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Abraham wrote: ↑Sat Jun 16, 2018 9:55 am The pigs - The pigs, harvest or leave on ground for vultures?

Man, you got it bad!

FWIW, this is exactly the reason I keep a pair of electronic ear muffs in my car at all times, literally within reach. I can put them on and turn on the electrics pretty quickly if I have even a few seconds of time as a situation might be developing. The last time I fired a gun without earpro, it was accidedental, while dove hunting. I had finished for the day and was putting stuff away when someone across the field called out a large flight of dove coming my way. Without thinking it through, I grabbed my O/U 12 gauge and popped off a couple of rounds at them. I didn’t have my ear protection on, and it was not something I’d care to repeat. I didn’t appear to suffer any noticeable damage, but the muzzle reports were fairly painful.

My one negligent discharge was with a .44 magnum, pointed vertically, with the muzzle just a few inches from my left ear. I was stone deaf in that ear for a couple of weeks before my hearing came back, and had “buzzy” hearing in my right ear for about a week. Again, not something I’d ever want to repeat.