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Switched to bare fingers.
El Destructo:
I shoot my 55 and 60 Pound Bows barefingered....you can't just start one Day though....you have to toughen your fingers up a little at a time to it.
junker:
I think i may try that today. been a while since i shot without a glove. i got a 61#longbow and a 65# recurve.
For some reason or another i have been plucking the string lately. the only time i really every plucked a string was on lighter bows like 45#
Little John:
Somehow lost my glove in the woods this morning and shot several bare finger practice shots and shot about nornal or better. I think now I will carry a spare at leaST SHOOTING TAB ION MY WAR BAG. Kenneth
zeNBowyer:
Never thought about it till now, but I am wondering how long shooters have used gloves of whatever sort, and if generations of shooter just did it the hard way and toughened up their callouses, anyone have any history on this post it, I'm sure a lot of american indian cultures shot bare fingered, but I think their bows were predominantly under 50#, will be interesting to see the documentation on this:)
sweeney3:
ZanShen,
I hadn't thought too much about, but that is an interesting question. I know that Ishi shot with not protective material, but his shooting methods are described as "peculiar" in that he employeed a thumb pinch hold. I haven't read much about other Native Americans. Just purely speculation, but I imagine they would have at least been comfortable with a bare finger release, if not to use it exclusivly. I just know that I am much more accurate and consistant with it. Incidently, I finished a way-too-light hackberry bow a couple weeks ago. It's about 30 lbs so I can't use it for hunting, but I can shoot it indefinatly using bare fingers, and I am approaching that with my Owl Bow. Certainly the lighter bows are easier to shoot this way, although I imagine that, like most other things, it is a matter of training and exposure.
Instersting question. I want to do some more reading now. Thanks!
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