Thread: Educate me on bushpigs

Yes damage is still done to the hearing even when using a suppressor BUT not to the same level.. my ears will ring from a bare rifle and is quite uncomfortable. I’m only 24 and have hearing damage from growing up hunting with traditional rifles.. all my rifles are suppressed now except a traditional Sako 243 that I keep looking traditional. If you substitute a suppressor for elec earmuffs then that’s a good way to attack the problem but then what about your mate beside you or the dog you are shooting directly over top of? Or the gully just over the rise holding animals? I have had animals 100metres away not be spooked by my suppressed 7mm08 with the way it captured the sound in the space I was in. Yes a lever type gun will do the same short thing without modification.. but again, loud! and short range. A short suppressed 308, 7mm08 etc is still capable of taking shots to 3 - 400. My new short rifle is a 284 with 17” barrel. The places I generally hunt even when bushstalking will provide the opportunity to take a shot at 400. With my suppressed rifle I can do that. With a lever gun I don’t think so.