Shooting with Spectacles

[twostrings]

Well, it seems as though I may not be able to wear contacts for a while and will probably have to forgo them and wear glasses. My aging eyes are catching up to me. Blah  

How many of you shoot with glasses on? Anyone else have to make this transition? How'd it go? Lastly, does your bowstring come in contact with your glasses...if so, do you just get used to it? It sure does throw me off.

Thanks!

Matthew

[macbow]

Been shooting with glasses for a looong time.
Don't recall ever hitting them with the string.

Do remember condensation.

[Sam McMichael]

I have recently shot a few times successfully wearing them, and I plan to continue as long as old habits don't creep back in. Previously, I hit my glasses several times with the bowstring, and it hurt.

[Michael Pfander]

I use tite, low volume, glasses.  Take your bow in and find the ones that work for you.  The frames shouldn't interfere with the shot or site picture.
MAP

[Shadowhnter]

My oldest son has never shot any other way but with glasses. He is an excellent shot i might add...

[Archie]

I wear glasses full-time, and don't have any problems shooting with them.  Condensation is the bugaboo for me, when wearing face masks.

[M60gunner]

I wore them for years. I did not have any issues but it could be the way your head is turned. I wear sunglasses at times with no issues. I have those flyboy shaped ones.

[Eric Sprick]

Shoot with sunglasses on quite often, no adjustments for me

Eric

[David Mitchell]

No issues for me and I have worn glasses for over 50 years.

[northener]

It's definately an adjustment going from never worn glasses to wearing them, but I found it finally just became natural. No problems shooting.  Fogging up, that is another can of worms.

[Joe2Crow]

I used to shoot with glasses on occasionally with no problems but when I switched back to split from 3-under i decided to start anchoring higher on my cheekbone, just under my eye. Now my glasses get in the way so I only shoot with contacts.

[pinky]

I just started with this glasses thing a couple of years ago. I opted to shoot without for the first year, now I find it easier to pick a finer point with them on. I am wearing them more and more. I think when i started shooting with them at first it was just another distraction because it is one more thing in your vision and periphery for me. I have noticed that fogging thing too.

[Phillip Fields]

Only problem I have with mine is the fogging as mentioned above.

[macbow]

I think if you have a high anchor using 3 under it could interfere.

Not only do I shoot with glasses but also the old man over the glasses sunglasss.

[Longtoke]

i shoot with sunglasses sometimes, I can make it work with close fitting fishing/safety type glasses. No dice with raybans or other larger frames.

[MCNSC]

When I got progressive lens they did cause a problem. I just couldn't shoot with them, so would take them off to shoot. After some time I got to be able to shoot with them. I guess I just had to get used to the progressives.  One thing they do is force you to look directly at the target.
 Find an optometrist that specializes in sports. The one I went to does but I did not mention bow shooting. She told me later that I could have brought my bow to help with the correct glasses.
May have helped,

[Possum Head]

Watched a man almost take the Howard Hill Classic yesterday with glasses. He's a very accomplished shooter.Fact is he has a hog killin video up on this page of the forum now and smokes two off em.

[Roadkill]

I have tri focals with lines.  Sometimes my position causes me to find that line on the target.  Disconcerting. Then I sometimes take them off.  I have only launched my glasses once, due to faulty release.  Fogging? Yep, but there are remedies for that, altho only for a day at a time.

[twostrings]

Thank you for chiming in Everyone!

I tried shooting again this afternoon, and have to admit that wearing my glasses is pretty distracting. I don't have any problems seeing the target, nor is it awkward looking out the side of my lenses through the initial part of the draw, but for the life of me I can't find a way to keep my string from making contact with my right frame/lens (I shoot right handed). My shooting style is already pretty open...more than most of the people I've shot with...so, I don't know that I can open it much further. Simply put, when I come to anchor (3 fingers under, middle finger in corner of my mouth) the string contacts the right side of my glasses and shove the entire right side of my frames up against my brow bone. Frames are nothing fancy...not big, not small...  Anyone have any thoughts on what my problem(s) might be?

In other ironic news: My vision is 20/450. Anything past 2-3 feet is pretty blurry. With that said, I took my glasses off today while shooting and at 15 yards grouped 2 sets of 4 arrows on target     . I was excited to learn my instinctive style could perform that well without being able to make out the center of the target! #maybeishouldshootblind #probablynotthebestidea

Thank you All,
Matthew

[nek4me]

Have worn them since way before starting to shoot bows as a kid. Guess having them almost forever never had thought about it until seeing this post. Have had progressives for about the last ten years and bifocals with lines before that and have switched left to right and back dealing with cross dominance and never had any issues with glasses.