Shooting with eyeglasses...

[Atennishu]

I have had glasses or contacts most of my life too, but never had any trouble shooting in them. I do prefer contacts most of the time, but wear glasses alot, especially when my eyes are tired or its really windy out, Spend the extra and get the scratch resistant polycarbonate , much lighter.

[elkken]

I wear glasses to hunt and shoot. I had to go to a lower profile glasses, top to btm, and certain shapes tended be easier to see clearly when I has at full draw with my head tilted ... I cant my bow and sometimes I would get a double image when looking near the edge of my lens. I settled on a more rectangular shape lens and it works well for me.

[Kyodai]

Been shooting with glasses for 22 years now with a bow, never any problems.  I'm planning on getting laser surgery at the end of the year, however...curious as to how this will affect things.

[M60gunner]

When I wore glasses I was fine until I needed bifocals. Those things really screwed me up. Went progressives but got a set of glasses for shooting that were distance only.
I had cataract surgery some years ago, no more glasses.

[Mike Falkner]

If I wasn't wearing glasses or contacts, I couldn't hit an elephant if it swallowed me.  Blind as a bat.  That said, I have no problems shooting but someone mentioned no head net - I found some that fit tight to your head and have a big opening around the eyes and nose; these work perfect.  Still provides good breakup of your human outline and they help keep the skeeters off your ears/neck.  I find they are easier to hear with than a loose net, no brushing noises.

[58WINTERS]

If you need bifocals do not get progressive lenses as they do not work well when trying to shoot a bow.
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[guk]

I have a real issue with the frames in my line of sight. I had to relearn to square my face with the target. Still fight the dam things most of the time just go without.

[Bladepeek]

I sure disagree with 58WINTERS on the progressive lenses. If my head is in the same position each time, I'm looking through the same part of the lens each time. Mine work fine for me - much better than regular bi-focals and I need the two different corrections to be able to see anything up close. I'm thinking seriously about having a set of progressive grind shooting glasses ground in reverse with the near-vision Rx in the top of the lens so I can see pistol sights when I tip my head forward as I usually do when shooting.

Different strokes for different (old) folks.

[jrbows]

As for the face-mask issue I use one that is made like a skirt open top and bottom with an elastic band I usually keep it on my top lip due to fog up and angle it up over my ears and under my had I haven't been picked off using this set up YET.

[jrbows]

As for the face-mask issue I use one that is made like a skirt open top and bottom with an elastic band I usually keep it on my top lip due to fog up and angle it up over my ears and under my hat I haven't been picked off using this set up YET.

[Easykeeper]

I've worn glasses since I was a kid.  I've tried all the different kinds of contacts over the years and didn't like any of them.  I'm not thrilled with glasses either but I need them so I just deal with their issues.

The biggest hassle for me is fogging.  There is a product called "Cat Crap" that works pretty well, you rub it on and polish your lenses...and no I'm not getting it out of the litter box...do a Google search.

Otherwise the only thing I do is look for frames that don't leave a big gap between my nose and the lens.  Most people end up looking through the top corner and get too close to the edge and the grind might not be very precise.

[elk nailer]

Make sure you get the anti reflective coating on the lens. This will cut the glare down to nothing .I wear ray ban aviator frames in black and have a very high anchor, no problems.

[Daddy Bear]

You can buy all sorts of tiny bottles of "Crap" dope in dive shops to kill lens fogging.  BUT, quite a number of pro outfits use nothing more than blue Dawn dishsoap in bulk as an anti-fog surfactant.  Wipe your lenses down with alcohol and then treat them with Dawn.  Lasts a long time to prevent fogging and is cheap.

I was introduced to Randolph Rangers many years back and continue to use them for shooting sports, including hunting with bows.  Regardless of vision, I prefer having eye protection when shooting stuff, especially when bushwacking in low light.  Have no issues with string clearance, but good binos with ample eye relief are a must to work well with glasses in place.

[akbowbender]

I shoot just fine with glasses, both single vision and progressive lenses. I've been using the smaller single vision lense glasses for hunting.