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Do you wear hearing protection while hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="DawntoDusk" data-source="post: 893213" data-attributes="member: 48243"><p>Yes, I wear hearing protection while "shooting", not necessarily while hunting. I hunt in areas of Arizona with bears, mountain lions, and at least two documented cases of jaguar sightings so I only protect my ears for the actual shot. I want to be able to hear if I'm being hunted!! This year on an elk hunt, me and my buddy put our plugs in as a herd of elk walked straight toward us. Since I spotted them I got first shot (hunting camp rule #1). I hit my elk hard but it did not immediately go down. After my shot I was telling my buddy, who was a few yards away from me, to take his shot. He was already down on his gun but did not hear me since he had his plugs in. I finally ended up yelling and waving my hand at him to get his attention. He actually still got a shot at 230 yards and both elk were down within 100 yards of each other. He said he never heard the "whack" of the bullet hitting the elk and thought I missed so he was waiting for me to shoot again. It was a little hectic with two hearing protected hunters, but we have meat in the freezer and still have our hearing. When practicing with rifles or handguns, I use double hearing protection. Yeah, I know most of the story was a little off topic but I still wanted to tell it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DawntoDusk, post: 893213, member: 48243"] Yes, I wear hearing protection while "shooting", not necessarily while hunting. I hunt in areas of Arizona with bears, mountain lions, and at least two documented cases of jaguar sightings so I only protect my ears for the actual shot. I want to be able to hear if I'm being hunted!! This year on an elk hunt, me and my buddy put our plugs in as a herd of elk walked straight toward us. Since I spotted them I got first shot (hunting camp rule #1). I hit my elk hard but it did not immediately go down. After my shot I was telling my buddy, who was a few yards away from me, to take his shot. He was already down on his gun but did not hear me since he had his plugs in. I finally ended up yelling and waving my hand at him to get his attention. He actually still got a shot at 230 yards and both elk were down within 100 yards of each other. He said he never heard the "whack" of the bullet hitting the elk and thought I missed so he was waiting for me to shoot again. It was a little hectic with two hearing protected hunters, but we have meat in the freezer and still have our hearing. When practicing with rifles or handguns, I use double hearing protection. Yeah, I know most of the story was a little off topic but I still wanted to tell it. [/QUOTE]
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