Well middle age is finnaly starting to set in and I had to get a pair of glasses. I'm having a really tough time shooting with them because I knock them off my head each time I come to full draw. How do you guys deal with this?
contacts.
Get contacts or a shorter bow,or give up and send me all your gear...LOL :thumbsup:
i was just thinking about that this morn. i wear reedin specs and then pick up bow and have to take them off to shoot, and thought boy what im i gonna do when i have to wear them to see at a distance?....
Wow... I've never had the problem... you may need your glasses adjust a bit closer to your face or to turn your head a little more. Your string should not be catching the edge of your glasses at all... play with your form a bit before investing several hundred in contacts... though I can tell you that having contacts makes hunting easier. Its easier to glass, less to reflect... etc...
I have worn glasses all my life and been shooting bows for over 40 years, no problem.
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I have worn glasses all my life and been shooting bows for over 40 years, no problem.
Ditto. Well, except for the 40 years part :bigsmyl:
No trouble here in over forty years. It's more of a form issue I would think....maybe leaning into the shot too much. Don't know without seeing you shoot.
Never been an issue for me, have you tried to cant the bow slightly to get clearance. Best of luck, it can be done.
I have glasses and shoot without them hitting the string. I think that you will need to turn your head a little more if you are getting problems. I would have a friend help by watching you draw and see what the problem is. Is your anchor point really far back? You may need to adjust your form a little to eliminate the contact. I find glasses easier than contacts especially on longer trips away from home. Contacts can work but become a hassle when everything is dirty when you are hunting in the backcountry. Let me know if you have any other questions or if I can help more.
Clayton
I prefer contacts, but I have never had a problem with my glasses. How is the string comming so close to your eye? I anchor on the corner of my mouth and the string doesnt even come close.
If you draw to the corner of your mouth, it shouldn't be a problem. I shoot with glasses.
I shoot with glasses. I'd say that if the string is comming back past the corner where the bow of the glasses meets the frame that you don't have the arrow under your eye and you have a floating anchor. I suggest that if the string is that far back, that is not in front of the lens, that you have a form problem. I'm with George, need to see you shoot.
I have been shooting with my ski goggles on because of the extreme weather, and they definatly take some getting used to!
I must be leaning into the shot because the target picture gets fuzzy which means I'm not looking straight at the target. I do anchor at the corner of my mouth, but I use my extended thumb on my temple as a second anchor and that's whats knocking them off.
Have been told I can't use contacts. Guess I need to figure out how to keep my head pointed at what I'm shooting, but then the anchor doesn't feel right...back to the drawing board.
Xroadshunter, as a longtime specs wearer, let me take a pass at this. This suggestion is only about being "near-sighted", not the "my arms are not long enough to hold a book I can see" middle age reading problem. Based on my experience, I think it will only be a coincidence if you get to keep the anchor point you are using before wearing glasses. It also is a little tricky because the corrective prescription is not usually ground consistently across the lens. That is, one part of your lens will give you the very sharpest vision. Here is what has worked for me, and you might give it a try. Wearing your glasses, move your head around however you need to hold it until you are convinced that you have the sharpest image of your target. Now that you are wearing glasses to correct vision, that is how you must learn to hold your head in your new shooting position, so your "form" will need some re-tooling. Experiment with different anchor points until you locate one that works with your new head position. Shooting accurately with glasses is not all that tough to learn to do as many have already noted. Just takes some shooting until you find what works for your face, glasses frames, form, etc. Best of luck to you, and a final tip, just like a spare bowstring, pack some backup glasses when you go hunting. Good luck
I shoot three under and have no issues with my glasses... anchor problem?
I have to shoot with contacts. If not the rim of my glasses will get in the way and the target is blurry.
I have the same problem as ryped. Got glasses that looked good on me, but sucked for shooting. Contacts are great. Takes a little while to get use to them in your eyes, but much better than glasses.
I figure I'll wait till I'm 45 - 50 years old and then get Laysic eye surgery. By that age it should last me for the rest of my life (or until the rest of my body gives up the good things in life).
My Glasses are just as much a Part of Me as my Eyeballs, cant say I have EVER had a Problem Shooting with them.
