![]() I asked her about her initial findings, and saw that hunter after hunter complained of ringing in the ears and hearing loss, which worsened over time. She had a table outside Jays Sporting Goods in Clare and asked hunters to answer a few short questions about their hearing levels and shooting practices. Last fall a young college student was doing a paper on hunters and hearing loss. But I didn’t want to inhibit my hearing during hunting, and usually only need one shot at game, so I wore nothing when in the woods. They probably did more damage than good.Įventually I wised up and committed to proper hearing protection during all target shooting activities. But sometimes it was only a couple of spent shells sticking out of my ears. While growing up I wore hearing protection most of the time while target shooting. If Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry shot real loads through that pistol of his I don’t think he’d hear anything anymore! 44 pistol without ear protection and I had major ringing for months. ![]() But you don’t have to shoot often to do damage. My dad blames his significant hearing loss with shooting too many guns in the army without hearing protection. If the first half of my life I screwed up my body, the next half I’m going to do everything I can to keep and improve what I have left! This year I decided it was time to stop further ear damage and start hunting with ear protection. ![]() I’m almost 40 and finally realizing that I’m not getting any younger.
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