bullseye, and we are talking a game of inches here. Last night my hunting gloves were in my scent free tub so I just grabbed my pair of under armour running gloves. These gloves are skin tight and have a rubber webbing on the palm making them a little grippy. I have never shot so good, my groups were as tight as I have ever seen them and I have been shooting bow for 20 years. I didn't have one errant arrow during the session. I'm going to try them again tonight and see if I get the same results. I shoot a switchback XT which has the wood grip, the smooth gloves are probably causing some bow slip on release, if I squeeze the grip, I get bow torque. I was able to hold the bow much much looser and I don't get any grip slip, I also don't need to squeeze the grip and don't have bow torque. Just thought I would throw that out there as an FYI. leechlake 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leechlake Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I've used softball/baseball type of batting gloves for years. When it's cold I just have a hand warmer around my waist. They usually have some tacky type material in the palm, work awesome, say concept as your talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofishfisherman Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 The extra grip makes sense, good tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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