knzn
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What I know about auditory occlusion I have learned by reading Massad Ayoob's "Ayoob Files" in the American Handgunner Magazine over the years.
For those of you who have never heard of auditory occlusion, it is when shots are fired under life and death stress situations, but you are not consciously aware of the noise of the gunshots as you would be under normal shooting situations. As I under stand it there is no pain or ever ear ringing after the shots are fired. Just as a side note it is not uncommon for those firing auto loading pistols to hear their brass landing on hard surfaces even though the actual shot was almost silent.
I was just wondering if anyone thinks that they have experienced this phenomenon in hunting situations.
As for me, I can not ever remember shooting at a deer and thinking that the shot was loud or had my ears ring afterward. Every once in a while I may be at a range and not have my ear protection in place when a shot is fired and all I can think about is how loud and painful it is.
Also I would never think of shooting clays without ear protection, but when bird hunting I never wear anything.
Just something to set around and think about on a cold winter off season day.
For those of you who have never heard of auditory occlusion, it is when shots are fired under life and death stress situations, but you are not consciously aware of the noise of the gunshots as you would be under normal shooting situations. As I under stand it there is no pain or ever ear ringing after the shots are fired. Just as a side note it is not uncommon for those firing auto loading pistols to hear their brass landing on hard surfaces even though the actual shot was almost silent.
I was just wondering if anyone thinks that they have experienced this phenomenon in hunting situations.
As for me, I can not ever remember shooting at a deer and thinking that the shot was loud or had my ears ring afterward. Every once in a while I may be at a range and not have my ear protection in place when a shot is fired and all I can think about is how loud and painful it is.
Also I would never think of shooting clays without ear protection, but when bird hunting I never wear anything.
Just something to set around and think about on a cold winter off season day.