Anyone here shoot or hunt with their glasses on? I'm just wondering if there have been any problems with them getting in the way? I wear glasses but after a car accident a year and half ago I was left without. I have been way too lazy to go get another pair but now my vision has gotten slightly worse and it's affecting my shooting. When I did wear them before I would just take them off for practice or hunting so to this day I have never taken a shot while wearing them.
~Tristan
I shoot with glasses and have no problems...
When I shot a compound, I had to tilt my head forward to see out the peep and ended up looking over my glasses...very irritating...but with traditional gear I look right thru them.
You oughta peruse it and try to make it work...shooting without my specs makes a huge difference and my vision ain't that bad to begin with.
I cant shoot with my glasses. I got contacts and have no problems.
I shoot with mine, the eyepatch is worse to shoot with. Had to get used to the fact I only have one functional eye, but I'm starting to group again. I was right eye dominant. Now I have a working left one, and a right eye that lies like a dog. The eyepatch brought me back to actually hitting stuff.
Choose your glasses with shooting in mind..you kind of tilt you head and look through your lenses at an angle. So choose lenses that don't obstruct you vision. Kind of the larger the lense the better the sweet spot in them. Talk with who ever is fitting you about what you want. Jim
The only problem I have shooting with them is in very warm weather when they fog up. Other than that I never know they are on.
I am getting my 1st pair soon.
I look forward to seeing better but have some angst about what will happen with my shooting.
God bless,Mudd
I shoot with my glasses on and have no problems. I got the ones with the auto tint and that seems to help reduce glare. Also like JB said, a little larger frame really helps me too.
I can't wear a face mask though, they fog right up and I'm constanly choosing between breathing and seeing!
My husband wore glasses and preferred the rimless frames whenever he was shooting his bow. The lenses were ground to have optimal focus between 26" and 32".
Rachel
Awesome! Thanks guys. You even answered some questions I didn't know I had. I have given some thought to contacts but I just can't stand the thought of putting them in and know that when push comes to shove I won't bother wearing them, especially at four a.m. when I'm trying to get ready to hit the woods. My vision isn't terrible but I have an astigmatism so at 10+ yards one eye can focus and the other cant't. It makes it rather difficult to "pick a spot". So, face masks are out of the question, even with the anti-fog lens coating? Thanks again everyone. I'm off to the optometrist after work!
Been shooting with glasses for over 65 years without any problems.
Wear your glasses for sure :eek: Sharp vision is everything. I wear glasses when I don't feel like putting my contacts in, but when the weather gets cold, I always wear contacts to avoid foggy lenses.
Go to Lens Crafters or other, have your eyes checked and order some before season!
Good luck!
Kris
I wear them too and I have no problems.
I've worn glasses all my life. Eyes got old and I then needed progressive lenses. Those things will mess ya up. It changes depth perception. I ended up picking up my fat bottom off the ground more times than I want to admit.
I recently switched to contacts. Much better! And the best part is they don't fog or need whipping in the rain
I wear the Aviator style lenses with no frame on the bottom. After shooting for an hour or so I found that by opening up my stance some it worked great. If you're right handed move your left foot about 6 to 8 " to the left and this will open your stance to give you a better view of your target. Works for me.
I shoot with glasses or contacts with no issues or adjustments....
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Glenn
I've worn glasses since I was in the 4th grade. Now, I have to wear bifocals. I've had to make a few adjustments here and there, but whether shooting 3-D or hunting, I have no issues with them. This past year, my darling bride of 33 years insisted that I become a little more "stylish" in eyeglass frame selection. So, I got some that have holes drilled through the lens and the bridge and eyepiece are mounted with screws through these holes in the lens. BIG MISTAKE. The screw in the right lens lines up perfectly with the eye when I'm trying to shoot. I can't pick a spot on the target because the spot is covered with the screw that holds the bridge in place.
Point is, be careful of your frame selection and try them on and tilt your head to pretend you are shooting. If anything interferes with your vision, don't get them.
I have worn glasses my whole life, never a problem shooting or hunting.
I've had glasses since I was a kid and HATE them. I think I'm going to get Lasik or PRK soon to be rid of them once and for all. I shoot with little bit shorter draw,so I can get my eye right over my arrow without hitting my glasses.
