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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 91343" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>About a third of my hearing range was gone by the time I was 20 years old. Then I had my eardrums ruptured twice and by the time I was 25 I would guess I had only one third of the normal frequency range left. During the last 25 years I have slowly lost a lot more. </p><p></p><p>I really enjoy bowhunting by stalking (hate tree stands) and I really enjoy spring turkey hunting. Both of these require very good hearing. I have a lot of trouble calling turkeys because I can hear so little of the actual sound I am making on the box.</p><p></p><p>I use Walker game ears because they are tunable to frequency which I need and have a mechanical shutoff for loud noises. Using them I can hear a lot better but you loose a lot of directional detection ability. I do not guarantee that the mechanical shutoff works. A second point with hearing enhancement is that it is usually at a volume increase which during the lenght of a hunting day will cause some amount of temporary hearing lose when you are finally done hunting.</p><p></p><p>You are welcome to try to hunt with them but you may find them to be a handicap for any kind of close range type hunting.</p><p></p><p>What to use while at the range is a different subject. My comments are only about hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 91343, member: 8"] About a third of my hearing range was gone by the time I was 20 years old. Then I had my eardrums ruptured twice and by the time I was 25 I would guess I had only one third of the normal frequency range left. During the last 25 years I have slowly lost a lot more. I really enjoy bowhunting by stalking (hate tree stands) and I really enjoy spring turkey hunting. Both of these require very good hearing. I have a lot of trouble calling turkeys because I can hear so little of the actual sound I am making on the box. I use Walker game ears because they are tunable to frequency which I need and have a mechanical shutoff for loud noises. Using them I can hear a lot better but you loose a lot of directional detection ability. I do not guarantee that the mechanical shutoff works. A second point with hearing enhancement is that it is usually at a volume increase which during the lenght of a hunting day will cause some amount of temporary hearing lose when you are finally done hunting. You are welcome to try to hunt with them but you may find them to be a handicap for any kind of close range type hunting. What to use while at the range is a different subject. My comments are only about hunting. [/QUOTE]
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