Electronic hearing protection and direction of sounds.

[Dmr400]

I hunt coyotes for a living and have been doing a lot more close cover shotgun type stands this year. For the last few years I've been relying mostly on suppressed rifles. I already have tinnitus and would like to save what hearing I have left, but I need to be able to hear coyotes howling and what direction they are with a high degree of accuracy, as well as coyotes moving in from the sides up close in the thick stuff. I often use a compass to shoot an azimuth to sounds so I can plot them on OnX, so thats the degree of accuracy I'm used to. Can anyone share their experience with the Axil type electronic hearing protection and how well you can perceive the direction of sounds? I could accept a little loss of accuracy, but I have a set of electronic over the ear muffs and they really distort direction. Thanks everyone.

 

[Pro953]

I have a set of Otto Micros I have used for about a month now. I have not used the Axils. I would say I am fairly happy with the ability to pickup direction, but I did find it took me a while to get the ear position and everything right. If they are angled wrong in my ear I found things were a bit distorted or lost. WAY better than the 100.00 type units, but who knows what if any price could provide a natural sound.

I would love to able to hunt without them, but the long term hearing loss is not worth it.


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[huntnful]

I’ve used the OTTO’s for 4 years. Best $400 I ever spent. Add better foam attachments to them and they’re excellent