Since everyone's eyes see colors differently, no there is no one-size-fits-all conditions.

 

In bright sun I wear a smoke/brown tint.
My "Sun Glasses" have a gold reflective coating that
reduces glair. They are most effective during the winter
with snow. With them on I'm not squinting!!

 

PapaDoc,
Having Grouse hunted & taught shooting Clays for Grouse hunting, for many years, I have both the original Browning Shooting glasses, and the newer CSMC shooting glasses. I have used most all the different lenses on both of the glasses. They do high light both the birds and the Clays under different lighted conditions, especially nice in the low lighted forest while hunting Grouse & Woodcock. They help your vision, your shooting talent is still the same, however your vision is sharp and clear with the different color lenses for different lighting.
My original Browning shooting glasses have 8 different pair of colored lenses the newer CSMC shooting glasses have 13 different colored lenses. In reality I believe both these classes are made by the same manufacturer (Randolph). You see better and they are safety for your eyes, when hunting and shooting Clays, I do use the anti-fog on them, especially when Grouse hunting.

all the best,

Pine Creek/Dave
L.C. Smith Man

 

The very, very palest of yellow for overcast days but lately I have been going with clear...regardless, as it is simpler.
I never go for any darker tint, tho all our eyes are sensitive to various degrees and some may call for tint....on sunny days in the desert, perhaps.
Personally, clear for me.
Otherwise, trying for a tint of the moment or the bird is like a clay shooter fretting on the order of choke and load changing....re "birds", I find all that more than a bit fiddly.

Good on you for the Rx appt.....

 

The very, very palest of yellow for overcast days but lately I have been going with clear...regardless, as it is simpler.
I never go for any darker tint, tho all our eyes are sensitive to various degrees and some may call for tint....on sunny days in the desert, perhaps.
Personally, clear for me.
Otherwise, trying for a tint of the moment or the bird is like a clay shooter fretting on the order of choke and load changing....re "birds", I find all that more than a bit fiddly.

Good on you for the Rx appt.....

I will add though, IF whatever light conditions there are, are making you squint, go a little darker - you should never be squinting because of the light.

 

Typically amber for hunting, which helps with contrast. For clay games pink (rose? Because a trap shooting guy suggested that would help see the targets better but I don’t see any better scores).

 

Polarized amber for me. It cuts the glare.

 

Thanks for all the replies. I got to thinking about glasses when someone commented elsewhere that distance vision is better with a tight pupil, which means less sunscreening. And I can use all the help I can get at seeing things more clearly.

Reading Pine Creek Dave's comments on grouse made me realize how different my grouse circumstances are from his (We're up on mountain ridges looking for Blue Grouse, recently renamed Dusky Grouse. Like Ruffeds, they know how to put a tree between me and them.) and that my circumstances might affect your recommendations. I hunt in Montana, anywhere from 4000-7000 feet elevation which tends to make sunlight brighter. Also, my left handed hunting partner is generally walking on my right, and for some reason, the sun is always shining from his side, into my eyes, so all I get are right to left crossing pheasants going 40 mph.

 

I can tell you that I have some sun scaring from NOT wearing dark enough lenses outside over the last 60+ years - you protect them like your hearing

 

While hunting I wear a shade of yellow. Light yellow in low-light, medium brown (brown simply being darker shade of yellow) for medium lighting conditions, dark-brown for bright light conditions. Yellow filters blue light. My reason for doing this is as follows:

• There is little in nature that is blue, especially among the upland birds I hunt, so decreasing blue enhances my sensitivity to bird like colors.
• Human eyes have fewer beta cones (blue detectors) than rho and gamma (red and green) and the eye tends to oversaturate with blue light easily. Again, filtering some of the blue light should help.
• I try to wear the lightest shade I can wear with comfort so as to maximize depth perception, but my light blue irises make me sensitive to light.
• I avoid polarized lenses while hunting, wearing them to and from hunting areas to reduce glare and resultant eye fatigue.
• After consulting with my optometrist, I've added some vision therapy exercises to my daily routine to decrease the time it takes for me to focus. Also, at his suggestion, I reduced the screen brightness on my Kindle and computer to help train my vision system to acquire images in low-light conditions.

 

Blocking UV light by wearing good quality sunglasses throughout your outdoor activities is a very good way to help prevent or delay cataracts. Even though I have had cataracts in both eyes removed I still try to keep the damages from UV light to a minimum by wearing sunglasses.

I have found a light yellow to be helpful in the woods of ME when after grouse although I am not sure a clear lens isn't as beneficial. I use one or the other for that type of hunting and but go for some form of sun light reducing colors when dove or other bright light conditions hunting.

I am a also real stickler for wearing eye protection whenever handling a gun or even as a spectator at a shooting event.