Shooting glasses while hunting.

pullandbang

I know when clay shooting we all have to wear safety glasses, but do any of you wear them while hunting?

I have to wear glasses anyway 'cos I'm flipping lampy, and these new fashionable thin glasses are not great for shotgun shooting. The frames are too thin and this causes you to lift your head off the stock as you try to look through your lenses. I've taken to wearing my old clay shooting glasses for pheasant/duck shooting and they're great. The frames are nice and big (think Denis Taylor and snooker) and they sit up high on the nose so you can look through them and keep your face on the stock.

Anyway, the reason I ask is that yesterday morning as I busted my way through some briars, I got a thorn in my eye. It stuck in the cornea about 1mm away from the coloured part which is where the real damage occurs. Luckily there's no permanent damage and the hole should heal by itself without any surgical intervention. However at the moment it's damnned sore and uncomfortable and the drops sting like hell!

If I hadn't been wearing glasses it could have been a lot worse. In fact I know a farmer who actually lost his eye in similar circumstances. So a word of advice to those of you who cross ditches, scramble through hedges or sneak through woods, get yourself a pair of shooting glasses!

jwshooter

no,unless decoying pigeon .

when you live and work in the country side you learn to look after your self .

ps. the vast majority of clay shooter would not wear shooting glasses if they could get away with it especially on damp of humid days.

dave999

pullandbang wrote: »

I know when clay shooting we all have to wear safety glasses, but do any of you wear them while hunting?

Anyway, the reason I ask is that yesterday morning as I busted my way through some briars, I got a thorn in my eye. It stuck in the cornea about 1mm away from the coloured part which is where the real damage occurs. Luckily there's no permanent damage and the hole should heal by itself without any surgical intervention. However at the moment it's damnned sore and uncomfortable and the drops sting like hell!

Should have gone to Specsav..... sorry could'nt resist! Hope the eye gets better soon, is that why you keep winking at us? :cool:

stevoman

pullandbang wrote: »

I know when clay shooting we all have to wear safety glasses, but do any of you wear them while hunting?

I have to wear glasses anyway 'cos I'm flipping lampy, and these new fashionable thin glasses are not great for shotgun shooting. The frames are too thin and this causes you to lift your head off the stock as you try to look through your lenses. I've taken to wearing my old clay shooting glasses for pheasant/duck shooting and they're great. The frames are nice and big (think Denis Taylor and snooker) and they sit up high on the nose so you can look through them and keep your face on the stock.

Anyway, the reason I ask is that yesterday morning as I busted my way through some briars, I got a thorn in my eye. It stuck in the cornea about 1mm away from the coloured part which is where the real damage occurs. Luckily there's no permanent damage and the hole should heal by itself without any surgical intervention. However at the moment it's damnned sore and uncomfortable and the drops sting like hell!

If I hadn't been wearing glasses it could have been a lot worse. In fact I know a farmer who actually lost his eye in similar circumstances. So a word of advice to those of you who cross ditches, scramble through hedges or sneak through woods, get yourself a pair of shooting glasses!

i know exactly how you feel.I was getting through a ditch 2 years ago and the same happened and it was one of the most uncomforable experiences i have ever had. i never went to the doctors (stupid) and spend 2 days with tears flowing from that eye. i have bad eyesight so i do and need to waer glasses for shooting, driving, tv etc. I damaged my eye so i coulnt wear contact lenses.

im off to get the laser eye therapy done next week so i am and one thing i am concerned about is damaging my eyes going through dsitches as i have found that my glasses have pretected me. i wont be wearing glasses shooting from then on as i cant stand wearing them when its raining.

pullandbang

stevoman wrote: »

im off to get the laser eye therapy done next week so i am and one thing i am concerned about is damaging my eyes going through dsitches as i have found that my glasses have pretected me. i wont be wearing glasses shooting from then on as i cant stand wearing them when its raining.

Good luck with the laser treatment. I don't qualify for it so I'll have to stick with the glasses.

jwshooter wrote: »

when you live and work in the country side you learn to look after your self

Regardless of where you live or work, you have to look after yourself, otherwise us townies and city folk would be extinct by now!

Dusty87

pullandbang wrote: »

I know when clay shooting we all have to wear safety glasses, but do any of you wear them while hunting?

I have to wear glasses anyway 'cos I'm flipping lampy, and these new fashionable thin glasses are not great for shotgun shooting. The frames are too thin and this causes you to lift your head off the stock as you try to look through your lenses. I've taken to wearing my old clay shooting glasses for pheasant/duck shooting and they're great. The frames are nice and big (think Denis Taylor and snooker) and they sit up high on the nose so you can look through them and keep your face on the stock.

Anyway, the reason I ask is that yesterday morning as I busted my way through some briars, I got a thorn in my eye. It stuck in the cornea about 1mm away from the coloured part which is where the real damage occurs. Luckily there's no permanent damage and the hole should heal by itself without any surgical intervention. However at the moment it's damnned sore and uncomfortable and the drops sting like hell!

If I hadn't been wearing glasses it could have been a lot worse. In fact I know a farmer who actually lost his eye in similar circumstances. So a word of advice to those of you who cross ditches, scramble through hedges or sneak through woods, get yourself a pair of shooting glasses!

Very sore. I got steel stuck in my eye a couple of months back. Its the most uncomfortable and annoying feeling ever.
I wear glasses because i have to for driving and tv, so wear them for shooting too.

ayapatrick

pullandbang wrote: »

Good luck with the laser treatment. I don't qualify for it so I'll have to stick with the glasses.



