lakeside1000 Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Hopefully its not permanent, just diagnosed with 2 cataracts and a dodgy retina on my right eye, my dominant side. So after some thought and trying out several pairs of glasses I settled for a cylinder choke and set the decoys out at around 20 yards, shooting some bald patches in the wheat, I found a round bale on the headland to set a hide against, then stuck out 2 yes 2 magnets one each end of the pattern, about 20 yards apart, I thought it might be too much but had to give it a go anyway. I was only in the hide for 5 minutes and the birds started coming in, I hit the first 3 then missed a couple, I swapped glasses to a slightly weaker pair which focused better at the limit of the decoys, from 4.30 until 8.30 ( losing the light) I only missed half a dozen. dropping 33 in all , biggest problem was trying to find the birds that fell in the corn, but I think I got all but 3 and that's without a dog, Anyway it was a very enjoyable 4 hours and with the number of birds around I'm sure I will have a few more sessions before the rape is cut and we can get some stubble days. I met the farm manager coming off the land and he was well pleased, gave me 100 cartridges to help me out and even better, gave me permission to fish a big private lake on the farm where I'm told there is a huge head of big bream and roach, so that's on the cards for next week, the wife will be pleased , she loves her fishing but at the moment is suffering a shooting widows fate. Opticians again at the end of the month so I'm hoping for some better news or at least some glasses I can see through, lol!!! old age is a real pain in the butt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 have several floaters in my eyes i’m always jumping up for non existent birds you had a good shout there bagged a few and a lake nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Hello, well done, I had some prescription glasses made for shooting,makes a good difference, hope you get sorted and carry on shooting, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 Went over to long range glasses about seven years ago as things where starting to go fuzzy on the edges .... no I hadn't been on the plonk .... amazing thing was I could read newspapers etc again without glasses and previous needed 1 1/2 easy readers... the optician said that was most unusual. Anyway the new prescriptive glasses made a huge difference shooting and pleased your having the same success. I have upgraded the prescription once since and I order/choose the ones with the largest lenses and just half frames. Took a while to get used to them but now don't even notice them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 Where's there is a will , there is normally a way , you have got the will and you will find a way Alan , the younger members don't realise what us old farts have to contend with , apart from just about else passing the sell by date my eyes are , or were still pretty good , I say were as what I have found lately my marking is becoming rubbish , Apart from the Pea stubble I have been shooting over standing crops lately and once or twice when I have marked a bird down I have sometimes been yards away from it when the dog have picked it up , this might be looking into the sun or the change in light on a cloudy day , or is it another one of things we have to admit to that the body parts are not as good as they once were , anyhow I am now going to try and find some while I can still see what a Pigeon look like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgy dave Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 you should be able to get your cataracts done, being there in both eyes i used to have to where thick glasses all my life until i was about 70 and i had my cataracts done at kings lyn i dont where glasses any more my eyes are perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside1000 Posted July 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 Thanks and well done all like me who have to contend with just one more setback, they said I cant have the cataracts done yet as they are not bad enough, Marshman I know what you mean about marking downed birds, main problem is distance out from the hide, I often over estimate the distance and end up yards out past the bird, but usually find them after a good search. I thought of putting out marker canes at various distances , then when a bird goes in I can judge it to the nearest cane, maybe even put different colours on them, so it would be 3 yards right of black, or 4 yards left of red and so on, problem then is remembering them all. probably easier to just buy a dog 👍😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 19 hours ago, lakeside1000 said: Hopefully its not permanent, just diagnosed with 2 cataracts and a dodgy retina on my right eye, my dominant side. So after some thought and trying out several pairs of glasses I settled for a cylinder choke and set the decoys out at around 20 yards, shooting some bald patches in the wheat, I found a round bale on the headland to set a hide against, then stuck out 2 yes 2 magnets one each end of the pattern, about 20 yards apart, I thought it might be too much but had to give it a go anyway. I was only in the hide for 5 minutes and the birds started coming in, I hit the first 3 then missed a couple, I swapped glasses to a slightly weaker pair which focused better at the limit of the decoys, from 4.30 until 8.30 ( losing the light) I only missed half a dozen. dropping 33 in all , biggest problem was trying to find the birds that fell in the corn, but I think I got all but 3 and that's without a dog, Anyway it was a very enjoyable 4 hours and with the number of birds around I'm sure I will have a few more sessions before the rape is cut and we can get some stubble days. I met the farm manager coming off the land and he was well pleased, gave me 100 cartridges to help me out and even better, gave me permission to fish a big private lake on the farm where I'm told there is a huge head of big bream and roach, so that's on the cards for next week, the wife will be pleased , she loves her fishing but at the moment is suffering a shooting widows fate. Opticians again at the end of the month so I'm hoping for some better news or at least some glasses I can see through, lol!!! old age is a real pain in the butt. Are you still driving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 46 minutes ago, BlaserF3 said: Are you still driving? 🙄😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgy dave Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 dont answer that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside1000 Posted July 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 I plead the 5th amendment 😁 seriously though my optician says no problem at the moment, I can still read a number plate at 25 yards !!, and I might add hit a moving target at 25 yards 8/10 its just longer range stuff at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 4 hours ago, lakeside1000 said: I plead the 5th amendment 😁 seriously though my optician says no problem at the moment, I can still read a number plate at 25 yards !!, and I might add hit a moving target at 25 yards 8/10 its just longer range stuff at the moment It's ok to read a number plate, but can you see a motorcycle approaching you at 60mph when you are waiting at a junction ? Think about it 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 On 18 July 2020 at 09:50, dodgy dave said: i had my cataracts done at kings lyn i dont where glasses any more my eyes are perfect Lucky old you. I had mine done but still need glasses because of the Astigmatism - an irregular shape in my cornea. But it did improve my vision. Sadly I can no longer blame my irregular shooting on my cataract as I no longer have one 😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 I had mine done years ago, so I know what it's like to go blind slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgy dave Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 my right eye was going fuzzy two years after the op nine seconds under the lazer and i was cured again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgy dave Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 On 20/07/2020 at 19:26, BlaserF3 said: I had mine done years ago, so I know what it's like to go blind slowly. are you still driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 On 28/07/2020 at 09:54, dodgy dave said: are you still driving Perfect eyesight now, I can read the bottom line at the opticians, no problem...........and see motor cycles at speed coming towards me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgy dave Posted August 1, 2020 Report Share Posted August 1, 2020 i still have reading glasses but i dont mind that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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