kymike
To be honest with you, I really did not use hearing protection when shooting outside until a year ago or so now I use just a very simple set of plugs both for trap shooting and target shooting...
http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=34339&hvarDept=400&a mp;hvarEvent=&hvarClassCode=5&hvarSubCode= 13&hvarTarget=browse
This is a good example of the hearing protection I use now. I can not get use to the big bulky ear muffs.