Winter shooting gloves

dave1372

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Not long to go before the temperature drops and despite wearing mac wet gloves my hands get fecking cold in winter months, so what gloves are people using when out on the hills?
 
I got myself a pair of Hestra mountain gloves in the sales in val d'isere - they are the only gloves that have ever kept my hands properly warm, even at the top of the Alps. They will be used in Scottish winter conditions - although would remove the left hand one just before taking a shot - left handed, and not sure if I could shoot in them.
 
I suffer badly from the cold (i even had the fire on yesterday). I've tried masses of different gloves and have yet to find one that works! By the end of last winter my hands were badly cracked, chaffed and used to bleed when I came in from the cold.
Ive invested in a pair of Outfox Arctic gloves for this winter. They came highly recommended from some professional stalking friends. They were expensive but if it stops a repeat of last year I will be happy!
 
wear army surplus arctic mittens, you need to keep a good circulation
....... tight gloves make your fingers colder.

 
Have a look on the Norrona website. Can't recall their name.

For sitting up in the snow I'm thinking of getting a pair of electronically heated ones from the US. Had the link for some camo non motor bike black ones but lost it.

K
 
Liner glove and over mitten works well if its really cold I use this for hill walking in winter and will be adapting this for stalking.
Look here for some info.

Cheers.
 
sealskin shooting gloves and mondial wool liners or RAF pilots gloves with cuffs with same liners
 
Hatch Specialist, not sure if there is a UK distributor but easily sourced direct from the US. Snug fitting sniper gloves, buying a size up won't hurt. S
 
I suffer badly from the cold (i even had the fire on yesterday). I've tried masses of different gloves and have yet to find one that works! By the end of last winter my hands were badly cracked, chaffed and used to bleed when I came in from the cold.
Ive invested in a pair of Outfox Arctic gloves for this winter. They came highly recommended from some professional stalking friends. They were expensive but if it stops a repeat of last year I will be happy!

Will be interested to know how these perform... My hands have poor circulation and I suffer every winter despite buying various 'winter' gloves...
 
http://gerbing.com/collection/fleece-gloves-861.html

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See if you can get hold of some of the silk liners issued to UK military pilots. They make a HUGE difference to the standard kidskin gloves issued and dont add to the bulk at all.
 
As a lifelong mountaineer interested in alpine and scottish winter ice climbing I have a little experience of weather sufficient to freeze the barnacles off a brass dinghy (or words to that effect!). I wear silk gloves underneath DACHSTEIN woolen mittens. The Dachsteins are amazingly thickly woven and like toast.

For my stalking I substitute thin leather shooting gloves under the mitts and then it is simple to slip off a mitt to take the shot, keeping the leather glove on.

If like me you are prone to mislaying things in the excitement of the kill just do what your mum did with your gloves when you were little - tie them together with a length of string threaded through your smock sleeves. Whilst your mates might mock, at least your hands will be warm.
 
I probably have ten pairs of special grade or type gloves, and I always go back to wearing fingerless Thermalite woollen gloves with an over mitten like these,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Thermal-Knitted-Fingerless-Gloves-with-Flip-over-Mitt-/220853046662

I buy a few pairs at a time and they last a year or more before they are ready for the bin.
If it's wet I wear waterproof gloves underneath them and carry a spare pair in a bag for when they get too soggy.

I worked in a chiller at -15 C for six hours at a time and I ended up wearing them all the time as the supplied ones rendered your fingers next to useless. I was the only person who didn't feel the cold.
 
As a lifelong mountaineer interested in alpine and scottish winter ice climbing I have a little experience of weather sufficient to freeze the barnacles off a brass dinghy (or words to that effect!). I wear silk gloves underneath DACHSTEIN woolen mittens. The Dachsteins are amazingly thickly woven and like toast.

For my stalking I substitute thin leather shooting gloves under the mitts and then it is simple to slip off a mitt to take the shot, keeping the leather glove on.

If like me you are prone to mislaying things in the excitement of the kill just do what your mum did with your gloves when you were little - tie them together with a length of string threaded through your smock sleeves. Whilst your mates might mock, at least your hands will be warm.

Similar to this poster, I have a pair of Polartec fleece gloves that I wear over Macwets - have found this combination to be the most effective when actively shooting. I have a pair of Pro Hunters that do well when guiding or spotting.
 
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