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Offline mookie

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Still hunting
« on: January 10, 2011, 12:29:00 AM »
To start I have never been a great hunter but in the last few years I noticed that I could move through the woods very stealthily with almost no sound so I decided to still hunt with limited success and couldn't figure out why. This last year with the urging  of my loving wife I went to an EMT and found out I had a Meniere's Disease which had caused me to loose 75% of my hearing in my left ear and 20% in my my right ear now with the new hearing aids I am a certified bumbling idiot in the woods and will return to hunting from tree stands next year.
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Offline rdoggsilva

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Re: Still hunting
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2011, 01:16:00 AM »
I know the felling about losing your hearing. I still enjoy still hunting. Some years I get lucky some years not.
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Offline Green

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Re: Still hunting
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2011, 05:40:00 AM »
Me too.....'cept my wife says it's "Man Ears" disease.    :biglaugh:   Huh....whadyasay?
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Offline Charlie Lamb

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Re: Still hunting
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2011, 07:17:00 AM »
Just turn them off and you'll be sneaky again. That's what I do.
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Re: Still hunting
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2011, 08:39:00 AM »
I need hearing aids but havn't taken the plunge yet. My wife gets real tired of repeating herself.
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Re: Still hunting
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2011, 08:44:00 AM »
Unfortunate about the hearing loss but I like your sense of humor in how you're taking the news.    :clapper:    :clapper:  

The secret to quiet is to move slow (spoken by another bumbling idiot).  "Crash! Crunch!"
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Re: Still hunting
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2011, 08:48:00 AM »
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I need hearing aids but havn't taken the plunge yet. My wife gets real tired of repeating herself.
My dear, departed father-in-law, who was a carpenter that ran saws and planers all his life and was deaf as a post, said: "Hearing loss is God's gift to old married men."
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Offline Pepper

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Re: Still hunting
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2011, 08:49:00 AM »
Join the crowd, I wear hearing aids as well, and find that after getting used to them, I could still move along fairly quietly, because I could hear better.
They slowed me down alot, and it is one of my favorite ways to hunt, with moderate success.
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Offline Doc Nock

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Re: Still hunting
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2011, 08:54:00 AM »
I have that danged Tinitis so bad, I'm never alone...30,000 crickets are always with me!

I have the Walker Game ear, but with just one, I can hear sounds, but no clue where it's coming from. I spook more critters swiveling my head trying to figure out where it's coming from.

They want to sell me another one...but the price got too wild for my budget for a 2nd one.

What STumpkiller's FIL said is hilarious!  :)
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Offline Cool Arrow

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Re: Still hunting
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2011, 08:58:00 AM »
I too don't hear well. I see a lot more game while on stand, but nothing matches the thrill of sneaking up on bedded buck or bull. You never forget these moments.
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Offline kill shot

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Re: Still hunting
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2011, 11:11:00 AM »
Half of the stuff that is verbally said to me is not heard, the other half is missunderstood.
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Re: Still hunting
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2011, 02:29:00 PM »
I USE THE CHEEP ONES YOU CAN GET AT CABELAS OR WALLYWORLD, AND I HAVE NO DIRRECTIONAL PERCEPTION. AND I SOUND LIKE A ELEFENT ON POTATOE CHIPS AND PRETZELS WHEN IM TRYING TO SNEAK AROUND...its amazing i ever see anything in the woods.
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Offline Burnsie

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Re: Still hunting
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2011, 04:13:00 PM »
At the end of the day, you're "still hunting" I've got it mastered.
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Offline mookie

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Re: Still hunting
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2011, 10:09:00 PM »
Stumpkiller I have been been blessed with the love of a strong family and friends so the sense of humor is pretty easy. "Hearing loss is God's gift to old married men." is funny!
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Offline moose eye levi

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Re: Still hunting
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2011, 11:23:00 PM »
I always thought it may have been muzzleblast if I cover my right ear I believe I'm legally deff but I'm only 17 so maybe I have that but my right ear is very very precise with sounds I just usually think every animal comes in from the right.
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