Removably attachable eyepiece shield

An eyepiece shield configured for a sporting optic, the eyepiece shield comprising:

• a) an irregular frusto-conical shell with a narrower end circumscribing at least one eyepiece hole, and a wider end circumscribing an oblong eye opening that is non-parallel with the eyepiece hole and having a concave profile with respect to a viewing axis between the eyepiece hole and the eye opening;
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• b) a fastener with first and second fastener portions carried on opposite sides of the shell at the eye opening, respectively;
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• c) the shell having at least two configurations, including:
• i) an open configuration in which the eye opening is open and the fastener is unfastened with the first and second fastener portions separated;
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• ii) a closed configuration in which the opposite sides of the eye opening are folded in towards one another and the fastener is fastened with the first and second fastener portions joined together.

A method for shielding an eyepiece of a sporting optic, the method comprising:

• a) stretching an eyepiece hole of an eyepiece shield over the eyepiece of the sporting optic with the eyepiece hole circumscribing the eyepiece and being held in place by a friction-fit between the eyepiece hole and the eyepiece, the eyepiece shield having an irregular frusto-conical shell with a narrower end circumscribing the eyepiece hole, and a wider end circumscribing an oblong eye opening that is non-parallel with the eyepiece hole and having a concave profile with respect to a viewing axis between the eyepiece hole and the eye opening;
• b) abutting the oblong eye opening against a user's face while looking through the eyepiece shield and the eyepiece of the sporting optic;
• c) folding opposite lateral sides of the eye opening together over the eyepiece of the sporting optic;
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• d) fastening the opposite lateral sides of the eye opening together with a fastener to hold the opposite lateral sides together.