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gobbstopper1946
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 10:53 pm: | |
Gentleman
I'm 56yrs old and have been wearing eye glasses since I was 47. To me they're sort of a handicap. They flash, fog up and hang on my face mask.
It becomes the biggest problem when I have to move on a bird or make a quick set-up in full sunlight. I always try to keep my cap bill pulled way down to stop any reflection. But sometimes thats not enough.
I walked down a logging road one morning and met up with my son, he said it looked like I had little mirrors on my cap.
Does anyone else wear glasses or have any similar so called handicaps? Any remedies?
Thanks GS... |
HODY
| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 7:40 am: | |
They make seveal camo sunglasses and also the slip over type that go over regular glasses. Maybe these would help eliminate the glare off your glasses, and cut down on the bright light also. I have seen a few adds in Turkey and Turkey Hunting and Turkey Call Magazines. Hope this helps!!!! |
TScottW99
| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 7:50 am: | |
here's their link....
http://www.camovision.com/ |
VolDoug
| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 8:44 am: | |
GS46, I lurk here some, and saw your post.
I have been wearing glasses my entire adult life (I'm 37), so I'll tell you what works for me. First, the makers of Visine, make a glasses cleaner called VisaClean that is also an anti-fog formula. It can be found at most drug stores (CVS, Walgreens).
It works most of the time, but on those real humid mornings where I've walked a ways, and worked up a good sweat, I somethimes have to reapply several times. I also carry a small towel to wipe off sweat if need be.
The facemask I use is the full headnet with the wire (like coat hanger) around the opening. It can be formed to cover the rims.
Next, I use one of the hats that has a bill all the way around (I don't know what they're called). It's kind of like a rain hat. I pull it down as far as I can get it.
The glasses are a pain, but they can be manageable. Hope this helps! |
gobbLENow
| | Posted on Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 9:34 am: | |
GS 46(and hello to voldoug, again)...same age, suffer(ed) the same problems...in earleir years I spooked more than a few birds trying to wipe glasses clean...i can also vidily remmeber sitting stone still while a bird drummed and strutted right across a ridge at 15-20 yds right in front of me while I was so fogged up I could not see nor did I dare move. That experiience was so pianful that I swore I would do something to stop i t and I went straight to contact lens. I wear contact lens for the period of the turkey season only now(not year round)...that completely solved the problem...so the CURE is contacts...if you cannot go ther e and want tho treat the symptoms, here are my thoughts. I still hunt in glasses in real arid places where fog is not problem(texas). In the mountains I in the old days I tried every kind of mask, skin divers mask defoggers, all kinds of other treatments to the lens and nothing worked for me...although if I used face paint or charcoal around my face instead of a mask I was able to get some of the fog reduced. I even sprayed my face with antipersperant and the rest of me sweated so hard in the mountains that the lower body sweat fogged them form the bottom. |
turkeypicker
| | Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2002 - 11:25 pm: | |
Gobb: I have been wearing glasses for the last 12 years or so. I started out with contacts, but over time I developed an astigmatism and can no longer wear contacts. I don't recall ever thinking I spooked a bird because of glasses. I sweat a lot anyway, so when I get to where I'm going I take my hat off and cool off before I call to the bird. I've learned that you really have more time than you may think when working a bird. If my glasses are fogging and the bird is coming, I leave my head net down. I always pull my hat very, very low to where I can barely sight my bead just under the bill of my cap. And I peek over my knees on the bottom. Spray your glasses with the antifog spray and take some time to cool off before calling. Make sure you cut a hole in your face net! Don't try to breathe through the mesh. The mesh funnels your breath upward to your glasses. Also, in a pinch you can blow your breath in a stream out and away from your glasses. I've killed many birds with my face net pulled down. I ALWAYS wear a beard and mustache for turkey season. That really helps. I use the bandit style face net that you pull up (has no mesh over your head). I also wear the transition lenses (become sunglasses in outdoor light). Also, always set up out of the sun if possible. This is advisable whether you wear spectacles or not. When working a bird I ALWAYS slide way down the tree and keep my gun on my knees and shouldered, such that there is very little movement to get on the bird when he shows. When covering ground prospecting for a gobble, I often take my hat off. A lot your body heat goes out your head. Leave the hat off in non-critical times if you are heating up and you will cool down faster. I really have never felt like wearing glasses handicapped me that much. I missed quite a few deer and turkey shots when my eyes were first going bad. I called up a big gobbler in early morning low light, and when I looked down the barrel I could NOT see his head. I went and had an eye exam the next day. Glasses sure are an inconvienience at times, but I think I have learned to adapt to them now and it's no big handicap. I am carefully considering the Lasik laser surgery. Good luck this season to all my fellow 4-eye gobbler getters. |
Piedmont Gobbler
| | Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2002 - 7:35 pm: | |
Don't think because you have an Astigmatism that you can't wear contacts! Although that was true in the past, within the last year there has been a development in contact lenses for people with astigmatism. They are commonly called "toric" lenses and I have been wearing them for the past 2 months. My eyesight is 20/375 with an astigmatism in my left eye. The lenses are weighted so they float on your eye a particular way. They are marked with 3 small lines showing you which way to put them in your eye. As long as you are close they will settle into the correct position due to the counterbalance. I tried all those sprays, etc etc and the problem is, if you have Anti-refective lenses you are not supposed to use that anti-fog spray because it fills in the pours of the anti-reflective coating and basically neutralizes it, making your glasses not anti-reflective any longer. This will be my first year with contacts and I can't wait to enjoy turkey hunting without fog and visibility problems due to headnet/glasses conflicts. Funny thing, I tend to breath heavier when working a gobbler and apparently I sweat more too, cuz only when a gobbler is answering do my glasses ever fog up.
PG |
shopson
| | Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2002 - 8:56 pm: | |
I use the anti fog cloth's for my glasses. They work good and are easy to reapply in the woods.
Second handicap is slight loss of hearing. So far the only problem I have is when I hear something walking I have problems telling what direction it is.
Third handicap is my back. Have a hard time sitting in same position for long periods.
Not complaining though, just have to adapt. |
turkeypicker
| | Posted on Sunday, February 24, 2002 - 10:45 pm: | |
PG: Good info. I probably have been using anti-fog on my lenses when I shouldn't?! I'm not sure if mine are considered anti-reflective or not. I just know I have the light-weight plastic transition lenses made by Nikon. I have tried every brand of contact lense since I developed the astigmatism and I simply can no longer wear contacts. I have too much eye irritation. I am familiar with the info you provide on contacts. My brother wears contacts all the time with astigmatism, but they don't work for me. My eye doctor let me try about 5 different contact brands, but all irritated my eyes. Before astigmatism I had the extended wear soft lense and they were great. I'll have to stick with the spectacles for now. I guess I've learned to cope with the glasses. I've bagged 13 longbeards in the last 4 years, so I guess I can't count glasses as that much of a handicap, but definitely an inconvienence. |
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