Anybody have suggestions for picking a good pair of eyeglass frames for bow hunting/shooting? Right now I am plagued with glasses slipping down my nose, fogging, and slight obstruction from the frame (as I peer out the corner of my right eye). I lived with these issues for years now and can't help but feel that a change in frames might help. I have been looking at some of the eyewear that US troops are wearing and wonder if perhaps they might some application for hunting.
(Lasik would probably do the trick but is not something I would like to pursue.)
You might look at getting a pair of perscription Oakleys. Since they are made for sports, they fit closer to the face than regular glasses, won't slip and are designed not to fog. Sometimes I forget to take my Oakley sunglasses off when I start shooting and don't seem to have any issues although I do end up taking them off since I won't be hunting with them. I'm guessing contacts won't work for you? Good luck, it must be terribly frustating for those of you who need glasses to shoot.
Contacts!
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Contacts!
X2...they don't fog. If I forget to put them in, the glasses fit nicely in the pocket of my Hunter Safety System ;) Luckily, I can still shoot without them if need be. If you can't, get contacts.
I agree that, if possible, you should get contacts. I went for years thinking I couldn't handle contacts in my eyes since I have allergies and can't stand having a foreign object in there. And then I tried them. It's a whole new world. Overall, they are not any more expensive either.
Depending on how much the dollars are a factor, sporting goods stores used to sell a strap the the ends of the temples slid into and then you could adjust the tension to keep your glasses from sliding down your nose - back before my new titanium knees I had great luck with them playing tennis. "Cat Crap" is reasonably effective at preventing fog, but if that's a constant problem then contacts are the way to go.
I wear wire frame glasses that do not have nose pads, the wire frame simply wraps over the bridge of my nose. For archery there is a big advantage in having the lenses closer to your eyes and though I was initially skeptical, these have proven to be absolutely comfortable! I never give them a thought when shooting and the ones I have happen to be Brooks Brothers but there must be others.
laser surgery
Contacts work for me.I had always worried about the reflection off the lens as well as the fogging.Contacts or lasik are the answers. Ben
A flexable strap , all eye glass stores have them as well as Kmart and Walmart .
I thought the answer was contacts so I got some last winter. They worked great until my hayfever kicked in a month ago. I don't have allergies in the Fall so I should be good to go. I'll try them again.
In the meantime I have a pair of distance glasses I wear without nose pads. Work pretty good.
Get you a pair of RayBan shooting glasses. Take the lenses off and have your eye person get you your prescription mounted on that frame. That is what I did about 20 years ago when my sight started to deteriorate. I just had my eye doctor put prescription lenses on them. They have many advantages over contacts, protection being the most important. They ride high in your face, they are big and still you never touch them when you anchor. The lenses can be tinted to protect you from the sun. I had been using single prescription corrected for distance only, but I got tired of changing glasses when I needed to read anything. Last year I had them make me new lenses with a small area in the bottom corrected for reading. Best thing in the world.
God bless,
Jose
Aloha,
I'll echo the contacts if you can wear them.
As glasses go, if you want a larger area to see through, you might want to check out Decot shooting glasses. They have large lenses that are removable from the frame, the nose piece is adjustable so you can move your glasses up or down,comes in different lens colors and come with cable temples that wrap around your ears.
Mark
Son, you have your head turned way too much if you have to "peer out the corner of your eye."
:saywhat: Both of your eyes should be looking a the target.
I agree with George. I wear glasses just plain normal ones and have no problem shooting with them.
I do feel the pain of fogging up or just being out in the rain and still being able to see. I`ve been checking into laser surgery and if not going that route I`m gonna try contacts.RC
if your drinking or eating anything with aspartame in it to sweeten it - STOP.
I went from needing glasses to hunt; to not needing glasses.
Far as contacts- my Granddaughter said it best: "first Grampa you have to convince yourself to use contacts......and then you have to convince your eyes !" She was right; I have the strongest eyelids in the nation; and I couldn't put them in.....
I've been shooting with my new glasses lately and really like them.They're a little larger than my old glasses and they don't have the metal rim on the lower part and they are also the anti-glare glass.
When you go to the eye Dr, have them take wrap around sunglass frames and make them into your "shooting" glasses, with a clear lens. You'll never have to worry about the string and your glasses again. In fact, Columbia Sportswear makes a great matt silver finish sunglass frame that I own and suggest.
You can't make the string hit your glasses if you try.
Hopefully you have an eye care professional who has some idea of the needs of sportsmen. My son is an optometrist and enjoys helping hunters find just what will work best for them. Be sure to tell your eye doc what you need and "illustrate" your problem--after you consider George's advice :)
Contacts.
I went with soft contacts about a dozen years ago. No fog. No problems in the mist or rain. I don't knock them off. They don't slip around. Other than the need to carry some cheap drugstore reading glasses in my pocket so I can read fine print, there doesn't seem to be a down side to contacts. AND, I do shoot better with them than I did with glasses -- probably because I see better.
Give them a try. You won't be sorry.
Joe
I've been shootine with glasses for a long time, at first I had a little trouble till I open my stand up just a little. That did the trick!
Many thanks guys. As far as the critiques of my shooting form I should note that I have been at this for quite some time and I have always had a problem with my right frame occupying my field of vision when I shoot. Perhaps I am angling my head incorrectly - perhaps not. I do not think that I will switch to moving my head so that it directly faces the target regardless of what anyone else may think is "correct". Sorry.
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