It seems I've come to the crossroads in life when my youthful, eagle vision has decided to deteriorate no matter how many carrots I eat...so...since my eyes no likey da contacts, what are ways I can shoot well/hunt well with glasses? Right now, it seems to get in the way when I shoot. I thought about wearing the goggles version, like my shooting glasses coupled with my gas mask inserts, but they tend to fog up. What are my avenues of approach? Thanks in advance.
I'm able to wear both my contacts and my glasses. But my glasses are close to my face. Find a pair that fits comfortably and try and shoot with them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I am not able to wear my glasses when I shoot either. I have tried a rectifier peep and that did seem to help. Might want to give that a try.
I have the same problem and went to contacts for hunting. I just make sure I carry my reading glasses with me for close work I might need to do while hunting. There are also products out there that you can treat your glasses with that will keep them from fogging up. You have to reapply every few days. I know what you are talking about with your glasses. I wear mine when I shoot indoors and too have to make sure they are close to my face when shooting or I get two sight pictures. Good luck,
Do you guys have to long of a draw length setup ? I wear glasses and contacts and dont have any issues with shooting and wearing glasses. Just shot the 3-D shoot last friday with my new hoyt for 4 hours and had no problem ? Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
Same here, shoot all the time and have never had a problem with my glasses, in fact, without them, I cant see my sight pins in low light conditions,...gettin old sucks,..lol
I've had glasses all my life and always shot with no issues, the fogging is a pain but something I'm used to dealing with. What kind of release you use, I have a peep sight and kisser with trigger release and string never gets in way.
i think its my glasses. it sits far from my face. my draw length is sitting perfect at 27 inches. i'm less on speed as i am on smooth and quiet. i'm gonna try and get fitted for better glasses that fit my face.
I have glasses that I hate. They have small lenses and I see frame/lenses edge all the way around my peripheral vision. I've had them adjusted closer to my face and it works great. Before I had them adjusted, the nose pads were to far out and that's all I could see. I do wear contacts and just to keep from having any issues I do not normally wear my glasses often when I shoot. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
When I shoot my compound with a release I have no problem with my glasses. When I shoot my recurves using fingers the glasses do get in the way of my anchor. I'm learning to adjust and deal with it. FOGGING SUCKS!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I wear my contacts 99% of the time...but wearing my glasses don't bother me either. Just don't like them.
I am not comfortable in contact lens so I prefer wearing glasses . And moreover , I am fond of wearing different types of glasses and usually shop online for quality glasses .
Glasses cost me a beautiful buck a several years ago....at least that's what I believe to have happened. I'm with you on that... When I look through my Meta peep and to my pins I see in the middle of the lenses, catching all the distortion.... Just get used to contacts when bow hunting... I did...you can too...
For some of us "older" hunters contacts are out, (eye's to dry) find a good (older)eye doctor that loves to Archery hunt. He had me bring bow in and at full draw measured me for glasses, went with progressive lens's, Pins and target now clear.
Some tips from somebody who spent 4 years making eyeglasses. Get the smallest bridge you can, frames will have a set of numbers on them (51 - 18). the first number is the greatest width of a lens, the second is the width of the bridge. the wider the bridge the further apart the lenses are and the more likely the inside frame will interfere with your shot picture. Bifocal & Progressive - If you don't read a lot while hunting, you don't need a bifocal, so get a pair of single vision glasses. If you don't want the extra cost to have a second pair of glasses, tell your eye doctor to lower the bifocal 2mm when the glasses are being made. Doctors typically try to place the bifocal high so you don't have to look down as much when reading, but doing so can tend to put the bifocal in a position to interfere if you need look lower but still at distance. fogging - exhale out your mouth like you are blowing out candles (only not as hard). If you are wearing a facemask, find one with openings for you nose and mouth or cut openings yourself.