If contacts are a no go, try moving your thumb from your temple to the back of your jaw bone under your ear lobe. That should keep everything below the glasses temple.
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If contacts are a no go, try moving your thumb from your temple to the back of your jaw bone under your ear lobe. That should keep everything below the glasses temple.
That's what I do, but I did that before I had glasses. If your thumb is on your temple, I still don't see how it hits your glasses when you release. It should be going back on release, which would be away from your glasses.
I wear contacts a lot when I hunt, mainly because they don't fog over like glasses. I'm near sighted and the middle aged thing happened a few years ago, so I can't see up close worth squat either. I carry my glasses (trifocals) with me when I hunt, just in case I have a contact problem.
I can also slip the glasses on with the contacts in for close-up work. If you do that, don't forget to take them off to drive. Trust me, things get really blurry at a distance that way!
been doing it for a long time,guess you just have to get used to it. i'm blind as a bat without them lol.
I tried shooting without my glasses but finally accepted the fact that I really did see much clearer with glasses, and so had to shorten and change my draw so the glasses would not contact the string. It took me a couple of weeks to change my form and anchor, but now its great...just a shorter drawn.
I have had glassed for years and no problems until I had to go to bi-focals. Never did get used to them finally got a pair without the bi-focals, now can't the end of the arrow very clear to nock it. But it's all good or that is what I keep telling myself. HA HA
if you aim, glass make a big difference. when ya get to be a old geezer with tri-focals or no-line bifocals, the target will wave, ghost, float, and mirage. this is because you are not looking down the barrel on the lens but off to one side of it. it may not as evident when shoot split vison or instinctive at 20 yds. try aiming and see what a difference they make.
the fix is to get glass with the lens barrel offsite (yep they can do that if your glasses are big enough) and just your far vision correction or ya can....
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get ya a pair of shooting glass. when your friends make fun of you......make 'em eat the words :)
rusty
Yup...Been doing it so long I don't even remember how I adjusted, just something else that wasn't going to be big enough to stop me. A little extra cant to the bow, lower anchor, turn the head more sideways or a little less into the bow, move the thumb...or a mixture of such tweaks and you can keep moving forward. That said, knowing that glasses CAN get in the way is as important as knowing any other thing that might present as a limitation. No worries, the brain will eventually store the necessary information and toss what is causing the distraction. Enjoy, Rick.
My son wears glasses and shoots 3 under. His glasses do effect his anchor point. If he takes his glasses off he shoots better but can't really see where the arrow goes. It is true instinctive shooting. However, it would be nice for him to wear his glasses and see the arrow in the target, or if he misses, see where the heck it went. He is too young for contacts.
So, glasses wearing Shooters, can you explain your set up and, if you shooot 3 under, anchor point.
Need some instruction from the "seasoned" bowmen to help my son. Advice, please?
I shoot 3 under and anchor with the back knuckle on my thumb on my ear lobe and a feather on my nose and there is no contact with my glasses. I wear pagressive bifocals except when I shoot. I had my eye doc make me a pair of shooting glasses. I told her that they need to be crystal clear at 20 yards and no distortion all the way to the inside edge. They had to grind them twice but they got it done.
Shoot split finger. No problems at all with glasses.
I wore glasses for years then had lasik surgery seven years ago. My vision has slipped a little since I am over 50 and might need to wear my reading glasses with a slight distance correction.
The point I am making is the fogging up. When I was younger, they stayed fogged up and wet when it rained. Okay you can wear a hat for the rain, but has anyone had success with the anti fog stuff like cat crap?
Billy
first, i make sure to put any glasses down before picking up a bow and arrow. :D
a newbie to eye glasses will have an adjustment period of sorts. after that, you won't know you have eye glasses on when they're on.
I've worn glasses since I've been 50 with no problems other than in rain and foggy up on cold mornings. Sounds like you are floating your anchor????
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Glenn
Pehaps I need to restate my request. My son shoots 3 finger, very well, and is not going to shoot split. But, his eyes are getting worse so he needs to shoot with glasses until he is old enough for contacts.
Thanks, WTPOPS for your set up info.
Anyone else tell me about how they set up, tance, etc.