Posted: 11/29/2023 10:10:15 AM EDT
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I have hand warmers. But when the batteries run out it’s nice to have warm gloves. I haven’t found any gloves that really work. I was considering old army mittens with the trigger finger. I have gear to keep the rest of me very warm. Just need some warm gloves or mittens. Does anyone have any suggestions? |
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I have fingerless gloves with mitten tops that snap back. They’re perfect for what I do. In colder climates they may suck, though. Mittens are warmer than gloves, but you get sleestak hands. If I had to function in super cold weather I’d probably have fingerless gloves under overmittens that attached to my sleeves. It’s slow, but warm. What I have is similar to this-  What’s nice is that I can just stick my trigger finger out of the mitten part. ETA: I don’t use gloves that much when hunting- mainly for driving the boat long distances when it’s cold. |
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Originally Posted By spectre3: It's NC. Unless you're way out west up in the mountains it's not that cold here. Just get some gloves and keep your hands in your pockets...and maybe pick up some of those chemical hand warmer pouches that don't rely on batteries. I am in western North Carolina. I live at 3500 feet. It was 16 degrees this morning. But I also hunt in Ohio and Michigan. |
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The trick is a thin silk or synthetic glove inside your regular glove. Check out glove liners on the interwebs. That’s a trick my dad taught me 45 years ago before there were good hand warmers and thinsulate. I say this as someone who needs to get some new ones. Mine are shot and I haven’t had to look for new ones in a long time. |
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I've been hunting for 50 years. Grew up in pa. Hunted from there to Colorado to Texas, etc. I have never worn gloves, can't stand them. I use one of those insulated hand pouch things with a bunch of hand warmers. The chemical ones. Or just throw a few hand warmers in my coat pockets. In all honesty, I've had the warmers die out and gotten pretty cold hands in the past. |
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Originally Posted By Buckeye33: The trick is a thin silk or synthetic glove inside your regular glove. Check out glove liners on the interwebs. That’s a trick my dad taught me 45 years ago before there were good hand warmers and thinsulate. I say this as someone who needs to get some new ones. Mine are shot and I haven’t had to look for new ones in a long time. This is my favorite glove setup but with the flip top mittens. I also prefer a thin wool liner, tried synthetics and they cause my fingers to sweat and freeze. Problem is in the last 10 years I haven't been able to find a liner that lasts more than 1 season. |
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Originally Posted By 2009lockedOUT: I use thin UA gloves with a warmer pouch. They are thin enough to fire the gun along with fitting in the warmer pouch. This is what I do too. Not sure how I lived without the hand warmer muff thing. I don't go hunting in cold weather without it now. |
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Originally Posted By Buckeye33: The trick is a thin silk or synthetic glove inside your regular glove. Check out glove liners on the interwebs. That's a trick my dad taught me 45 years ago before there were good hand warmers and thinsulate. I say this as someone who needs to get some new ones. Mine are shot and I haven't had to look for new ones in a long time. |
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Originally Posted By seaskidoo: Lightly insulated gloves. Fanny pack style hand muff deal. USB rechargeable hardware in the hand muff. Absolutely unbeatable for those cold sits and still hunts. yep, hand muff is the way to go. Started using one on waterfowl hunts because I can't stand using duck and goose calls with gloves on. Now for any stationary hunting, deer, waterfowl, or coyote, A muff and some hand warmers is always in my pack. |
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When things get cold, as in will be below 0F all day, The only thing I have ever found to work well is a 2 part setup. First is a thinner wool rag glove or mitten. Then use those inside of an N4B mitten. Forget about the trigger finger mittens or anything like that. You might as well pull the trigger with a stick they are so bulky. The N4B is pretty bulky, but what makes it work is the slick liner and a rope sling so you just toss them off. They are the only mittens I have ever found that you can just open your grip and they fall off. When hunting I wear them, and just slide out to take the shot. You probably aren't going to need that in North Carolina though, and maybe not Ohio either. One of those fanny pack style hand warmers works pretty good, put a chemical handwarmer in there for extra effect. No gloves needed then. If you are going to be in any kind of wet area, especially duck hunting, then my go-to is insulated crabber gloves such as Atlas 460. They can be used inside an N4B mitten too. |
| I bought some wool fingerless gloves from Dicks. They have the little mittens that flap back and forth if you need them. They actually make my hands sweat even on cold days. Granted in GA it doesn’t get that cold very often. Some years I use them several times, other years not at all. I usually wear thin weight gloves and keep them in my pockets |
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Originally Posted By fgshoot: When things get cold, as in will be below 0F all day, The only thing I have ever found to work well is a 2 part setup. First is a thinner wool rag glove or mitten. Then use those inside of an N4B mitten. Forget about the trigger finger mittens or anything like that. You might as well pull the trigger with a stick they are so bulky. The N4B is pretty bulky, but what makes it work is the slick liner and a rope sling so you just toss them off. They are the only mittens I have ever found that you can just open your grip and they fall off. When hunting I wear them, and just slide out to take the shot. You probably aren't going to need that in North Carolina though, and maybe not Ohio either. One of those fanny pack style hand warmers works pretty good, put a chemical handwarmer in there for extra effect. No gloves needed then. If you are going to be in any kind of wet area, especially duck hunting, then my go-to is insulated crabber gloves such as Atlas 460. They can be used inside an N4B mitten too. This,I use hand warmers inside the N4Bs. I loop the rope over my shoulders and tie it to the right length to shuck them off when I need to |
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