Gloves for Winter Hunting

Hey Folks,

So today was pretty darn cold with the wind and frigid wind. Made me not look forward to my first hunt which will most likely be in the middle of February :S

It also made me think that I may need some good gloves for hunting. Now originally I was thinking "I will just use be super warm Kombi gloves" but there is no way I am getting a finger in the trigger guard with those bad boys. I was looking online for some hunting gloves and was surprised to see that that were fairly bulky.

When you wear hunting gloves is the idea to take off your gloves (or I see some that have a cover that exposes your fingers) prior to taking a shot to get in the trigger guard or is the picture just deceiving me making the gloves look bulkier than they actually are?

I plan to go and pick up a pair in the new year most likely and wanted to get a little info from you all :) Do you have any preferences or words of wisdom for what to look for in gloves (other than make sure they are warm haha).

Thanks all!

If im sitting I use snowmobile mitts with a nice light/tight pair of fitting gloves inside them, the mitts come off quick n easy

I used the camo CTC gloves that have the end that flips over and velcro's to back. Inside of them I wear a pair of cotton gloves that are thin enough to keep warm when covered and still offer trigger control on my savage .223. This is my set up for coyote hunting and sitiing in deer stand this year as well. Feet...well that is another story.

I usually do a couple of different things...

If I am just walking a thin pair of gloves will do...(nothing fancy even dollar store gloves work for me while walking)..... BUT if I am going to sit (ex. coyote calling) in the very cold, in combination with my thin pair of gloves I will have a hunting muff possible with a hand warmer..................... or carry a pair of XL Mitts that can fall off quickly....
My hands hate the cold but I need thin gloves (or no gloves) to feel the trigger. You can never shoot well (at least IMO) with bulky gloves...
Thin gloves inside large windproff/waterproff mitts or thin gloves inside a hunting muff....... added bonus for the really cold days would be to incorporate a hand warmer....

I tried a bunch of different gloves . The fold up mitts that have a thin glove underneath and a zippered spot for a heat pack you can insert works best for me . Never cold fingers again

As a side note: I had to cut a hole in the thumb of a pair of gloves yesterday so I could flip the pages on my Kindle :)

The never ending quest for the 1 pair of gloves that will do it all :)

I have more pairs of gloves than I can shake a stick at.
The warmest gloves I own and made by Sitka and are an over sized, heavy gore-tex glove with a thin pair of fleece gloves under. Too bulky and stiff for the trigger guard and feel on the trigger. Utterly fantastic when out in a down pour or freezing rain, riding a sled etc…but squeezing the trigger……….not so much

I am back to a fingerless (fold back mitt) medium weight fleece glove, a hand muff and either chemical hand warmers or a zippo hand warmer. Works just fine. I always, always have an extra pair of gloves in my bag. Nothing worse than wet gloves on a cold day.

I picked up a pair of insulated terra work gloves from Costco. They're a perfect compromise. A little thick for loading ammo, but otherwise perfect for insulation vs. Bulk for shooting.

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