I carry plugs or muffs all the time. Sometimes you just don't have time... but stand hunting in TX I generally do.
I do some dove/duck, and finally at 43 bought a set of amplified muffs, won't hunt without them again.
Even have muffs for the lab to wear on the airboat.

Jeff

We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....