Every time you pull the trigger without protection, you are damaging your hearing. Each and every shot adds up.

In the old days, I'm ashamed to say I recommended not wearing hearing protection while hunting, ... We felt it was more dangerous not to be able to hear a rattlesnake, a warning or another hunter. And we wanted to be able to hear the steps of a deer or the gobble of a distant wild turkey.

A foam ear plug or good ear muffs are the key to protection.

the Environmental Protection Agency is coming down on them.

It's for the protection of the public. We don't want unqualified personnel making medical decisions for athletes. Athletic trainers are highly educated, medical personnel who specialize in the prevention, recognition, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries that occur to the active population.

don't feel like CDOT is hearing them. It may be the Department of Transportation, but they still think like they're the Department of Highways.