Latex gloves?

[Shrek]

The gloves really help with grip and reduce hand fatigue along with easier to clean up. The sanitary part is just a bonus for me. I do hunt in wolf infested areas and the disease spread by the vermin is a concern for me so the gloves are moving to personal protection value these days.

 

[justin davis]

I tried gloves once. I found I prefer bare hands. I don't mind blood on my hands. Makes me feel like a predator!

 

[Becca]

We usually carry them, particularly for bear hunts. As others have said, they improve grip and make clean up easier. but it's not a deal breaker if I have to butcher something without them.







I used a pair of lightweight cut proof gloves last season, and liked them even better. I still layered latex underneath them, but found it nice to have the added protection against nicks and slicing myself, particularly when doing detail work like fleshing hides or removing the skull from mountain goat or caribou hides.

 

[5MilesBack]

I'm a nail-biter......of course I use gloves.

 

[slim9300]

I'm a nail-biter......of course I use gloves.

Mike. I have eaten raw heart on many occasions (always first kills of deer/elk for me and others). I have never worried too much about it. Chewing on my fingernails with the smell of guts or rotting blood sounds pretty terrible through.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

Yea, always have a pair or two with me, usually nitrile. Better grip, clean up is easier, weight is practically negligible.

 

[mproberts]

I trust science...

https://www.avma.org/public/Health/Pages/Disease-Precautions-for-Hunters.aspx

 

[slim9300]

I trust science...

https://www.avma.org/public/Health/Pages/Disease-Precautions-for-Hunters.aspx

Better cook your meat to 160 degrees too.

 

[tipsntails7]

I trust science...

https://www.avma.org/public/Health/Pages/Disease-Precautions-for-Hunters.aspx

Jesus, makes a guy want to never leave the house....

 

[tttoadman]

I have never used gloves. Maybe I will think about it. Should I not hold my knife in my mouth temporarily to free up both hands?

 

[Shrek]

If you've never tried gloves you are doing yourself a disservice. I have some brown orthopedic surgical gloves I use and the grip relieves a lot of hand fatigue and they're pretty tough too.

 

[Ross]

old school here as well.........never have but do carry a set for the time I kill a wolf, otherwise they will just remain in my pack for that special occasion.

 

[mproberts]

Ask Steven Rinella about not cooking meat to 160 degrees...

http://www.outsideonline.com/1994346/little-things-kill-you

Better cook your meat to 160 degrees too.

 

[ChadS]

No gloves.

DBAP

 

[slim9300]

Ask Steven Rinella about not cooking meat to 160 degrees...

http://www.outsideonline.com/1994346/little-things-kill-you

I didn't read the article but it was a bear, not an elk or deer. I canned my bear meat this year and it was amazing (I was shocked). No need to worry about killing the trichinosis prions with that method unless you are real dumb. Forgot my gloves for the skinning part but I survived.

 

[Where's Bruce?]

i never thought in a hundred years i would say i used them. but i use them. boy, that was hard.

my hands crack open and bleed and they help a lot to save my hands.

Burt's Bees makes a couple special hand lotions/paste that will eliminate your problem. My hands would get pretty dry because I would spend hours in the pool/hot tub night after night (helps me sleep when i have back pain) and the Burt's products fixed me right up. I use both.

 

[wapitibob]

I'm with slim. Never have, never been around anyone who did, and seriously doubt i ever will.

 

[Poser]

I'm with slim. Never have, never been around anyone who did, and seriously doubt i ever will.

I've tried several times to come up with a joke that would equate this thread to a "do you condoms" thread that is still PG13, but I got nothing.

 

[bz_711]

I've worn them for every Whitetail I've ever dressed...but never have for deboning elk...and they are in my pack...not sure why...

 

[slim9300]

I've tried several times to come up with a joke that would equate this thread to a "do you condoms" thread that is still PG13, but I got nothing.

Trust me, it was the first thing that came to mind when I first found this thread. I would say you're a lot safer going without a glove on an elk than some typical hottie now-a-days.