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Sunday, December 12. 2021

Hunting gloves

One of my pals uses this sort of thing. You can leave your trigger finger out. Yes, they make them for lefties and righties at Orvis.


I'd get them as skin-tight as possible. I really do not like gloves for hunting, even for duck and goose in winter. If ducks are coming in, I throw off my gloves. I need the feel of the gun and, even with that, I am not a good shot. Mediocre.


I just do not do enough shooting. I would not mind doing more, but it's a whole day thing like golf and I usually have other things to do too. I am grateful that I never took up golf.

Posted by Bird Dog in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc. at 12:49 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Hi,
just a comment about being 'a good shot'.
I shoot pictures, using a camera has been the only shooting I've done. One day I had an opportunity to shoot a crossbow and I found out I was a good shot. I also tried a rifle and was accurate too. Turns out using a camera is good training for aiming.
#1 Jessica on 2021-12-12 17:29 (Reply)
You do not aim a shotgun. You swing it.

It's more like hitting a moving car with a snowball.
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2021-12-12 17:51 (Reply)
Yes indeed Mr. Bird Dog. You "point". I do quail over a Brittany named Jager. Olve you site.
#1.1.1 george wolf on 2021-12-13 09:05 (Reply)
Hunting gloves. I've tried them all from very expensive deerskin to cheap cloth. The best I've found, for all weather--including below zero, is plain, old brown jersey gloves. Works for upland as well as big game. Sometimes found for about $1 per pair. Believe me. Warm or cold weather they do the job. And in the cold, if necessary, you can shed them quickly for the proper trigger feel. I know it sounds crazy, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
#2 rocdoctom on 2021-12-12 20:38 (Reply)
BD--

For me, the secret for good wing shooting is sporting clays. A couple of summers, a friend and I shot a round or two of clays every week. My shooting on live birds in the fall was never better. When I failed to shoot clays regularly in the summer, my shooting in the fall suffered. A good coach can teach the fundamentals, but the mechanics of leading a bird is learned only by practice.

JB
#3 John on 2021-12-12 22:39 (Reply)
I had some tight, pigskin drivers that worked pretty well if I was blind sitting. For me, I wanted to have them thin & light enough to get my index finger into the trigger guard easily, plus pigskin gives a good grip when it's tight. If it's cold though, I use some Thinsulite glove liners. They're thin enough and warm enough to work.

Working with the dogs, when you don't know when something's going to flush, I was never comfortable with gloves. I used a Woolrich shooting vest that had big handwarmer pockets and just alternated hands.

Glad you had a chance to get out this year.
#4 Aggie on 2021-12-12 23:53 (Reply)

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