No we weren' t wearing any ear protection. He had used ear plugs when he sighted it in, but this happened when we came back to the vehicle after a day of hunting and he wanted to make sure it was still on since he had bumped it against a tree. None of us make a habit of carrying ear plugs while hunting, so we were shooting without.

He sold the gun because he didn' t want to damage his hearing if he ever did happen to shoot a deer.