Keeping hands warm?

I use Cabelas rag wool gloves most of the time and when it's really cold I have some Cabelas insulated mittens with a shooting finger. The finger gets cold and I have less control of my gun with the mittens. Also I've found that adding a liner combined with a glove and my coat can limit circulation in my wrists enough to make my hands numb. I would really like to know where that guy gets his wool liners and gloves.
 
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Birdman2 said:
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.
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Thanks for sharing this info.
 
homeboy said:
I use Cabelas rag wool gloves most of the time and when it's really cold I have some Cabelas insulated mittens with a shooting finger. The finger gets cold and I have less control of my gun with the mittens. Also I've found that adding a liner combined with a glove and my coat can limit circulation in my wrists enough to make my hands numb. I would really like to know where that guy gets him wool liners and gloves.
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Could you guys that use the wool liner/glove combo post links to the wool liners / wool gloves you all recommend? I'm pretty interested as well...thanks.
 
1) keep the gun in the warm car, not the trunk or back of a truck. Used to hunt with a buddy, and we kept the guns in the back of the truck. They got COLD! I started keeping my gun in my house the night before, and in the heated cab (later, kept it in my car while driving out), and our hands stayed much warmer!

2) when first entering a field in the morning, do some big windmills with your arms, about every 100 yards. This forces blood to the fingers. My buddies and I do this, and there are much fewer complaints about cold hands.

3) glove liners. I wear thin liners, and light "Hotfinger" gloves. Plenty of room in the trigger-guard. As the day warms, I can take off one layer if I get too warm. Layer I remove depends on conditions.
 
I have been using a glove from Scheels that I purchased in Minn. They are a insulated leather shooting glove (their brand) and cost around 40.00 a pair, love them!!!!! Wind can't go through them, fitted enough that you can feel everything and warm enough for just about every day that you can imagine. I borrowed a pair to my buddy's son last year in S.D and he always has cold hands but not with these gloves, he ended up ordering several pairs that I picked up and delivered this fall.
 
Rooster Shooter said:
I have been using a glove from Scheels that I purchased in Minn. They are a insulated leather shooting glove (their brand) and cost around 40.00 a pair, love them!!!!! Wind can't go through them, fitted enough that you can feel everything and warm enough for just about every day that you can imagine. I borrowed a pair to my buddy's son last year in S.D and he always has cold hands but not with these gloves, he ended up ordering several pairs that I picked up and delivered this fall.
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Do you have a link by chance??
 
Cabelas makes a really warm glomet. I throw some lightweight gloves/liners on first, then the glomet. The glomet stays folded back unless it's REAL cold, then cover all my fingers but the trigger finger. That trigger fingers gets a bit cold sometimes, but during breaks I just slip it back into the glomet and warm it up.

I also wear 'wrist gaiters' cuz I'm a wuss. But boy are they warm.

Works well in MN/ND/SD negative temps.
 
I checked Scheels web-site but they do not have them listed for some reason, but they are still in the store on display, they are Scheels Outfitter brand, wore them yesterday in Minn. while chasing Roosters in 7 degree weather without issue!!
 
Rooster Shooter said:
I checked Scheels web-site but they do not have them listed for some reason, but they are still in the store on display, they are Scheels Outfitter brand, wore them yesterday in Minn. while chasing Roosters in 7 degree weather without issue!!
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These gloves were on sale in Sioux Falls today for $19.99. Get to try them next week.. Going to pass up hunting till Tuesday...
 
I've been wearing these with good sucess when the temps drop

http://www.thrillon.com/tag/cabela-s-outfitter-wool-ii-dry-plus-gloves
(couldn't locate them on cabelas anymore)

I like just deer skin leathers down to freezing or so but, have had these out and had no issues with gun handling and my hands have stayed fairly comfy. Took them out in northern Iowa this past weekend in the single digits and snow and hands stayed dry and pretty comfortable all day. I also like the adjustable strap around the wrist, nice when reaching down in the snow and such.

Stay warm
 
I went out yesterday when it was -6? and very windy (20-30 mph). My body was fine, but my hands went numb within 10 minutes of leaving the car. Wind went right through my otherwise-fine gloves.

In looking for windproof gloves, no one has them in-stock (Cabelas, Gander Mtn.). Does anyone have a windproof glove they like, that keeps their hands warm in similar conditions? Since I will have to order them, I would like input for windproof gloves.

Thanks
 
I have Redington leather palm gloves with thin insulation over the backs of the fingers and hands. Not perfect but best balance I've found of thin enough for shooting but thick enough to stay warm. I wear a big blaze hoody when it's cold out and I carry my gun the crook of my arm and put my Hands in the pouch if I get too cold. Grab the gun properly if pup starts to get birdy. But for me, once I get moving and the blood starts to flow, my hands are rarely cold for long.
Dave
 
I haven't found a leather glove that kept my hands warm below 10 degrees, and be nimble enough for shooting. Since it was below zero, leather wouldn't have been a choice. I had leather gloves with me, but not for shooting.

If the wind wasn't over 20 mph, I would have been fine. Body and feet were plenty warm, but the wind cut through the gloves.

Fortunately, it is warming, so it may be a few weeks before it gets below zero again.
 
I typically wear thin deerskin gloves when in the field unless it gets real warm or too cold. I was always trying out different gloves for cold days until about 7 years ago I bought two pairs at Gander. They were both Guide Series with TechH20 technology (membrane?). They are windproof and waterproof. One pair has 100 gram Thinsulate. The other pair has 150 gram Thinsulate and longer gauntlet cuffs that go over my shell or coat. Both have a slimmer nylon trigger finger ending that allows me to handle the safety and trigger just fine. They have worked great for me. In the coldest of conditions I will add a thin liner on the shooting hand in case I have to take a glove off, and a liner with a mitten on the non-shooting hand.

I'm not sure if they are still available or not.
 
MinnHunter said:
I can't handle my gun safely with anything but jersey gloves.
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I too used to only use jersey gloves for this exact same reason; I even cut the tip off the trigger finger so I could feel the trigger...then last year I bought the Bass Pro Redhead liner glove (Cabela's was out...lol) and I'm not looking back. These are the best gloves I've found, and their overlayer sister is equally as good when the temps get colder. While I can't wear both the liner and the overglove at the same time, I sat at the duck blind behind a bush Saturday morning in 20mph winds and temps dropping into the 20's, with the liners, and my hands were perfectly fine.
 
I bought a pair of electric gloves and they work great, especially on the left hand that's away from the body. I have poor circulation in the hands. Age and surgery on my left index finger has prompted me to find a solution to the problem.

Heat packets do not reach the thumb - the electric gloves warm this part of the hand.

I did have to remodel the trigger finger a bit so I can reasonably feel the safety et al.

Last week we hunted in some brutal weather and the gloves worked well!
 
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