why are my ears are ringing?

Because you were shooting. For goodness' sake wear phones! I was involved with the music and sound industry for years and believe me, I have less hearing damage than my relatives who were trying to be "rustic"; without protection when hunting. COVER YOUR EARS! They cannot regenerate like other parts of the body.

Could be tinnitus which I have myself from working for years in heavy excavators without any ear protection, which must be supplied nowadays. My friend was a armourer in the army testing small arms he also has tinnitus but pretty bad sometimes unable to get a good nights sleep. He has been away from the army for ten years or so and still has tinnitus Apparently there is no answer to getting rid of so we just have to put up with it I'm afraid. So the answer for you is to wear ear plugs all the time when you are shooting no matter how uncomfortable they are.Happy hunting.

I hope your tinnitus is not permanent some times I can ignore it but at night when all is quiet it's terrible.

It is called tinnitus and caused for many reasons but since you said you were shooting, its definately from that. When your ears are subject to loud noises they can cause damage to the ears and ringing of the ears are symptoms of damage. Dont worry it happens to me when i go to clubs. It will be gone by tomorrow.

Sounds like it could be 'Tinnitus'.

I suffer from it myself, eventually to an extent you tend to train yourself to not hear it.

My consultant said it was because I was exposed to high volume of noise over a long period of time, obviously I am now paying the price for all the discos I went to and also having the radio blaring!

Good Luck

Your ears ring normally. It's just that this time since you're not listening to such a loud noise...you are more sensitive to the ringing in your ears.

noise induced hearing loss you were shooting which is hard on the inner ear it will get better and go away over time

i used to work in a night club and one day of tinnitus

and would not work with out ear defenders

if you have that sort of reaction you should not shoot with out them again

not nice is it

wear ear protection, otherwise this will happen in noisy environments like shooting

Most likely aliens have put something inside of you.