Hearing Protection in the field?

Sound Gear plugs are great in the field. They enhance your hearing and save your ears.

Damaged my ears severely through shooting, hot rod cars, and straight pipe sky-boats in my youth. NOW, I always wear ear muffs while shooting. I have a few pairs of electronic muffs I wear while hunting. Have worn them hunting geese through Cape Buffalo. Never leave home without them.

Good luck

Jerry

I was a drummer in rock bands 45+ years ago and have always enjoyed shooting sports and hunting. Needless to say, my hearing has been severely impaired and I now wear hearing aids. My audiologist suggested that I consider using electronic ear muffs with ear plugs at the range and the ear muffs alone while hunting.

I've recently switched to the Howard Leight Impact Sport for hunting and the HL Impact Sport Bolt for the range. The difference is the latter uses digital compression with a quicker attack speed and has higher volume mic's. There are a number of good electronic muffs to choose from but the HL's were comfortable and fit my needs.

Walker's new Silencer ear buds seem to work well. No where near as nice as my Soundgear, but if you're on budget they're worth a look.

i have used ESP (Electronic Shooting Protection) plugs for several years now. evidently started too late as my ears ring something horrible. upgraded from analog to digital. excellent but pricey. Put them in and forget about them.
my teenage boys have used the Walker game ear quad muffs since they started shooting. They have been shooting since they were 7, 15 and 17 now. i'm proud to say they have never fired a gun without ear protection.

I've got this $1000 set of earplugs called a Thunderbeast. Crazy.... one set works for me and everyone else around me.

all kidding aside.... I've damaged my hearing over the years. always seem to really need to take that shot with out time to put the earplugs in. Suppressors cost a lot of money, but I would go back and buy one again in a heartbeat. they are worth every damned dime.

I agree that suppressors are wonderful for protecting your ears;but are not legal in some places. Canada for instance, where I have done several big game trips.

Electronic earmuffs are legal everywhere - to my knowledge.

Good luck

Jerry

I use Howard Leight electronic over the ear muffs for duck hunting. Use to shooting with them with a shotgun. But i don't like them with a rifle.

I use Walkers Ultimate Alpha 360 ear muffs. They have 4 mikes (2 on each muff) for "surround sound", but cut off when my .340 Weatherby with the muzzle brake goes off. I can also hear my guide whispering to me, along with Elk bugles and other sounds. I bought several pair in Kryptek, Camo, and a pair of black. They are usually on Camofire.com for about $75.

Another Walkers user here. They increase talking and woods sounds but shut off muzzle blast! I like mine

I started using ESP hearing protectors 17 years ago. Switched to digital 10 years ago. They were expensive, but worth it. Question is, what's yer hearing worth. They're comfortable and I'll wear them all day. At the range, I throw muffs over the top for added protection. Digital are the rolls Royce of hearing protection...

The Walker's Ultimate Alpha 360 are on sale right now on Camofire.com for $54.99. They are cheaper than the ones I purchased in the past. I have several pair, and they work really well. I use them daily at work, and when chasing Elk through the NM/Colorado mountains.

I love my electric ear muffs. Actually enhances sounds around me. Then deadens the sound of rifle blast.
But as a musician my ears are my money so...

I have several pairs of electronic headphones...walkers...
A question to you that have same...
When you shoot..does your headphone turnoff so to speak...or does it cancel the shot sound by emitting another noise...
Mine emits another noise...almost as bad as hearing the shot itself..