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Thumb ring
dragonman:
have you seen those rubber things that you slide down the string, so that you dont need a glove or tab? I have never used one and dont know where to get them, but I have seen other archers use them and you can shoot comfortably without a glove...they look cheap to buy but hard to put on the string
kleinpm:
--- Quote from: bubby on April 01, 2014, 04:28:46 pm ---you could always learn to shoot bare handed
--- End quote ---
I think this is probably a good option. I plan to use a sinew string for most of my hunting this year and they are not quite as painful bare fingered. I keep hoping that one form of pinch grip is going to click for me but it doesn't seem like its going to.
Wooden Spring,
I completely overlooked a shooting tab. I might give that a try. I love my glove but I don't like the loss of dexterity that comes with it.
Patrick
swimbill:
The rubber things are called no glove finger savers. They are cheap and really easy to put on if you let them soften in hot water for a couple of minutes. I use them with all my student bows. Much easier than messing around with gloves or tabs.
Swimbill
Traxx:
but you do need the arrow on the same side as your draw hand (if your bow hand is your left hand, then the arrow should be on the Right of the bow handle, with your right thumb drawing it) due to the mechanics involved in the release.
I hafta disagree.I was under the same impresion about that as well,untill i saw a vid of Mongolian elders doing the opposite.I tried it and fiddled around with it and can shoot the same way.I use my middle finger to hold the thumb.
Carson (CMB):
I prefer tabs over gloves because of the dexterity thing. Once you get used to wearing a well fitting tab, you forget it is even there.
I have a crude horn thumb ring that I have only used to draw back a few bows, but havent shaped it up enough yet to try actually loosing arrows yet.
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