Hunting with Glasses
 

Just had an eye exam and got a mild prescription. Don't need anything for close-up, reading, etc.... but they brighten things up for distance. Great for watching TV and driving.

I figure they would really brighten the woods up and be great for hunting. My question would be, do they reflect the sun and do deer spot them. I would think that two pieces of glass up in a tree would be easy to spot.

What's the deal? Do deer spot them?

They can reflect the sun as well as the frame also. I wear a camo net facemask that I position to cover the lenses almost all the way and a wide brimmed hat that helps keep the sun off of my face.

Alan

deer don't typically go around looking up in the tree tops. If they spot your glass, it's because they seen you move first.

Yeah, if the deer is close enough to spot your glasses he is probably so close that you have either already taken the shot or decided to pass.

I wouldn't worry about it.

I've been wearing glasses and hunting with them since 1977. Never noticed a problem.

That is why I wear contacts.
Glasses fog up, the reflect the sun, they fall off, etc, etc.
I hate wearing glasses.

Check out contacts.
They are way cheaper then glasses.

I use to wear glasses while hunting and the fogging up while looking threw my scope was always annoying.loseing your glasses in a tangle of snow and bush is no fun either

I have to wear some kind of corrective lens..or I'd be blind as a bat...I prefer contacts though just because they don't fog up like glasses.

The only real problem is sun hitting them and reflecting. If you can avoid that, you will be OK. But then again, having yourself lit up like a neon sign when the sun hits you is bad in general, especially if you ground hunt.

I've never had a problem with them but I like to keep the sun at my back or side.

Get anti-reflective coating and they wont shine. I use anti fog on mine and don't have a problem.

Are these anti-reflective coatings available at the average vision center? Or more at a sporting goods store? I never wore glasses and I'll be 43 in 11 days. :D

Now I'm thinking about fishing next summer. Would you wear them under your polarized sun glasses? Or would you buy prescription sunglasses? I saw some at the eye doctor but they were mucho denero. :D

Yes they are, my wife works for an eye doctor and I don't ever get any glasses with AR. As far as fishing I got polarized prescription glasses. You can even get different frames from like a store and send them off to get your prescription put in them. They aren't that expensive here in Mo.

A pair of prescription Costa Del Mars would be great for fishing. I'd be spotting them 50 feet deep. I'd also be better at seeing diving birds on the horizon.

I haaaaate wearing glasses but when Im too cheap to buy contacts I have to go with the old glasses. Last time I bought glasses they threw in a pair of prescription sunglasses so I got a yellow pair like shooing glasses and they are great. Talk about brightening up the woods at dusk and dawn.

OhioNovice - I hear the bucks in Ohio are so big that you don't need glasses. :D

I have pair of yellow tinted safety glasses I wear hunting just for that reason. You know we all should be wearing glasses in the firearm seasons. But I know nobody wears safety glasses nor hearing protection when hunting. Wait till OSHA finds out about this!!!!!

I have polarization on mine. It helps and no reflective.

Same here! I have never had luck with any of the anti-fog stuff either. Winter time is awful because I would wear a full face mask and my breath would fog up my glasses. I was constantly wiping them off with my finger or glove or whatever. Hated it so much that I ended up going and getting fitted for contacts. The only time I wear glasses now is when I get home from work and I'm relaxing in front of the TV for the afternoon.

First time in the woods today wearing glasses. Two observations:

1.) When everything starts getting in focus as dark gives way to dawn (you all know what I'm talking about), well, that happened quicker with glasses.

2.) Distance trees, I could actually distinguish the individual leaves now.

Only thing I couldn't see with the new glass this morning......was a deer :D

I wear Photoray glasses (They darken and lighten up) when hunting. I used to wear the darkest available. I have had deer actually walk right up to me to get a better look. Same with squirrels. I guess all they see is to two shiny black dots. The drawback is, these glasses are affected by the cold. They will not lighten up that much in cold weather and an hour before dark it is rough to see. If you get Photorays, get the lightest available to hunt with.

Too funny. I hate wearing my glasses in the woods. They fog up and I have to constantly push them back up on my nose. I do however see better out of them than I do my contacts. If I wear paint I'll wear my glasses but if I'm wearing my face mask I always wear contacts so I don't have to deal with the fogging.

I've always had little luck with the anti-fog coating as well. I just got a new pair of glasses. Read the cleaning instructions and they said run water on them and then just blot them dry with a soft cloth. I've always rubbed/polished mine a bit, and I wonder if I was rubbing the coating off (faster?). I'm now cleaning per instructions and, since its so close to winter, I'm curious to see if these will work better than my last 20 pairs.

Yup.. What he said.. only not as long..

Couple more updatees:

While hiking with my 11 year old son, I was spotting deer before him. :D

The afternoon of the 5th, my son shot a buck. I was the one who found first blood. That's was usually tough for me.