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This is the time of year I shoot most of my pheasants. I belong to a private club and this seems to be a good time to shoot for most other shooting and hunting is shut down due to the weather and season. Many times is it 14 degrees F or less.
I have tried a variety of gloves but they are too thick to be very effective with a double triggered gun or too thin to be of much use against the weather. What have you found that works for you?

I have always used rag wool gloves, especially when I lived in Alaska. But, I was given a pair of deerskin shooting gloves from Filson and I love them. Very thin supple leather. I never found leather gloves that I liked for shooting before. I have heard some fellows use golf gloves, especially on the trigger hand.

My favorite is called "The Gun Glove". Give them a try and I think you will be happy.

Daryl,

I have deerskin gloves but they are too thin and not warm. The golf gloves I use for summer trap shooting but again not much warmth in the winter.

Tamid, then try a decent rag wool glove . You get the "feel" through them, warmth, too. They also wick off perspiration. We all used them in Alaska when shooting clays below zero.

My sister knits me fingerless gloves that I wear over thin wool gloves or winter golf gloves. I've given my buddies them for xmas gifts. They are camo so they work well for coyote hunting too.

I like my GripSwell's. The uninsulated ones are good to around 10 above or so. I also use Bob Allen insulated gloves when it's around 0 or below. Good dexterity with double triggers. I have no complaints with either of them.

Good Luck!

Greg

I like GripSwells (without the swell part) in both insulated and uninsulated versions. You might look at some thin neoprene SCUBA gloves. We use them for ducks in moderately cold weather, decent feel and thin enough to not interfere with trigger access.

I have used baseball batting gloves in temps down to maybe 15 F. I have a wool or leather mitten on my left hand and the batting glove inside. I put the right hand in a pocket with a hot chemical warmer in it intermitenly if it gets REALLY nasty.

I have used these for decades and they work very well - at least in the UK!

http://www.williampowell.com/Mens/Mens-S...oves_MGL101.htm

I even used them on operations when I was in the army, back in the early 1970s.

Tim

I have used these Orvis gloves for a few years and they work well until it gets below 15 deg or so. They are lined with thinsulate, but the trigger finger feel is pretty good. They go on sale occassionally which is the time to buy them

Orvis Leather/fleece gloves

I have also used fingerless rag wool gloves with a pair of glove liners underneath. They do a good job keeping the hands warm while leaving some feel in the trigger finger.

I use winter golf gloves that have a suede palm and fleece back. They seem to do the trick for me all winter in Michigan.

I can recommend Harkila pro shooter. Best hunting glove i have ever owned. Great combination of soft skin and fleece. Here is one link:

http://www.harkilauk.co.uk/products/harkila-products/gloves-2/pro-shooter-gloves.html

I've used military Nomex pilot gloves for winter use, shooting, hunting etc. for many years. They have touch and finger sensitivity that is way beyond any of the civilian gloves that I have tried. Their quality is exceptional and if they fit properly you can pick up BB's.

The only glove that comes close for finger sensitivity are Tillman gas welding gloves where you can pick up small welding rod or BB's, but these are useless for any outdoor winter exercise.

Nomex pilot gloves are flame proof up to 400 F and waterproof as well and excellent in very cold environments. If listed as being military spec G-181188B gloves then they are of very high quality. We used these same gloves flying in Viet Nam and our military pilots are still using them today all over the world. The U.S. Navy version glove is goat skin and Nomex with Nomex stitching and extremely well made.

These are available at some surplus retailers and some on line pilot supply stores, the Mil-OE version is available on some military bases that have a surplus sales retail outlet (DRMO) like Davis Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona.

http://www.blackhawk.com/ (click on gloves then click Nomex gloves)

http://www.nomexgloves.com/

I use a pair of baseball batting gloves also, comfortably down to about 15-20˚. Colder than that I use them uncomfortably. I find deerskin too thick for double triggers.

Baseball batting gloves for me in a milder climate.

Doug,

I'm interested in these gloves. I really struggle with keeping my fingers warm when hunting, but am not willing to sacrifice "feel" for warmth. How do you think the Kevlars would be for warmth, and feel? I like the shorter cuff.

