These are fantastic gloves for hunting or even skiing, but undersized
Huge thumbs up.  I had owned two pair of these prior to this pair, purchased from Academy - one "medium" and one "large". I lost one of the large ones while hunting, which had fit me but rather tightly, and the pair of mediums was too small - gave them away.  So I ordered these extra large, and they're perfect, and only slightly on the large size for my medium-sized hands.  So like most gloves, and most clothes for that matter, they're not correctly sized (for ya know, human beings - well, Asians maybe).  So if you have small hands, order medium or large, medium hands, order large or x-large, large hands, order x-large, and XL hands - you're screwed.  Postive:  These ARE waterproof, or just nearly so - very close to being waterproof, despite being of a soft & quiet material (for hunting).  You can put your keys or a chemical warmer or whatever in the back zippered pouch - BUT when a warmer goes in there, it's much closer to the surface than to your hands, with the main insulation being between it and your hands, so I don't think it will work well at all - but not to fear - do what I've done several times with these - just shove your chemical warmer up into the mitten part with your fingers, and they work in there, and won't fall out when you flop them open to shoot, etc.  Or I suppose you could put one warmer in the mitten top with your fingers, and one more in the back for good measure, if you're down under 0 F or some such. I've used these with a release/bow, and rifle both.  I will be skiing with them in April of these year, but as mentioned, already tested them for watertightness, so I'm confident. Coupled with a capacitive  stylus pen, I can read books, etc. on my iphone/ipad or android when hunting/fishing.  In fact, that's precisely the best use for that zippered pouch - your collapsible capacitive stylus.  You can cut the thin glove fingers off to use your fingers for a touch screen or to have more feel for a minute task, or you can leave the fingers as is.  I leave them.  This XL is *perfect* for medium hands like mine because there is still room in the fingers to put a thin glove underneath, like a winter golf glove.  If you have large hands and get an XL, or have medium hands and get an L, AND you want to wear a thin glove underneath, you're gonna need to cut the fingers off.  Good hunting.
Rating: 5 stars