Hunting with Glasses

[Augusta]

I know this may be a naive question, but do you guys who wear glasses wear them when you're hunting? I know that I need glasses simply because it is getting hard for me to read a newspaper and I have noticed that my shooting is getting rather poor. So I am wondering if glasses improve your shooting performance. Thanks

[CRAZYEYES]

I don't wear glasses but I've been trying to wear my protective glasses more often but its tough to get used to. My dad wears cheater reading glasses but he does'nt wear them hunting because he claims he cant see as well at longer distances with them and only needs them to read up close. If you are gonna wear them find something comfortable because even sunglasses bug me when I'm bird hunting.

[raymondk]

I try to wear glasses just to protect my eyes when hunting in heavy cover

[paul pachowicz]

Welcome to the world of bifocals. I've worn script glasses for 25 years now. I've far sighted with a near sighted stigmatizum, hence the need for bifocals. Anyway, I don't wear them when I'm shooting because invaribly the upper left corner of my glasses always seem to be dusty, dirty, fogged, etc and I wear photo grays which darken my scope picture. I've adjusted the rear optic to compensate for clearity. LOL...without glasses a newspaper or phone book looks like a bunch of black lines to me. There are other posts about this topic in "hunting" in this forum. You could try adjusting the rear optic focus ring and see if things clear up for ya.

[tweedlap]

I have worn mine for many years. I have to or my world ends at about 20 feet.

They are a pain when it is raining or snowing.

They do make products to prevent steaming up. This stuff works very good.

tweed

[Jarrod32]

I've worn glasses for year, but have worn contacts (the disposable kind) for hunting, softball, fishing, raquetball, etc. for years. Then you wear the appropriate eye protection/sunglasses in addition to the contacts.

[harvey lee]

Always have worn my glasses since I started hunting. I guess it has been a very few times I think they have bothered me.

[BlueBillStacker]

LASIK!!!! best money i ever spent

[Jim Almquist]

My vision is OK but not great. I can pass a divers license exam but if anything is far away it will not be sharp. I always wear contacts because my vision improves to 20/15 and they never fog up and if I stay outdoors they will feel great but get inside or have the defroster going in the truck and they will get irritated. The down side is that I cannot read anything close up and now need cheaters to read.

[machohorn]

2 years ago I was sitting in my deer stand looking around, I put my glass's on for the 1st time out in the woods and said,"Wow there's trees and stuff out here" only could see grey matter before. lol

[Augusta]

Thanks for all the replies everyone. I guess my real question is this. Do you guys who wear glasses also wear them hunting because you shoot better with them on or does it not matter. Thanks

[Matt Breuer]

I don't legally need glasses, but I need glasses when I drive at night, and I really need them to seperate the clutter in the woods. I have to wear them to see game such as bear, deer, running birds, or grouse while driving, even to help see my dogs on point in tall grass they help, etc... The downfall for me.... I shoot worse w/ them on.

[Cheetah]

Thanks for all the replies everyone. I guess my real question is this. Do you guys who wear glasses also wear them hunting because you shoot better with them on or does it not matter. Thanks

I need my glasses so I can identify my target. Seems like a no-brainer to me. If things are blurry without them, put them on.

I also buy glasses that are a little bigger and not those ones that are really small frames that are meant to be more stylish than functional. I don't like having the frame in the middle of my view.

[harvey lee]

Yes I shoot better with them on. I could not see my target without being all blury without.

[Wanderer]

Thanks for all the replies everyone. I guess my real question is this. Do you guys who wear glasses also wear them hunting because you shoot better with them on or does it not matter. Thanks

YES, absolutely! My skeet scores improved after I got glasses.

I cannot stand being without my glasses for hunting or fishing. I tried contacts but my eyes won't tolerate them well for long days. Also, in camping situations I don't want to hassle with taking them out or putting them in.

[SORNO]

Since I am near sited I need my glasses for driving and anything else that I need to see some distance. I have never had any issues with wearing glasses in the field.

[hendenhook]

I have worn glasses bird hunting for a long time, and now bifocals too. You can get glasses with a small bifocal in the bottom if you need it and you will get used to that and use it for reading maps, camera settings and other things small and close. Make sure that you tell whoever makes them for you that you want no distortion in the upper part of the glasses, the part that you will be looking through when you shoot. Progressive lenses for me do not work very well for shooting. Also make sure they are large enough and fitted so when you get down on the gun the frame is out of the way. If you really need glasses you will find that you can hunt longer, see better and not get tired eyes if you wear them. I also carry a cotton hankerchief to clean them, any paper products will scratch some lenses.

[Augusta]

Thanks for all the replies everyone. I went to the eye doctor. He said my long ditance vision was still close to 20/20. But my near vision (16 inches) was 20/80. Sounds like I need a good pair of bifocals.

One more quick question, are you guys shooting with both eyes open or closing your left eye when aiming?

[anchor man]

I wear glasses, but I will say that they have not improved my shooting. The problem with me is eye dominance. I shoot right handed, but am left eye dominant with or without glasses.

[Phred52]

Augusta, For those of us that NEED glasses, If we didn't wear them while hunting, well...it just wouldn't be hunting. It would be more like a 'stumbling hike afield and a quest to find our way back home'!! If you need the glasses, definitely get them! You'll be able to see much clear, and not only will YOUR safety be improved so will your companions. Get an extra pair that you can put a sport strap on, so they don't get pulled off by the brush etc. Phred52

[IFallsRon]

I can't see the back sight without glasses.

[hound32]

LASIK surgery is awesome!

[rmkod]

Lasik will definitely improve your distance vision and correct nearsightedness, farsightedness to an extent, or astigmatism, but will do nothing for your near vision(exception is monovision, which causes a loss of depth perception). So in Augusta's case it will do nothing(since he is 20/20 in the distance), the only option is a good pair of bifocals.

[Augusta]

Lasik will definitely improve your distance vision and correct nearsightedness, farsightedness to an extent, or astigmatism, but will do nothing for your near vision(exception is monovision, which causes a loss of depth perception). So in Augusta's case it will do nothing(since he is 20/20 in the distance), the only option is a good pair of bifocals.

That's exactly what the eye doctor told me. Thanks

[InTheNorthwoods]

I don't legally need glasses, but I need glasses when I drive at night, and I really need them to seperate the clutter in the woods. I have to wear them to see game such as bear, deer, running birds, or grouse while driving, even to help see my dogs on point in tall grass they help, etc... The downfall for me.... I shoot worse w/ them on.

+ 1 almost exactly.