Hunting -- eyes & ears?

[theGinsue]

I can't stress enough though about hearing protection.. being around grinders and equipment all my life took it's toll and now I'm paying the price..

After working on some really huge computer floors for upwards of 20 years I've got a mid-range hearing loss which really pisses the wife off (she thinks I'm ignoring her...sometimes I am ).

The interesting thing is that I can usually hear a mouse moving through the grass at 15 yards.

[sniper7]

i dont wear eye protection and i dont wear ear protection.

I wear ear protection for work as I am around jet engines all day long and that would surely take its toll, but for hunting...

I can hear enough to take down my animals, and the one shot is not going to be that detremental to my hearing for the rest of my life. I highly doubt the 1 shot a year i take without earplugs will destroy my hearing, maybe i am wrong, but I am surely not going to wear earplugs out there, or think to put them on when a huge bull elk is heading my way...

[Hoser]

I wont pick up a gun much less shoot it without eye protection.

For elk or other big game hunting hearing protection is optional, but I normally wear electronic hearing-aid type plugs.

[Justin]

I carry a set of Peltors with me, and slip them on when it seems likely that I will need them.

It's not a very good solution, honestly, as it just adds one more piece of gear that I have to carry. I'd like to get a set of the Walker Game Ears, but man those things are pricey.