Progressive lenses do present some problems when bowhunting due to the nature of the lens design and since you're not looking through the optical centers when you draw your bow back. Plus, glasses are a PITA when bowhunting anyway. I usually tell my hunters to go with a less expensive "line" bifocal for hunting. They have a larger area for distance viewing and have less distortion. I also have them set the bifocal at a different height than usual (slightly lower) to allow the hunter to still see up close (phone, watch, ect.) but it's not in the way when you are looking at the pins or at distance. Eventually, when your vision is blurry at arms reach (pins, pistol sight) you will need to have that addressed. Back in the day, I would have the patient bring their pistol or bow into the office and tape measure the distance and come up with the exact power in glasses (or contacts) for clear vision at that "in between" or what we call "intermediate" distance.
Contacts actually work great for hunting but a lot of men cannot get over the hump of the idea of touching their eye so that's not an option in many cases. My vision is a little weaker now and I got over that issue and I wear very low power contacts for hunting now. Makes a huge difference, especially at dawn and dusk.
As far as your doc telling you that you're not a great candidate for LASIK, I'm spitballing here but if your Rx is pretty low and you mainly need glasses for near, you generally are not a great candidate. I usually wait until my patients are really dependent on full time correction for distance before recommending LASIK. BTW, you can fix the near vision with LASIK but at the sacrifice of the distance vision in that eye.
PM me with any questions and I'll try to help all I can.
Dr. B
