I know that new ones are always coming out. I am currently using a Black Widow Stik Tite and like it, but I am looking at seeing if there is another one out there I should look at before just ordering another one of them.
I prefer a little more material on the fingers and I much prefer the stitching seams to be on the back of my fingers.
Any guidance for a new glove?
Thanks, Fellas.
Check out American Leathers.
I have the Big Shot Crossover Buffalo hide and I love it.
They have several styles and leather options. :thumbsup:
America Leathers Crossover Kangaroo glove. Have mine 5 years now. No stretching.
When I shot gloves I used American Leathers a lot.Thier very strong and very well made.The finger tip overlays are slick.
I also used ones that had soft leather with Velcro strap and Cordovan leather tip overlays.You can feel the string better with those styles and a little more feel for your anchor.The cordovan is slick and lasts a long time.Not as much finger protection as the American Leathers.That may not matter unless you shoot heavier bows or have finger issues like tendons that get stressed from shooting a lot for example.
Shot Damacus gloves for 20+ years until they quit making them in the USA and the fit and quality just wasn't the same. I drove down to Gregg Coffey's place a few years back to pick up a bow he'd built for me. I didn't bring a glove to shoot it so Gregg handed me a glove to fling a few arrows. Asked him "what is this glove"?.......Bearpaw Black Glove. Ordered a couple as soon as I returned home and won't shoot anything else now. Great gloves and they don't break the bank either.
American Leathers Big Shot Slick Shot.
Lasts n lasts n lasts....I have 3.
This brings me to my next question:
at what point do you change gloves? My original stick tite has developed the crease where I grip the string. Is it now time to get a new one? Or is there something I can do to fix that?
Given how much I like it, I went ahead and ordered another last night. I do plan on ordering a different one as well.
Quote from: M60gunner on September 23, 2019, 11:19:59 PM
America Leathers Crossover Kangaroo glove. Have mine 5 years now. No stretching.
This for me too, really great glove
I use a big shot buffalo glove. I really like it, but the downside is that they aren't cheap, and after a year if you shoot a lot they develope such bad string grooves in the overlays that it's almost impossible to get a clean release. I'm interested in trying one if the Bearpaw gloves.
I love my Howard Hill deluxe with inserts. That said, I have long been coveting a big shot kangaroo.
Quote from: Trenton G. on September 24, 2019, 12:08:03 PM
I use a big shot buffalo glove. I really like it, but the downside is that they aren't cheap, and after a year if you shoot a lot they develope such bad string grooves in the overlays that it's almost impossible to get a clean release. I'm interested in trying one if the Bearpaw gloves.
that's what i'm battling now
In my Big shot American Leathers glove I treat them with Neatsfoot oil. It softens them up and it is easy to work any grooving that may develop out of them. I quite often walk in left handed with my duo shooter bows and then switch to right handed when i sit. I use the same glove, I message the crease out, do a few blank draws and a practice shot or two, and my left hand glove becomes a a right hand optimized glove. Years back i gave my first James Schulz built nylon American Leathers glove to a friend, he is still using it today. it was a left hand glove for me, it is a right hand glove for him.
The Hill with inserts and gloves like that do resist grooving very well
I'm not sure how long I've been shooting my Big Shot Kangaroo Crossover glove but it just keeps getting better. I shoot a lot and there's no grooving.
There are inserts in the tips but they aren't even close to being as stiff as the Hill Deluxe glove. I highly recommend it as break in was a breeze and it's been super comfortable from the beginning.
Quote from: Trenton G. on September 24, 2019, 12:08:03 PM
I use a big shot buffalo glove. I really like it, but the downside is that they aren't cheap, and after a year if you shoot a lot they develope such bad string grooves in the overlays that it's almost impossible to get a clean release. I'm interested in trying one if the Bearpaw gloves.
I've been shooting their gloves for over 10 years I've never experienced this or anything close to this.
6 year old American Leathers glove takes the hardest animal to kill with a bow in Africa with a heart shot.
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I have three American Leather gloves and like them all. A Big Shot, a Kangaroo, and a Crossover? (Can't remember for sure).
I have shot them a lot and don't feel the creasing is a problem at all for me. If you are worried about that, I'd suggest the kangaroo although it has less padding I think.
Quote from: Trenton G. on September 24, 2019, 12:08:03 PM
I use a big shot buffalo glove. I really like it, but the downside is that they aren't cheap, and after a year if you shoot a lot they develope such bad string grooves in the overlays that it's almost impossible to get a clean release. I'm interested in trying one if the Bearpaw gloves.
I shoot a Bearpaw bodnik speed glove. I like it and plan to get another. But I've only shot it since 2015 so I'm not sure how it will last long term.
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Quote from: Trenton G. on September 24, 2019, 12:08:03 PM
I use a big shot buffalo glove. I really like it, but the downside is that they aren't cheap, and after a year if you shoot a lot they develope such bad string grooves in the overlays that it's almost impossible to get a clean release. I'm interested in trying one if the Bearpaw gloves.
I shoot a Bearpaw bodnik speed glove. I like it and plan to get another. But I've only shot it since 2015 so I'm not sure how it will last long term.
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How thick are they? I shoot heavier bows around 55-60 and I like to have some protection. If it lasted from 2015, that's way better than I'm doing. I replace mine every year almost. Must be doing something wrong I guess.
Leather with a ballistic nylon finger tip
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Shot a Cordovan tip glove for years....they are hard to beat. Although, I resent my picked up a BearPaw black speed glove....loving it. Might be a little cleaner on release. Good string feel on mid weight bows.
Quote from: GCook on September 25, 2019, 10:41:33 PM
Quote from: Trenton G. on September 24, 2019, 12:08:03 PM
I use a big shot buffalo glove. I really like it, but the downside is that they aren't cheap, and after a year if you shoot a lot they develope such bad string grooves in the overlays that it's almost impossible to get a clean release. I'm interested in trying one if the Bearpaw gloves.
I shoot a Bearpaw bodnik speed glove. I like it and plan to get another. But I've only shot it since 2015 so I'm not sure how it will last long term.
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I shoot the same glove n also can't give more than a few years review on it but I will say I use it multiple times a day and it's perfect if you ask me
Based on recent comments I guess I should reply that I shoot 60 to 70 pound bows.
Another Bear Paw Speed Glove user here.
I started using American Leather gloves from the first year they were made. My wife was always sticking to her cheap dilapidated damascus. Then I got her a new American Leathers, she took one shot, the nasty stuff that came out of her mouth, directed at me, was terrible. She has a newer one, one my friends picked up her glove and was going stretch it on his fat fingers, she caught him and almost had him in tears before she was done.
I shoot 55lb bows. Plenty of protection.
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American leathers Big Shot elk for me. Great customer service. Outstanding product.