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Offline rosscrazyelk

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I think I screwed up..
« on: August 17, 2015, 10:45:57 AM »
After much work I finally got my bow sighted in. I could not figure out why I was having such difficulty to begin with. My bow has been on for years. I am not the kind of guy to get a new bow every year, One because I cannot afford to and two my bow kills just fine. Parker hunter mag. About 12 years old..
Back to the trouble.- It hit me as I was sitting in the back yard having a cold one. Damn , My glasses. That's why I had trouble. That's why everything was different.
Here is the problem. I do wear my glasses everyday but my eyes are not that bad really. I hunt without them and see just fine. I hunt without them because They get foggy when I hike and it irritates me to no end. I still see animals before other people so all is good in that department.
I guess now I have to go back and re-sight my bow and shoot with no glasses. :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:
If its brown knock it down

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Re: I think I screwed up..
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2015, 10:52:59 AM »
Get Lasik and you will never have an issue.  I hated glasses while trying to hunt
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Re: I think I screwed up..
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2015, 11:02:29 AM »
Get Lasik and you will never have an issue.  I hated glasses while trying to hunt
Someday.. Its spendy and lots of other things on the priority list
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Re: I think I screwed up..
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2015, 11:13:35 PM »
I've been shooting both ways this year, with and w/o glasses.  I hate shooting with the glasses but can't hardly read a map without them any more.  Luckily, it seems I can hit the same spot either way.

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Re: I think I screwed up..
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2015, 02:07:35 AM »
I'm near sighted something fierce.  Can target well at 50 yards but lose my arrows at 30 yards.  I have trouble picking out animals at long distance, but my glasses make my pins look like christmas tree lights, so i can't shoot with them.  It's going to be a really weird thing for me this year.  I've considered lasik a lot more since i figured that out.

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Re: I think I screwed up..
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2015, 06:45:02 AM »
I'm trying contacts this year, dealt with fogging glasses too much in the past

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Re: I think I screwed up..
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2015, 07:41:30 AM »
I have the same problem.   My pins become blurry if I do not have my glasses during low light and the red fiber optic color.  I have looked at the Lasik but I am not sure that would fix much.  Wearing cheaters while hiking get all fogged up. 

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Re: I think I screwed up..
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2015, 08:31:42 AM »
This is also sounding familiar to me.  My vision used to be far better than 20/20 but it has gone down hill recently.  The red fiber optic is the worst - rather than seeing a single pin I see 2 (one on top of the other with a less distinct red blur between then).  Trying to figure out which of those pins is the real one can be a challenge.  I tried wearing glasses, which sharpen things at a distance but make them way blurrier close up (the sight pins).  Sucks getting old. :P

 


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