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Post by greghopper on Oct 30, 2018 7:57:33 GMT -5
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Post by 10point on Oct 30, 2018 8:26:56 GMT -5
I haven't gone as far as using hearing protection when deer hunting but do when bird hunting. I may have to start while gun hunting.
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Post by oldhoyt on Oct 30, 2018 8:56:57 GMT -5
Most of the time I barely hear the gun go off when I shoot at deer. I do seem to hear my shotgun when I shoot turkeys. Not sure how that works.
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Post by dbd870 on Oct 30, 2018 9:38:25 GMT -5
I'm thinking it's too late if it's 10Khz or above I'm done
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 30, 2018 10:12:15 GMT -5
I have pretty severe hearing loss. I attribute it to lots of ear infections when I was a kid. Not a lot of anti-biotics back then so we just toughed it out. Then stupid me I shot trap a few years with no hearing protection. Now I ALWAYS wear electronic muffs when I shoot and hunt with a gun. I'm trying to protect what little I have left.
Believe it or not just one big BANG can damage your hearing permanently..
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Post by teenhunter00 on Oct 30, 2018 12:06:09 GMT -5
I find myself using my bow a lot more these days but I still use my handy dandy shotgun from time to time. I never really used ear protection unless I’m at a range or sighting it in or in the rare case that it is cold and my hat doesn’t cover my ears.
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Post by (Not Ronald) Reagan on Oct 30, 2018 12:44:54 GMT -5
After about 20,000 targets in sporting the last year or so my hearing is gone anyway XD
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Post by budd on Oct 30, 2018 17:26:06 GMT -5
Working construction most of my life never helped but gun fire is what ruined my hearing. Back when you could buy a case of 7.62x59 under $100, we would shoot that up in a hour. No hearing protection of course. What really done it in was a buddies 357 Taurus with ported barrel, one shot and I was done, never been the same!! Now I have ringing in my ears at all times, sounds like summer crickets at night..only all the time.
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Post by beermaker on Oct 30, 2018 19:59:54 GMT -5
I won't target shoot, period, without hearing protection. I've never thought about it while hunting and I probably never will.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2018 20:17:45 GMT -5
Hearing protection isn`t necessary for a single gunshot in the field while hunting. At the range, yes. In the field, no.
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 30, 2018 20:24:02 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2018 20:38:10 GMT -5
Generally hearing loss is chronic, not acute. It occurs over time, with repeated exposure to noise at or above 85 decibels. |
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Post by ironjaw on Oct 30, 2018 20:42:57 GMT -5
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Post by greghopper on Oct 31, 2018 4:51:04 GMT -5
Hearing protection isn`t necessary for a single gunshot in the field while hunting. At the range, yes. In the field, no. You got any data to back up your opinion? We are talking FACTS here...please share your data! |
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Post by parson on Oct 31, 2018 9:51:01 GMT -5
About 10 years ago, I shot a buck with a .44 mag revolver that started a ringing in my left ear which has not stopped since. I know that the damage is cumulative, this was apparently the shot that pushed me over the line.
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Post by esshup on Oct 31, 2018 9:59:35 GMT -5
I had suffered a 20% hearing loss in my left ear from shooting a .22LR rifle while on the college rifle team while using Sonic II ear plugs. Don't know how it's progressed over time, but I cannot hear crickets from my left ear. I use earplugs that are molded in your ear when shooting shotgun, and wear hearing protection whenever shooting, even going as far as ear plugs AND muffs when shooting anything with a brake on it.
Hearing loss is something that doesn't come back.
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Post by onebentarrow on Oct 31, 2018 10:29:48 GMT -5
Watch "Going deaf from shooting?" on YouTube youtu.be/W7usSqqqWUEI watched this and was surprised at all the information in it and how much of what I thought about hearing loss was WRONG. This opened my eyes big time!! I went for a hearing test 3 weeks later and have hearing aids now. Did not realise how much I could not hear anymore even though the dr said my loss was not to bad. [br Thanks. PS. This vedio follows a shooter thru his dr visit with dr explanation of what has happened and what could happen and why if hearing is not corrected with hearing aids Great vedio |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2018 11:21:36 GMT -5
Hearing protection isn`t necessary for a single gunshot in the field while hunting. At the range, yes. In the field, no. You got any data to back up your opinion? We are talking FACTS here...please share your data! |
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Post by steiny on Oct 31, 2018 11:31:22 GMT -5
Good advice.
And don't forget to wear hearing protection for your routine noisy chores; mowing, chain saw work, weed eater or leaf blower, loud power tools, etc.
If you have to raise your voice to communicate with someone, then the noise levels are high enough that they can damage your hearing.
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Post by subzero350 on Nov 2, 2018 13:24:41 GMT -5
I ALWAYS wear hearing protection while gun hunting.
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