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Author Topic: How can you shoot with glasses?  (Read 837 times)

Offline xroadshunter

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How can you shoot with glasses?
« on: February 09, 2010, 05:40:00 PM »
Well middle age is finnaly starting to set in and I had to get a pair of glasses.  I'm having a really tough time shooting with them because I knock them off my head each time I come to full draw.  How do you guys deal with this?

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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2010, 05:42:00 PM »
contacts.
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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2010, 05:46:00 PM »
Get contacts or a shorter bow,or give up and send me all your gear...LOL   :thumbsup:
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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2010, 05:47:00 PM »
i was just thinking about that this morn. i wear reedin specs and then pick up bow and have to take them off to shoot, and thought boy what im i gonna do when i have to wear them to see at a distance?....

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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2010, 05:49:00 PM »
Wow... I've never had the problem... you may need your glasses adjust a bit closer to your face or to turn your head a little more.  Your string should not be catching the edge of your glasses at all... play with your form a bit before investing several hundred in contacts... though I can tell you that having contacts makes hunting easier.  Its easier to glass, less to reflect... etc...
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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2010, 05:51:00 PM »
I have worn glasses all my life and been shooting bows for over 40 years, no problem.
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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2010, 05:57:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Danny Rowan:
I have worn glasses all my life and been shooting bows for over 40 years, no problem.
Ditto. Well, except for the 40 years part  :bigsmyl:
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Offline George D. Stout

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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2010, 05:58:00 PM »
No trouble here in over forty years.  It's more of a form issue I would think....maybe leaning into the shot too much.  Don't know without seeing you shoot.

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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2010, 06:00:00 PM »
Never been an issue for me, have you tried to cant the bow slightly to get clearance. Best of luck, it can be done.
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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2010, 06:00:00 PM »
I have glasses and shoot without them hitting the string.  I think that you will need to turn your head a little more if you are getting problems.  I would have a friend help by watching you draw and see what the problem is.  Is your anchor point really far back?  You may need to adjust your form a little to eliminate the contact.  I find glasses easier than contacts especially on longer trips away from home.  Contacts can work but become a hassle when everything is dirty when you are hunting in the backcountry.  Let me know if you have any other questions or if I can help more.
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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2010, 06:01:00 PM »
I prefer contacts, but I have never had a problem with my glasses. How is the string comming so close to your eye? I anchor on the corner of my mouth and the string doesnt even come close.
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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2010, 06:05:00 PM »
If you draw to the corner of your mouth, it shouldn't be a problem. I shoot with glasses.
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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2010, 06:13:00 PM »
I shoot with glasses.  I'd say that if the string is comming back past the corner where the bow of the glasses meets the frame that you don't have the arrow under your eye and you have a floating anchor.  I suggest that if the string is that far back, that is not in front of the lens, that you have a form problem.  I'm with George, need to see you shoot.
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Offline Chris Shelton

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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2010, 06:13:00 PM »
I have been shooting with my ski goggles on because of the extreme weather, and they definatly take some getting used to!
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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2010, 06:17:00 PM »
I must be leaning into the shot because the target picture gets fuzzy which means I'm not looking straight at the target.  I do anchor at the corner of my mouth, but I use my extended thumb on my temple as a second anchor and that's whats knocking them off.  

Have been told I can't use contacts.  Guess I need to figure out how to keep my head pointed at what I'm shooting, but then the anchor doesn't feel right...back to the drawing board.

Offline JEJ

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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #15 on: February 09, 2010, 06:29:00 PM »
Xroadshunter, as a longtime specs wearer, let me take a pass at this. This suggestion is only about being “near-sighted”, not the “my arms are not long enough to hold a book I can see” middle age reading problem. Based on my experience, I think it will only be a coincidence if you get to keep the anchor point you are using before wearing glasses. It also is a little tricky because the corrective prescription is not usually ground consistently across the lens. That is, one part of your lens will give you the very sharpest vision. Here is what has worked for me, and you might give it a try. Wearing your glasses, move your head around however you need to hold it until you are convinced that you have the sharpest image of your target. Now that you are wearing glasses to correct vision, that is how you must learn to hold your head in your new shooting position, so your “form” will need some re-tooling. Experiment with different anchor points until you locate one that works with your new head position. Shooting accurately with glasses is not all that tough to learn to do as many have already noted. Just takes some shooting until you find what works for your face, glasses frames, form, etc. Best of luck to you, and a final tip, just like a spare bowstring, pack some backup glasses when you go hunting. Good luck

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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #16 on: February 09, 2010, 06:37:00 PM »
I shoot three under and have no issues with my glasses... anchor problem?
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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #17 on: February 09, 2010, 06:43:00 PM »
I have to shoot with contacts.  If not the rim of my glasses will get in the way and the target is blurry.

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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2010, 06:47:00 PM »
I have the same problem as ryped.  Got glasses that looked good on me, but sucked for shooting. Contacts are great.  Takes a little while to get use to them in your eyes, but much better than glasses.

I figure I'll wait till I'm 45 - 50 years old and then get Laysic eye surgery. By that age it should last me for the rest of my life (or until the rest of my body gives up the good things in life).
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Re: How can you shoot with glasses?
« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2010, 07:27:00 PM »
My Glasses are just as much a Part of Me as my Eyeballs, cant say I have EVER had a Problem Shooting with them.
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