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I just discovered wearing a cloth mask while shooting eliminates the need to band-aid or tape my nose (Barebow shooting using string-walking).

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I haven't gone to an indoor shooting competition since Feb 2020 and I skipped the 2021 indoor season even though I was vaccinated (Part of the Pfizer vaccine study) back in October 2020. I very badly want to do the indoor season this year (OAA and NFAA Indoor nationals), but now that COVID cases are back up, that makes things a little uncertain. If I do end up going to the next indoor competitions coming up this winter, I wanted to make sure I could adjust to shooting with a mask. To my surprise, I found that a mask has a HUGE benefit to my shooting because I no longer have to tape up or band-aid my nose. If you don't know what I mean, youtube a John Demmer III shoot. I do the same thing he does - protects his nose with a covering. A few barebow shooters just lightly scrape a part of their face (usually the nose) and after about 10-20 arrows, it will literally start to bleed because of the cumulative friction. Sometimes it's the nock and usually it's the string. Wearing a cloth mask protects that entire area no problem. I recommend an "over the head" mask instead of ear loop masks because they have a built in lanyard when you take them off.

Another plus to wearing a mask is shooting outdoors. It filters out all the allergens, dust, and dander floating around. Having a stack of masks for COVID means I also have a stack of masks for when I want to mow the lawn, spray paint, work with chemicals, etc.

It does change the way I feel my anchor and it does take getting used to, but I don't have to worry about scraping up my face anymore and it literally only took me about 20-30 arrows to fully adapt to the feeling. It may literally be the same to me as wearing an armguard in the future. I don't care if I look silly wearing one after the pandemic fully ends.

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