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Switched to bare fingers.
sweeney3:
I have been shooting with a glove for a long time. A few weeks ago, on a whim one night, I tied taking several shots bare finger. No glove, no tab. Naturally, it made my fingers sore after a few shots, but I noticed an IMEDIATE tightening of my shot group. I mean substantial. From a decent-but-not-great spread hand sized group to a pretty tight knot of arrows in the target. This caught my attention. Since then, I've been shooting more and more shots every day bare finger. I'm at the point now where I can shoot a lot-enough that I lose count-without being sore and my shooting has really improved. All else is essentially the same, but my theory is that with bare fingers I am twisting the string less, coming nearer to centered under my eye at anchor, and getting a more consistent anchor point. I don't know if any of this is true or what exactly the reason is, but I can see the results and am very pleased with it. And, it's one less piece of stuff to have to keep up with and carry around in the woods this fall.
I am wondering who else has tried this and what have your observations been? I have seen that my good shots are anywhere from the same to slightly better, and my bad shots aren't nearly as bad as they were. They are now decent shots still in an average sized kill zone rather than off in left field somewhere. I am pleased with this.
Josh:
I have recently done the same thing as you have. I was at a friends house and we were gonna shoot his targets so I went to my truck to get my bow and realized I forgot my shooting tab. I decided to shoot anyway and I too realized a tighter grouping every time. It made my fingers real sore the next day but now I am doing it more and I am getting callouses on my shooting fingers and it doesn't hurt anymore. I don't think I have used my shooting tab since. I am using a 50 lb bow. What are you shooting? -josh
sweeney3:
I'm shooting a 52# sinew backed white oak Owl bow that Ed Scott made for me. I am working on a hackberry bow that I am wanting to make a few pounds lighter. Still hunting weght. Maybe 44-48 range. I think that with just a bit lighter weight I really could shoot all day. I've got to where I can shoot a lot already. I wonder how late season cold weather will affect this? I think that if I wear the wool glove/mittens that I have worn in the past with my shooting glove on under, I shouldn't have too much trouble. You just gotta take one shot then, right? ;)
Ryano:
Yep, I'm a bare finger guy also....can't hit crap with anything on my fingers. I need to be able to feel the string. I have calluses from shooting and it doesn't bother my fingers at all anymore.....
Kegan:
I shot barefinger for a long time, until I started shooting heavier bows and more in the winter. Then I tried a glove, which creased and gave me crummy flight. I tried a store bought one but that was worse. Eventually I tried a simple tab, which gave me better flight than barefinger or a glove, because the callouses on my fingers crease worse than a glove :P.
Had I stoped at 50-55#, this never would have become an issue I'm sure.
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