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Mesophilic:
Just read some of the ideas for shooting gloves in cold weather and it reminded me to ask a question I meant to post a week or so ago.

Went to the range a couple of weeks ago,  and the high was in the low 30's,  so I wore a winter coat.  The string kept slapping the jacket sleeve and my cast suffered greatly.   Any suggestions for what to do about it?

I had one of my daughter's hair rubberbands in the truck so I used that to tighten up the sleeve a little bit, it helped but was no fix.

chamookman:
A good Wool Vest. I wore a Filson for years - with a wool shirt under. Worked til it got 0 below, then I'd swap the vest for a King of the Mountain shirt. Never had a problem with the sleeve with that  (S)  :OK ! Bob

StickMark:
For sorta of different reason, I cut the sleeves of my ASAT camo shirt.  Kept bunching up in the arms, back, and sleeves were too short.  Much better.

I second the vest option.  I also started using an armguard, simply for protection should one og my shoot shafts blow.

ksnow:
Yep, vests are great when it gets cold. I wear a heavy wool sweater under a vest, with a jacket over that. I wear an armguard all of the time, mostly to hold my jacket sleeve in place. Make sure the guard straps aren't too tight, or it will make your hand cold.

Now if I could just find a way to locate arrows that decide to go under the snow instead of in the target.

Kyle

Pat B:
Practice, practice, practice...and be sure your bow arm sleeve is out of the way.   ;D

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