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Post by junebug on Nov 24, 2017 19:03:30 GMT -5
There really is no animal out there worth giving up your hearing for. It never gets better,only worse.
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Post by bula on Nov 25, 2017 7:15:00 GMT -5
Took the e-muffs to bear camp. Of course it rained all day the first day of hunting. Muffs don't fit under any hat I have. So no go. Monday, snow, again left muffs back in camp. I've ruined a set shooting clays in the rain, so..
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Post by Robster on Nov 25, 2017 8:57:33 GMT -5
I just picked up a set of Peltor Range Master electronic muffs. I tried them out during lunch at the range and I was impressed, its an outdoor range, I could traffic passing by and a scanner. I was shooting a 44 Special 7.5 Unique 240 LFN and a 357 loaded with 180 WFN over 13.5 H110 and noise was not bad at all. I will try them out in the morning when I go hunting. I have moderate hearing loss from shooting and I don't want to loose any more if I can help it. they showed up in the mail and we tested them doing a little sighting in. They are AWESOME and at $45, a bargain in my book, thanks for posting these Stumpbuster!!!!
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Post by nolongcolt on Nov 25, 2017 18:49:03 GMT -5
In years past I never wore it in the woods, but sure do now. I don't do much hunting anymore but for a trip to Africa every few years and I wear a set of electronic muffs that shut off the sound of the shot but allow, increased hearing when needed, which for me is all the time, lol.
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Post by alukban on Nov 25, 2017 20:10:33 GMT -5
I pretty much only hunt locally these days by simply walking out the cottage door without having to carry or deal with too much gear. I have been bringing hearing protection though. Hearing loss and damage is additive. I hope to keep my hearing for life. I hope to get lucky and actually shoot something when I go out so I prepare to protect my ears accordingly. With the electronic ones available today, you can still hear your surroundings - even better if you get a unit with a microphone for each ear so you can maintain sense of direction (stereophonic hearing). With dynamic range compression, you can amplify very quiet sounds and the ear-pro actually becomes a hunting aid... exactly like binoculars for your ears. To encourage yourself to wear the danged things, get one with really good sound quality (maybe even audio input so you can hear your 2-way radio or plug it into a pda) and proper, super comfortable fit so you have no excuses. I use digital MSA Sordins with gel cups It does have audio input so I plug in the audio out from an FRS radio and can quietly hear my kid asking me when I’ll be home - whisper back into the radio directly or hit squelch once once for “yes”, etc. This is the best, short read that I have found on the subject: trevoronthetrigger.wordpress.com/2014/05/01/msa-sordin-supreme-performance-the-misleading-nrr18db-rating/There are some arguments against ear plug type devices in that they do not help cut down hearing damage from bone conduction to the cochlea. That's why I went with muffs meself.
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Post by nolongcolt on Nov 25, 2017 21:29:49 GMT -5
At the range I use plugs and muffs, in the field just muffs.
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Post by squigz on Dec 13, 2017 14:53:44 GMT -5
I just wanted to follow up on this. Due to the amount of time I didn't have to get out and purchase over the ear muffs so many has suggested, I continued through the hunting season with the ear plugs that I initially linked in my original post.
After fiddling with them I found the sweet spot in my ear where they didn't effect my hearing at all during walking, standing, etc. They stayed in my ears without any issues and when I shot, my ears were protected to the point I had zero ringing in my ears.
Going forward and looking ahead to next year, I plan on purchasing over the ear muffs that will not only enhance the environment around me, but dampen the sounds created by firing my weapons.
Thanks everyone for your advice through your experiences!
PS - I missed, again.
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Post by cas on Dec 13, 2017 17:10:22 GMT -5
What I'm doing and where I;m hunting plays a big part in what I wear. I tried electronic muffs years ago and still have a few pairs, but I just don't like them period and don't like them for hunting.
I use ear plugs. A combination of foam and rubber reactive. Often I will just keep a foam plug in one ear (usually not as deep as I would for regular shooting) and keep a rubber plug in the corner of my mouth/lips. It's a simple matter to stick it in my ear. If I'm hunting from a stand, blind or something with a long field of view, I'll leave them both out. Still hunting I do the one in, one out. But so many times, where I hunt, sometimes more often than not, I find myself somewhere where there's just nothing TO hear. Because of wind noise or noise from streams, or the constant noise from red squirrels. I'm not missing anything by leaving two foam plugs in And if there's snow on the ground, I'm not going to hear anything coming or going anyway.
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Post by lazytcross on Dec 22, 2017 1:19:58 GMT -5
I hunt a lot on the move. And don’t care for wearing muffs all day unless I am actively shooting. That being said emuffs are the best when you can have them. For the most part I alway have a gun on me. And never know if I will shoot it that day. So I alway have a couple 223 brass in my pocket. In my coats and in the cup holder of the pickup. It’s a good solution to prevent Ringing yourself. Super fast and 100% packable. I of course don’t Shoot a bunch without muffs. But. It’s a good (free) option. Now that I think about it I had brass in my ears when it shot my deer this year!
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Post by warhawk on Jan 2, 2018 2:47:45 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2018 23:58:34 GMT -5
Take a look a Peltor's TEP-100 electronic ear plugs. They are worth every penny. Wish I'd have had something like this years ago ( ears ringing as this is written).
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Post by bula on Feb 5, 2018 8:45:51 GMT -5
Yeah, constant ringing here too. I do see a downside to protecting your(male) ears and having good hearing for life. I predict a higher divorce rate will follow. Just sayin'.
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Post by dougader on Feb 5, 2018 22:48:48 GMT -5
I've been pretty good about wearing plugs and/or muffs when shooting. It's the music that brought on tinnitus in my left ear. Playing in bands and having a brother that excels in creating sound systems finally caught up to me. I started using electronic muffs some years ago and use ear plugs and muffs when shooting the 16" M-4. I can't imagine using that thing for home protection without hearing protection of some kind. Blown ear drums for sure. Shotty next to the bed.
I really like the looks of those Walker plugs that rest on your neck instead of your head like muffs usually do. Wearing glasses and muffs tend to really mash the glasses against your ears and the bridge of your nose.
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Post by squigz on Feb 6, 2018 9:06:03 GMT -5
I've been looking around local places to see if anything caught my eye and tripped my trigger as far as over the ear muffs. Normally for casual shooting or something along those lines I always double up, plugs then muffs. The plugs i mentioned in the original post have a ceramic insert in them that shuts the sound down when a certain decibel limit it reached, I got to see how they worked in the real world hunting this year with the 500JRH and I'm pleasantly surprised that they worked as well as they did. I had no ringing in my ears after the shot.
I do have a slight constant ringing in my ears, sometimes it's worse than others and I too attribute it to music. Though, from my side of things it's more the concerts themselves being as close to the bands as possible than playing in the band itself.
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