Still hunting

mookie · January 10, 2011, 12:29:00 AM

To start I have never been a great hunter but in the last few years I noticed that I could move through the woods very stealthily with almost no sound so I decided to still hunt with limited success and couldn't figure out why. This last year with the urging of my loving wife I went to an EMT and found out I had a Meniere's Disease which had caused me to loose 75% of my hearing in my left ear and 20% in my my right ear now with the new hearing aids I am a certified bumbling idiot in the woods and will return to hunting from tree stands next year.

rdoggsilva · January 10, 2011, 01:16:00 AM

I know the felling about losing your hearing. I still enjoy still hunting. Some years I get lucky some years not.

Green · January 10, 2011, 05:40:00 AM

Me too.....'cept my wife says it's "Man Ears" disease.

Huh....whadyasay?

Charlie Lamb · January 10, 2011, 07:17:00 AM

Just turn them off and you'll be sneaky again. That's what I do.

Cocklebur · January 10, 2011, 08:39:00 AM

I need hearing aids but havn't taken the plunge yet. My wife gets real tired of repeating herself.

Stumpkiller · January 10, 2011, 08:44:00 AM

Unfortunate about the hearing loss but I like your sense of humor in how you're taking the news.

The secret to quiet is to move slow (spoken by another bumbling idiot). "Crash! Crunch!"

Stumpkiller · January 10, 2011, 08:48:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by Cocklebur:
I need hearing aids but havn't taken the plunge yet. My wife gets real tired of repeating herself.

My dear, departed father-in-law, who was a carpenter that ran saws and planers all his life and was deaf as a post, said: "Hearing loss is God's gift to old married men."

Pepper · January 10, 2011, 08:49:00 AM

Join the crowd, I wear hearing aids as well, and find that after getting used to them, I could still move along fairly quietly, because I could hear better.
They slowed me down alot, and it is one of my favorite ways to hunt, with moderate success.

Doc Nock · January 10, 2011, 08:54:00 AM

I have that danged Tinitis so bad, I'm never alone...30,000 crickets are always with me!

I have the Walker Game ear, but with just one, I can hear sounds, but no clue where it's coming from. I spook more critters swiveling my head trying to figure out where it's coming from.

They want to sell me another one...but the price got too wild for my budget for a 2nd one.

What STumpkiller's FIL said is hilarious!

Cool Arrow · January 10, 2011, 08:58:00 AM

I too don't hear well. I see a lot more game while on stand, but nothing matches the thrill of sneaking up on bedded buck or bull. You never forget these moments.
Larry

kill shot · January 10, 2011, 11:11:00 AM

Half of the stuff that is verbally said to me is not heard, the other half is missunderstood.

January 10, 2011, 02:29:00 PM

I USE THE CHEEP ONES YOU CAN GET AT CABELAS OR WALLYWORLD, AND I HAVE NO DIRRECTIONAL PERCEPTION. AND I SOUND LIKE A ELEFENT ON POTATOE CHIPS AND PRETZELS WHEN IM TRYING TO SNEAK AROUND...its amazing i ever see anything in the woods.

Burnsie · January 10, 2011, 04:13:00 PM

At the end of the day, you're "still hunting" I've got it mastered.

mookie · January 10, 2011, 10:09:00 PM

Stumpkiller I have been been blessed with the love of a strong family and friends so the sense of humor is pretty easy. "Hearing loss is God's gift to old married men." is funny!

moose eye levi · January 10, 2011, 11:23:00 PM

I always thought it may have been muzzleblast if I cover my right ear I believe I'm legally deff but I'm only 17 so maybe I have that but my right ear is very very precise with sounds I just usually think every animal comes in from the right.