Yes. A buddy of mine in Army advanced training put Alaska on his wish list and got it. He had read all the glamorous hunting and fishing stuff. Where he was stationed there was nothing but a bowling alley for recreation.
I first got them in my early 60's. All of a sudden I had bugs buzzing me and I would duck. Driving with a bright sky I thought they were flocks of birds. They did settle down and I got used to them. I had cataract surgery and later had the secondary cataract forming and got the YAG laser...