My friend, Mas Ayoob, a long time ago, strongly suggested your home defense equipment list should include electronic hearing. He offered two reasons: protection for your own hearing and enhanced capability.
Protection should be obvious. But what about the enhancement?
As an example, I was at Bill Wilson’s ranch, hunting hogs, when we were sneaking through the woods to get a better shooting position, and the leaves crunching underfoot were loud. I thought to myself I must be getting old, I used to be able to ghost through the woods. Then, I realized I had my electronic muffs on. I stopped and slipped one off an ear and kept going. Yep, I was quiet … quieter than Bill was (the hogs didn’t notice, and the stalk was successful).
Another reason?…