SRH

I also have used the military flying gloves since 1993 when I first started flight school and they are very good for moderate to warm weather but when it gets really cold I use the military cold weather flight glove which is a high quality pliable leather shell with GI wool liners inside. For very warm weather I use Orvis deer skin gloves. I still have the original pair I bought 12 or 13 years and except for wearing a small hole at the tip of my trigger finger they are still my favorite summer and early fall glove.

Here is another source for Nomex flight gloves:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005DP2HC6/ref=...ASIN=B005DP2HC6

Hi Stan,

These pilot gloves are half Nomex and half goat skin and not Kevlar Stan. You were on a carrier and I'm sure you remember seeing them.

As Twice Barrel mentioned, they also make a winter glove with liners for very cold severe weather, but like you I won't trade sensitivity for a thicker glove.

I use the summer glove for my winter shooting and hunting activities and they work good for me down to the ten degree range.

I wouldn't recommend sitting around Fargo in a blizzard with them, but under normal weather patterns they work fine for me. I'm sure you'd be fine anywhere in the Southern States and I'm sure you would appreciate the quality and finger sensitivity.

If you want them shorter, you can roll them forward or cut them and have your wife re-stitch the hem. I personally like the standard length and they fit nicely up under your coat sleeves and do not crawl.

I wear size 10 and for me they fit super. On the inside of my stash pairs, which are all Military O.E. it says:

Gloves, Flyers, Summer, Type GS/FRP-2
Illinois Glove Company
Mil Spec G-181188B
Contract Number, etc., etc., etc.

These pictured are about 30 years old and used frequently.

The military aviator gloves are good, however my policy for years has been to wear the thin orvis shooting gloves in most weather. When it gets very cold I typically wear the lined orvis gloves and when it gets super cold I wear the wear fleece mittens over the left gloved hand.

I find that a handwarmer in the right pocket allows me to stay with the thin right hand glove in almost all weather.

I use an old pair of polypropylene glove liners. Warm and thin and cheap!

For many years I used Orvis deerskin shooting gloves--snug and sensitive-- but when the upper midwest got colder, a pair of silk gloveliners slipped on first worked well, and were thin enough so the deerskin outer gloves retained their sensitivity. Below 20, a wool mitten inside a trigger-fingered leather mitten shell on the left hand, and on the right a wool army glove inside the mitten. I still have these, but am outside the US at the moment so can't offer a photo. The mittens were GI, perhaps 50's vintage, made for ski troops. Integral cloth cuffs extended 5" up over the sleeve, and were elasticized. Important to keep the trigger finger leather well Lexoled or otherwise anointed so it stayed flexible.

Nomex flight gloves are NOT water proof. Wear them every time I'm at work. I can say for certain, they are not waterproof and they suck in cold weather. Only thing they are good for is taking down barriers and shutting down aircraft.

My favorite glove is a cheap leather glove I bought years ago at Scheels. Labeled as Scheels shooting gloves. Haven't seen them for sale in years. Cabelas carries something similar, but the quality is not the same.

Thanks, Doug. That helps. I should have provided the link, or been more specific, but the Kevlar ones I mentioned are on the Blackhawk site. After thinking more on it, I can't imagine them being lined with Kevlar without losing some sensitivity because of it. And, I don't need Kevlar anyway, just liked the design.

Yes, I remember the Nomex gloves from my time in VA-205. As I recall, most were green in color that we had on the flight deck and ramp.

I'm sure some here have used the heavier gloves with the trigger finder made with a flap, so you can snake your finger through, to trigger the gun with the naked finger. I know they would be useless for upland shooting, but I wonder wouldn't they work fine in a duck blind, where you usually have a few seconds, at least, to get ready? Or, are they just a gimmick? Duck hunting is where I have the biggest issues with getting cold anyway, sitting relatively motionless for long periods.

SRH

I understand the MACWET gloves are very popular.

Golf gloves

For double triggers, Footjoy Wintersof winter golf gloves work great and keep your fingers warm. In rainy weather, golf rain gloves work great with double triggers as well. Also very affordable.

I like the yellow/red colored chore gloves you buy down at the farm and feed store for temps to 15-20F. 6 pair for $10. And the barbed wire fences usually claim a pack/year.

For stupid cold. I wear a pair of jersey gloves under a set of cabela's mitten/open ended glove convertibles.