Just commented on Boddington's Extreme West and Central African hunting article on another thread. One of the thing he mentions is some equipment he always takes on hunts or safaris and included in the photo and list is gloves.

Now I have seen gloves mentioned as essentil many times on the internet, forums, articles, safari photos. Tried to take and use a pair of gloves on one safari and very quickly left them in camp, as I found them a nuisance and un-needed. Not worth carrying and in the way when worn.

I do understand they may be useful if moving thorn bush branches out of the way, or if crawling along the ground, but especially with the crawling part, never found them necessary compared to just bare hands. As for having them on when trying to shoot, a total pain in the arse. On a different continent and different sort of hunt, found warm gloves essential in Norway, as waiting in the cold, hands would realyy start to hurt if bare. Learned to my detriment, that shooting mittens are better which can be folded back, or where the glove has the shooting finger slot, when trying to remove a glove while a moose looked at me, running just as I raised the rifle ... meant a moose lost due to the slowness of removing a glove.

Different circumstances and no doubt all of NE's Northern climate members know all about it for decades. But if dealing with gloves for safari or similar hunts, interested in what members think. Are they necessary, very useful, not needed, what are you thoughts? Thanks.