Cactus protection

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Ive never hunted pronghorn but I’ve seen many comments about packing leather gloves for cactus protection. I grow a ton of cactus. The absolute best glove I’ve found is Hex Armor Thornarmor gloves.

The top of the hand is not protected but the bottom(palm/fingers) is. I handle spiney cactus with ease. It’s not bullet proof, use common sense if you have it.

 

[ChrisAU]

I keep reading about that as well and I'm a bit anxious about it going into my first WY pronghorn hunt this fall. I have large hands with short fingers for my hand size, making just about any glove uncomfortable for me as the hand is either too tight or I have 1/2" or more of material flopping off the end of my fingers, making dexterity awful. This limits me to pretty stretchy type gloves, and I can make most work but anything with more rigid construction (just about any protective glove), is a no go. For instance, First Lite doesn't make a Catalyst glove big enough to go over my palms even though the fingers would be wayyy too long if I did get them on.

That said, is it really a big deal if I just use a little situational awareness and try not to crawl by pulling my self forward by grabbing a cactus?

 

[cuerro viejo]

Outside of gloves, I've learned from year's of Stx, keep duck tape in your back pack to pull out the little thorns

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

That said, is it really a big deal if I just use a little situational awareness and try not to crawl by pulling my self forward by grabbing a cactus?

WY has some larger visible cactus but what tends to get you is little small ones tucked into the grass.

 

[zacattack]

I keep reading about that as well and I'm a bit anxious about it going into my first WY pronghorn hunt this fall. I have large hands with short fingers for my hand size, making just about any glove uncomfortable for me as the hand is either too tight or I have 1/2" or more of material flopping off the end of my fingers, making dexterity awful. This limits me to pretty stretchy type gloves, and I can make most work but anything with more rigid construction (just about any protective glove), is a no go. For instance, First Lite doesn't make a Catalyst glove big enough to go over my palms even though the fingers would be wayyy too long if I did get them on.

That said, is it really a big deal if I just use a little situational awareness and try not to crawl by pulling my self forward by grabbing a cactus?

Just be prepared to get stuck and it’ll hurt. I used leather gloves and some good knee pads. Only place I would GW stuck are on my feet. I was wearing Merrill’s and the needles would go through the mesh parts of the shoes.

 

[Fordguy]

I keep reading about that as well and I'm a bit anxious about it going into my first WY pronghorn hunt this fall. I have large hands with short fingers for my hand size, making just about any glove uncomfortable for me as the hand is either too tight or I have 1/2" or more of material flopping off the end of my fingers, making dexterity awful. This limits me to pretty stretchy type gloves, and I can make most work but anything with more rigid construction (just about any protective glove), is a no go. For instance, First Lite doesn't make a Catalyst glove big enough to go over my palms even though the fingers would be wayyy too long if I did get them on.

That said, is it really a big deal if I just use a little situational awareness and try not to crawl by pulling my self forward by grabbing a cactus?

The area I was in last year in southeastern Wyoming had cactus, but not an overwhelming amount. I didn't wear gloves on a very slow 150 yard crawl and ended up with a few small spines. Not pleasant, but much better than a red wasp sting. Even so, I'd recommend leather gloves.

 

[Packin_packout]

I've just gotten to the point of carrying a leatherman, tweezers and some duck tape to get those little furry ones out. it never seems to fail that I will get stuck. Did not realize they had standard out there for stick protection but that makes sense. Anyone try these on jumping jacks yet? ( AZ flying cactus you walk past them someone brushes one and they seem to just jump off and go everywhere....beautiful things to bump into while chasing javelina!)

 

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The gloves work on all cacti.