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Title: blisters on the index finger
Post by: Tiredtim on July 26, 2014, 07:21:19 pm

I have a really amateur question but how can I keep from tearing the skin off my index finger when shooting?  I use a tab.  Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.  Thanks

Title: Re: blisters on the index finger
Post by: 4dog on July 26, 2014, 08:39:11 pm

use a different finger to pick yer nose....OR.....are you shooting three finger or two.
.so many smarr alec answers so little time....how do you shoot?  i mean grip the string...lol

Title: Re: blisters on the index finger
Post by: Tiredtim on July 26, 2014, 08:44:42 pm

Yeah, I know, I had a lot of smart remarks for myself.  I use the pinky for nose picking.  I shoot 3 finger but it's just the inside of the index finger (or fanger) that gets ripped off. 

Title: Re: blisters on the index finger
Post by: mullet on July 27, 2014, 02:28:12 pm

Switch to a Damascus glove instead or get a Tab that's not too small.

Title: Re: blisters on the index finger
Post by: Pappy on July 27, 2014, 03:03:49 pm

Get a tab with a finger pinch I had that trouble years a Ago until I went to the no pinch Pappy

Title: Re: blisters on the index finger
Post by: Danzn Bar on July 27, 2014, 07:19:25 pm

I'm with Pappy on this one................finger pinch tab.. :) ;)
DBar

Title: Re: blisters on the index finger
Post by: mullet on July 27, 2014, 10:26:49 pm

Is that the Tab they called the "Mit"? with the pocket between the fingers. That was a good one. I just used to smoke cig's back then and hated dropping it out of a stand when I lit one up

Title: Re: blisters on the index finger
Post by: Danzn Bar on July 27, 2014, 10:45:59 pm

Quote from: mullet on July 27, 2014, 10:26:49 pm

Is that the Tab they called the "Mit"? with the pocket between the fingers. That was a good one. I just used to smoke cig's back then and hated dropping it out of a stand when I lit one up

Eddie,
I'm not real sure what Pappy calls a finger pinch tab................but I've been using this one for a while, might have to make me another.
DBar

Title: Re: blisters on the index finger
Post by: Tiredtim on July 27, 2014, 11:42:37 pm

Thanks!  I have a tab like that one.  I'll keep shooting until I get a callus. That should help. Ha!  Thanks again.

Title: Re: blisters on the index finger
Post by: PrimitiveTim on July 28, 2014, 12:24:07 pm

I don't use any tabs and I do fine.  You just have to work up to it.  When I started shooting heavier bows I had to work up to it to form calluses.  I'd just shoot 10 shots a day and work up a little.  One day I shot too much and got blood blisters on my middle and forefinger.  I shoot with a tertiary grip and it works well with bare hands.  I still don't shoot more than 50 arrows in one session usually.  That's just the way I do it.

Title: Re: blisters on the index finger
Post by: Pappy on August 08, 2014, 05:45:45 am

That's the kind I use DBar, can't pinch the nock with that one. I can shoot bare finger fine,just don't want to do a lot of it and rough up my dainty finger tips. ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
  Pappy