Author Topic: blisters on the index finger (Read 4853 times)

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

4dog · « **Reply #1 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

Tiredtim · « **Reply #2 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.

mullet · « **Reply #3 on:** July 27, 2014, 02:28:12 pm »

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

Pappy · « **Reply #4 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

Danzn Bar · « **Reply #5 on:** July 27, 2014, 07:19:25 pm »

I'm with Pappy on this one................finger pinch tab..

DBar

mullet · « **Reply #6 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

Danzn Bar · « **Reply #7 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

Tiredtim · « **Reply #8 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.

PrimitiveTim · « **Reply #9 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.

Pappy · « **Reply #10 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.

Pappy

Primitive Archer