Regardless of where you live or work, you have to look after yourself, otherwise us townies and city folk would be extinct by now!

If ya dont like the glasses in the rain, how about contact lens. I wear them myself - great job. got them in the first place for clay shooting foR that very same reason of the glasses being too thin.

pullandbang

I tried them some years back and could never get used to them. TBH it felt like there was a piece of dirt in my eyes the whole time so I gave up.

I remember one particularly windy day I could feel the edge of the contact lens actually lift with the cross wind so I gave them up as a bad idea.

deerhunter1

pullandbang wrote: »

I know when clay shooting we all have to wear safety glasses, but do any of you wear them while hunting?

I have to wear glasses anyway 'cos I'm flipping lampy, and these new fashionable thin glasses are not great for shotgun shooting. The frames are too thin and this causes you to lift your head off the stock as you try to look through your lenses. I've taken to wearing my old clay shooting glasses for pheasant/duck shooting and they're great. The frames are nice and big (think Denis Taylor and snooker) and they sit up high on the nose so you can look through them and keep your face on the stock.

Anyway, the reason I ask is that yesterday morning as I busted my way through some briars, I got a thorn in my eye. It stuck in the cornea about 1mm away from the coloured part which is where the real damage occurs. Luckily there's no permanent damage and the hole should heal by itself without any surgical intervention. However at the moment it's damnned sore and uncomfortable and the drops sting like hell!

If I hadn't been wearing glasses it could have been a lot worse. In fact I know a farmer who actually lost his eye in similar circumstances. So a word of advice to those of you who cross ditches, scramble through hedges or sneak through woods, get yourself a pair of shooting glasses!

Ya I have to wear lasses to, vari-focals, a curse when shooting, I started using contact lenses for when I go shooting gave me a new lease of life, because glasses would fog up when walking. :eek:

Sparks

jwshooter wrote: »

when you live and work in the country side you learn to look after your self

Funny, that. I grew up in the countryside, and all I remember about the thorns was my folks trying to scare us silly with stories about kids just like us who popped their eyeballs on thorns (or equally grisly stuff).

Frankly, if learning that being hit in the face with a thorny stick is the limit of the training involved, I don't see how country folk have much of an advantage over townies here Mind you, I'm not a believer in this notion that you have to be born in the country to understand how to survive outside of civilisation, because some of the best "outdoorspeople" I've ever met lived their day-to-day lives in the heart of places like Munich or Milton Keynes (and frankly, they had more outdoor skills than most of the farmers I've known, and one or two of the mountain rescue people I've known as well).

As to wearing shooting glasses, I have to wonder - the injuries they can save you from are equally bad whether you're on a range or in the field; but after the accident, if you weren't wearing the glasses, do you think it'll be easier to get to medical assistance from the field or from the range? And if it's harder from the field, why not take more precautions there than on the range?

pullandbang

deerhunter1 wrote: »

Ya I have to wear lasses to, vari-focals, a curse when shooting,

Now they are a nightmare especially if you're walking. I wear them while fishing - I need the reading bit at the bottom for fly changing. However when you walk in them and you look down, eveything seems so much closer which can make you stumble - dangerous when wading!

jwshooter

Sparks wrote: »

Funny, that. I grew up in the countryside, and all I remember about the thorns was my folks trying to scare us silly with stories about kids just like us who popped their eyeballs on thorns (or equally grisly stuff).

Frankly, if learning that being hit in the face with a thorny stick is the limit of the training involved, I don't see how country folk have much of an advantage over townies here Mind you, I'm not a believer in this notion that you have to be born in the country to understand how to survive outside of civilisation, because some of the best "outdoorspeople" I've ever met lived their day-to-day lives in the heart of places like Munich or Milton Keynes (and frankly, they had more outdoor skills than most of the farmers I've known, and one or two of the mountain rescue people I've known as well).

As to wearing shooting glasses, I have to wonder - the injuries they can save you from are equally bad whether you're on a range or in the field; but after the accident, if you weren't wearing the glasses, do you think it'll be easier to get to medical assistance from the field or from the range? And if it's harder from the field, why not take more precautions there than on the range?

noting like that would happen to you sparks your street smart .

thats sesame street BTW

Sparks

jwshooter wrote: »

noting like that would happen to you sparks your street smart .
thats sesame street BTW

Awww jw, I didn't know you cared enough to think I wasn't a muppet :pac:

foxshooter243

pullandbang wrote: »

Now they are a nightmare especially if you're walking. I wear them while fishing - I need the reading bit at the bottom for fly changing. However when you walk in them and you look down, eveything seems so much closer which can make you stumble - dangerous when wading!

P&B, when i was in a sports shop in florida I bought a neat pair of flyfishing glasses, they had a wrap around polaroid lens with inbuilt magnifying glass in the lower sections of the lens for changing flies, great for wading when you need the glasses but also require the magnification for fly changing..Ive never seen them since though:(-but I stll use mines and guard them with my life they are that handy:D

pullandbang

foxshooter243 wrote: »

P&B, when i was in a sports shop in florida I bought a neat pair of flyfishing glasses,

I'd love to be able to wear them but my prescription is so strong on my weak right eye that I'm limited to the type of lens I can get. I can't get the wrap around ones made because the prescription won't work so I'm stuck with flat lenses only.