Ear Protection in the Field (Big Game Hunting)

[huronmtns]

So.
I was laying in bed last with the windows open. I'm listening to the frogs and crickets/katydid sing as loud as I've ever heard in the fields around our house. I'm going through some thoughts and I realize the crickets had completely stopped and all I could hear was the frogs. "That's weird" I thought and continued my thoughts. A few minutes later I rolled onto my left side and the crickets were back loud as can be. What the heck? So I lift my left ear off of the pillow and plug my right ear. The crickets completely stopped. I cant hear them in my left ear.

I had the exact same scenario about ten years ago. Crickets are a good indicator for hearing loss you didn't even know you had.

 

[MJE2083]

I don't wear them while big game hunting, but I have used them in the past when waterfowling or doves. I used to have a ported 12ga for waterfowl and boy was that sucker loud. Always wear them at the range.