I have always used a mask, as much for mosquitoes as anything else...I too pull my mask down to shoot, just want to feel the string against my nose and since I shoot fingers and anchor at the corner of my mouth, I don't want the mask getting in the way...

Since I bought a Thermacell a few years ago, no need for the mask, so I also started using face paint, again, see I used to wear it all the time, in the 70s....

Last Saturday I went to a bow shop in the area...Folks this isn't your "average" guy that owns the bow shop...He started it in '69 I believe he said and hunted and killed a moose with Fred Bear...In other words, he's a dang good bow hunter as well as the shop owner...I mentioned a mask to him...He doesn't use one...Does not use face paint as well....No beard, nothing...He doesn't want anything to bother the feel he has with his kisser button, etc....He says if you move slow and have the right set up, you don't need it...

Just wanted to pass that on.....

btw...When I went hunting Saturday afternoon.....I still put the face paint on...