Youve planned for the hunt and cant wait to get back to nature and use your marksman skills to bring home a great prize. Beyond remembering your calls and ensuring your gun is in top shape, you need to remember another important piece of hunting gear. Your shooter earplugs!
You dont want to end up wearing hearing aids like Sir Rocco Forte who neglected to wear earplugs over his years of grouse shooting. He suffered permanent, irreversible hearing damage. Adequate, comfortable hearing protection is essential to protect your ears from the highly damaging decibels of gunshot.
Hearing damage can occur at decibel levels as low as 85, and a firearms decibel levels can be well over 140 decibels. As the shooter, you could experience some level of hearing damage from one shot. As a beater or part of the shooting party, you still need hearing protection even if youre not firing a gun. Hearing damage can occur over repeated exposure to decibel levels over 85.
Avid shooters should consider investing in a pair of custom shooter earplugs. The earplugs are custom designed to replicate the exact shape of your ear canal. This offers the highest level of protection as well as comfort. ProGuard sends a no hassle kit that you will take with you to an audiologist. Impressions of your ears will be taken. Send the impressions back in the postage paid box and in 14 days, your custom shooter earplugs will be at your doorstep.
Shooter earplugs for the shooting party and beaters are also available. Silicone shooter earplugs offer great protection. They mould very comfortably in the ear canal and offer a high level of protection at a low cost, making them a very popular choice. For fun, some of the gals in the shooting party might enjoy a pair of Audrey Hepburn style earplugs. These blue tassel earplugs are quite the fashion statement!
Safety during shooting is obviously a very important factor. Make sure you cover all areas of safety and protect your ears so you can continue to enjoy the sounds of nature for many hunting seasons ahead!