Electronic ear protection for duck hunting

[willtim]

I'm on my second season with Tetra CustomShield. Not cheap but I can hear ducks and call with them.

 

[BigDuckHunter]

I see you made your decision already, but in case anyone else is reading I’ll throw my vote towards ProEar Classics. They aren’t cheap but quite a bit cheaper than the Tetras and they’re pretty darn close to nothing at all as far as hearing goes. I can hear wings, my dog in the weeds, and buddies talking. My only issue is when I call it seems to change the pitch of the calls a bit. I assume that’s because the volume is a bit higher than the limit, but does take a bit of getting used to.

 

[WiscoShooter]

I can't recommend which ones to get, but I will say avoid Axil. They spend a lot of money on marketing, but their product it pretty well junk in my experience. Often I just use silicone plugs with baffles sold for concerts. Takes the edge of the shot, but can still hear relatively well.

 

[Wrench]

There's a guy on the hide selling peltor eep100's for 100 bux tyd. I bought some and they are excellent. I can hear better wearing than without.

 

[turbobrick]

I've been wearing Walker Razor electronic muffs in the goose blind. If there is a lot of activity I keep them over my ears and the sound up. If its quiet I keep them on my head and my ears uncovered so I can talk with my friends.

 

[voltage]

I use the Walker Razor Electronic Muffs when duck hunting, but I only duck hunt once or twice a year. Personally, I think they are extremely annoying, but I have already lost too much of my hearing.

I pheasant hunt ~25 days a year, and for that, I use the DefendEar Hunter Passive. I cannot stand the amplified steps on grass that the electronic versions seem to create, and I like these a lot since they are not electronic. I can hear most birds get up with them in, but my hearing is limited at times. For example, a bird cackled last week. I knew it cackled, but I couldn't tell how far away it was. An ear doctor "scanned" my ears and made these for me. They fit perfectly, and weren't terribly expensive (~$150 + FSA).

 

[Mikido]

Coming back full circle….

I returned the sordins. Too small for my ear and my head (several reviews mention this). Audio was fanstastic however, but over the ear protection is just not realistic with head gear, for active hunting.

For active small game hunting, I settled with the walker in ear silencers. Good compromise between price and effectiveness.

For target shooting rifles (braked included), I use normal in ear plugs with walker electronic razor muffs over then, on full blast, let’s me hear a decent amount.

For trap, I use the over the ear walker electronic razors.

For rifle hunting, I use the around the neck plug ins.

Thanks for all the responses.

 

[PredatoronthePrairie]

TTT

Pheasant opener was this morning. Had some luck and got my birds.

But... my ears r still ringing a tad. As I'm getting older. And with still decent hearing. Want to protect what I got. See my dad struggle with it every day from years of abuse.

Seen a few suggestions for upland. Has anything changed? Need to be able to hear and know where my dogs are at. And hear em flush. But reducing the blast would be nice.

Thz

 

[voltage]

TTT

Pheasant opener was this morning. Had some luck and got my birds.

But... my ears r still ringing a tad. As I'm getting older. And with still decent hearing. Want to protect what I got. See my dad struggle with it every day from years of abuse.

Seen a few suggestions for upland. Has anything changed? Need to be able to hear and know where my dogs are at. And hear em flush. But reducing the blast would be nice.

Thz

I’m on my fourth season with the DefendEar Hunter Passive. I certainly won’t hunt without them.

 

[ScreamingPotato]

TTT

Pheasant opener was this morning. Had some luck and got my birds.

But... my ears r still ringing a tad. As I'm getting older. And with still decent hearing. Want to protect what I got. See my dad struggle with it every day from years of abuse.

Seen a few suggestions for upland. Has anything changed? Need to be able to hear and know where my dogs are at. And hear em flush. But reducing the blast would be nice.

Thz

We just use the cheap camp Walker electronic over-ear muffs. They have a mic in each one so you still get a little bit of directional hearing and you can actually turn the volume up to hear better if it helps in certain situations. They're like $40 on Amazon all the time.

 

[Rcycs24]

Sordin Supremes with gel cups are the most comfortable and true to life sound. Definitely much better than walkers or Howard leight impact sports for sound and comfort.

These are good

 

[Mikido]

As
The thread starter…..wrap around buds have been great for field goose hunting. Just throw them in before drop down

 

[Rieckman]

TTT

Pheasant opener was this morning. Had some luck and got my birds.

But... my ears r still ringing a tad. As I'm getting older. And with still decent hearing. Want to protect what I got. See my dad struggle with it every day from years of abuse.

Seen a few suggestions for upland. Has anything changed? Need to be able to hear and know where my dogs are at. And hear em flush. But reducing the blast would be nice.

Thz

I've been using the previously mentioned Otto noizebreakers for upland/waterfowl. Fairly expensive but I also don't enjoy the ear ringing.

 

[mtfallon]

I use tetra for waterfowl and upland, it's not the same as not wearing anything but it seems to be a good compromise.

 

[KevinInID]

TTT

Pheasant opener was this morning. Had some luck and got my birds.

But... my ears r still ringing a tad. As I'm getting older. And with still decent hearing. Want to protect what I got. See my dad struggle with it every day from years of abuse.

Seen a few suggestions for upland. Has anything changed? Need to be able to hear and know where my dogs are at. And hear em flush. But reducing the blast would be nice.

Thz

I have the custom molded Soundgear. I can hear birds call, the dog and conversation. I can hear birds flush. The only negative that I can think of is that it is sometimes difficult to know from what direction the sound is coming from.

 

[RWT]

Looking for a solution. Finding I have spent a great deal of my life in the 85-120 db range and need a passive set of ear plugs. Any new suggestions?

 

[Bluefish]

Looking for a solution. Finding I have spent a great deal of my life in the 85-120 db range and need a passive set of ear plugs. Any new suggestions?

I really like an Etymotic musician plug with 9 or 15 db filters. Style 49 from Westone. Use them in loud bars, music venues, stadiums, etc. flat response so the plugs don’t color the sound. There are other brands of musicians filters, but the Etymotic ones are the best imho.