Keeping hands warm?

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cyclonenation10

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Well the weather here in Iowa has started to turn, and it is getting cold and windy. Early in the season I usually don't have any issues keeping my hands warm, but when theres a brisk wind and temps in the teens, I really struggle to keep my hands warm right away. Once I walk for 30-40 minutes my hands warm up fine, but the first half hour I don't even know If I could get a shot off, my trigger finger has almost no feeling whatsoever. I usually wear either my under armour liner gloves or wool liners, underneath flip-up mittens. Like I said, my hands are good after a little while of walking, but my finger tips go numb the first while in the field. Does anyone else have this problem? If so, have you found anything to avoid this from happening?

Thanks!
 
The most flexible gloves that I have found for hunting and shooting are golf gloves. The regular golf glove comes in either a single left or right hand, but the rain gloves and winter gloves come in a pair. You can get them on line or at a sporting goods store, they work great for me and I never leave home with out them. Try them on at a store before buying them on line and stick with the same brand when ordering, as with any other item, a medium in one brand may not be the same size medium in another.
 
Gloves

I love the wool glove liners, and the wool gloves issued by the military. Find an army-surplus online if necessary. If it gets real cold I use the liners, and then the wool gloves, works like a charm and has for decades.

Birdman in TN
 
Wool

UplandHntr said:
How does wool cut the wind?
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I have hunted Roosters for 5 decades and they are the best performing gloves I have found. I have hunted in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Kansas.

With the wool liners and the wool gloves over them, very hard to beat.

I have hunted in -50 wind chills in South Dakota before and they have been tested.
Wool still works when WET also.
Wool Liners and Wool gloves are CHEAP also...
 
I can't feel the trigger if I wear gloves on a cold winter day that will actually keep my hands warm, plus I'll touch off shots prematurely too (unsafe!). What I do is wear a warm glove on my forward hand and a Cabelas CamoSkinz II glove on my trigger hand; but I have to keep wiggling my fingers, shaking my hand, and putting my hand into the insulated warmer pocket of my field coat, but I get by.
 
Brit

Brit that is not a problem. The liners and gloves are very thin, That is another reason I love them. You can feel the trigger easily.
 
gloves

The last time I purchased liners they were $5-7, and the gloves were $10. If you don't believe fine:), but spend some big bucks $17.00 or so and you will be glad you did.

The only downfall is you wear the gloves out within a season or so. So always have backups.
 
Birdman2 said:
I love the wool glove liners, and the wool gloves issued by the military. Find an army-surplus online if necessary. If it gets real cold I use the liners, and then the wool gloves, works like a charm and has for decades.

Birdman in TN
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So your hands are never cold, even the first 15 minutes or so? I think I have a pretty good combination, as my hands are fine after walking a little ways, but right out of the truck they are frozen!
 
I try to remember to put my gloves over the defroster on the dash on my way out to hunt. But.....they still get cold eventually. I've tried many types of gloves, & there are lots of good ones out there. What I've found to be the most important - Goretex. Waterproofness usually isn't a problem when it's that cold out, but they cut the wind. I still have to stop every once in a while, pull my fingers back into the hand part of the glove, and wiggle them real good for a little bit. Helps a lot. I also command Buzz to flush a rooster. That warms them up too.
 
Perhaps you can try placing one of the hot hands packets on the back of your hands as this is where the blood supply is at for your fingers, a piece of duct tape will secure them from sliding around to your palms.
 
As long as you're not hunting super gnarly cover, hand muffs with a hand warmer insert are great. Couple that with a pair of glove liners and you'll be in good shape 👍🏻
 
odenney said:
The most flexible gloves that I have found for hunting and shooting are golf gloves. The regular golf glove comes in either a single left or right hand, but the rain gloves and winter gloves come in a pair. You can get them on line or at a sporting goods store, they work great for me and I never leave home with out them. Try them on at a store before buying them on line and stick with the same brand when ordering, as with any other item, a medium in one brand may not be the same size medium in another.
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I wear a set of footjoy winter golf gloves. They are waterproof/windproof if I remember correctly....ya know, because golfers are wussies, thank goodness! :thumbsup:
 
BritChaser said:
I can't feel the trigger if I wear gloves on a cold winter day that will actually keep my hands warm, plus I'll touch off shots prematurely too (unsafe!). What I do is wear a warm glove on my forward hand and a Cabelas CamoSkinz II glove on my trigger hand; but I have to keep wiggling my fingers, shaking my hand, and putting my hand into the insulated warmer pocket of my field coat, but I get by.
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Same here. I wear a deer skin glove on shooting hand. Lots of arm swinging first thing. Also, if I am gripping too tight hand gets too cold. You may want to try and wrap a hand warmer on the bottom of your wrist if it is too bad.
 
Oh yea, I also upgraded to a pair of Sitka gloves last year. Not the water proof version, just their sub 100 buck pair. They are wind stopper though. Thin enough to feel the double triggers. Sometimes they get too hot.

Boots and gloves. That is where I spend my money.
 
Birdman2 said:
The last time I purchased liners they were $5-7, and the gloves were $10. If you don't believe fine:), but spend some big bucks $17.00 or so and you will be glad you did.

The only downfall is you wear the gloves out within a season or so. So always have backups.
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Where do you buy these gloves and liners?
 
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