Gloves (lightweight for shooting)
For early season and warm days, you want to feel the gun—not fight through padding to find the trigger. Thin leather work gloves are the secret weapon of experienced upland hunters. They protect your hands from briars, give you grip on the forearm, and let you work the safety and trigger like you're wearing nothing at all.
What Separates Good from Great
Feel the gun completely
You need to feel the safety click, feel the trigger break. Any glove that numbs your fingertips costs you birds.
Soft leather, no break-in
Goatskin is the sweet spot—soft out of the package, tough enough to last a season. Cowhide is stiffer and takes weeks to break in.
Palm grip without bulk
You're shouldering and swinging dozens of times a day. The glove should grip the wood without adding any thickness.
The Call
Thin, soft, tough. Feel the gun. No break-in. Available at Menards, farm stores.
Farm stores stock these. Look for goatskin, not cowhide. Replace when they get stiff.
Not just for winter. The regular cabretta leather golf gloves are thin and grippy. One hand only though.
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