Thread: Dont take hearing protection lightly

I had a cockup while hunting with the braked 28 Nosler over the weekend.

Had plugs in ready to shoot a deer, deer went out of sight, plugs out to talk to mate further back up the hill on the uhf to see if he could still see the 3 deer (which he could) the one I wanted to shoot then quickly came back into my view and presented a shot thru a very small opening in the bush, I let rip with the plugs still hanging on their string around my neck.

The moment I pulled the trigger I realised my mistake. Ringing in my ears for hours and they were sore for the rest of the night but not bad by morning.

I know I will have done damage and will have lost some hearing, but I think I ended getting off lightly.

I do have a feeling I'll regret that mistake for life tho.

I'm pretty pissed off with myself.