I take my glasses off when I go to bed and put them back on when I wake up in the morning.
It would never occur to me to shoot without them and I have never had a problem shooting with them. My tinted shooting glasses for shotgunning are bifocals and drive me crazy if I try to walk down stairs, but work fine for driving or shooting gun or bow. My regular glasses are smooth transition bi-focals and cause me no trouble at all shooting a bow or gun or walking down stairs.
Since you've not been wearing glasses you will probably experience an adjustment phase of a week or so but, for me, being able to see something makes it a whole lot easier to hit it :)
I have had glasses or contacts most of my life too, but never had any trouble shooting in them. I do prefer contacts most of the time, but wear glasses alot, especially when my eyes are tired or its really windy out, Spend the extra and get the scratch resistant polycarbonate , much lighter.
I wear glasses to hunt and shoot. I had to go to a lower profile glasses, top to btm, and certain shapes tended be easier to see clearly when I has at full draw with my head tilted ... I cant my bow and sometimes I would get a double image when looking near the edge of my lens. I settled on a more rectangular shape lens and it works well for me.
Been shooting with glasses for 22 years now with a bow, never any problems. I'm planning on getting laser surgery at the end of the year, however...curious as to how this will affect things.
When I wore glasses I was fine until I needed bifocals. Those things really screwed me up. Went progressives but got a set of glasses for shooting that were distance only.
I had cataract surgery some years ago, no more glasses.
If I wasn't wearing glasses or contacts, I couldn't hit an elephant if it swallowed me. Blind as a bat. That said, I have no problems shooting but someone mentioned no head net - I found some that fit tight to your head and have a big opening around the eyes and nose; these work perfect. Still provides good breakup of your human outline and they help keep the skeeters off your ears/neck. I find they are easier to hear with than a loose net, no brushing noises.
If you need bifocals do not get progressive lenses as they do not work well when trying to shoot a bow.
58
I have a real issue with the frames in my line of sight. I had to relearn to square my face with the target. Still fight the dam things most of the time just go without.
I sure disagree with 58WINTERS on the progressive lenses. If my head is in the same position each time, I'm looking through the same part of the lens each time. Mine work fine for me - much better than regular bi-focals and I need the two different corrections to be able to see anything up close. I'm thinking seriously about having a set of progressive grind shooting glasses ground in reverse with the near-vision Rx in the top of the lens so I can see pistol sights when I tip my head forward as I usually do when shooting.
Different strokes for different (old) folks.
As for the face-mask issue I use one that is made like a skirt open top and bottom with an elastic band I usually keep it on my top lip due to fog up and angle it up over my ears and under my had I haven't been picked off using this set up YET.
As for the face-mask issue I use one that is made like a skirt open top and bottom with an elastic band I usually keep it on my top lip due to fog up and angle it up over my ears and under my hat I haven't been picked off using this set up YET.
I've worn glasses since I was a kid. I've tried all the different kinds of contacts over the years and didn't like any of them. I'm not thrilled with glasses either but I need them so I just deal with their issues.
The biggest hassle for me is fogging. There is a product called "Cat Crap" that works pretty well, you rub it on and polish your lenses...and no I'm not getting it out of the litter box...do a Google search.
Otherwise the only thing I do is look for frames that don't leave a big gap between my nose and the lens. Most people end up looking through the top corner and get too close to the edge and the grind might not be very precise.
Make sure you get the anti reflective coating on the lens. This will cut the glare down to nothing .I wear ray ban aviator frames in black and have a very high anchor, no problems.
You can buy all sorts of tiny bottles of "Crap" dope in dive shops to kill lens fogging. BUT, quite a number of pro outfits use nothing more than blue Dawn dishsoap in bulk as an anti-fog surfactant. Wipe your lenses down with alcohol and then treat them with Dawn. Lasts a long time to prevent fogging and is cheap.
I was introduced to Randolph Rangers many years back and continue to use them for shooting sports, including hunting with bows. Regardless of vision, I prefer having eye protection when shooting stuff, especially when bushwacking in low light. Have no issues with string clearance, but good binos with ample eye relief are a must to work well with glasses in place.
I shoot just fine with glasses, both single vision and progressive lenses. I've been using the smaller single vision lense glasses for hunting.