Need advice
#1
Giant Nontypical
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: North Lima Ohio & Clarion Pa
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Need advice
Ok OK I know this is the bowhunting forum, but this is where I spend my time and you are the guys I "know" so I'm gonna ask here...ok, now...
My stepson (12 year old)is left handed but by testing him, he is right eye dominant.He shoots a left handed bow pretty well. However I need advice as I get him ready torifle hunt in the coming years. Since he has never shot a rifle, should I try and get him comfortable with a right handed gun, since his right eye is dominant? Or can he overcome this eye dominance to become a better left handed shot?
He was never exposed to this hunting/shooting stuff as a youngster so it seems to be taking longer to bring him up to speed. He does shoot a shotgun left handed. (not very well I might add). But we are working on it.
My stepson (12 year old)is left handed but by testing him, he is right eye dominant.He shoots a left handed bow pretty well. However I need advice as I get him ready torifle hunt in the coming years. Since he has never shot a rifle, should I try and get him comfortable with a right handed gun, since his right eye is dominant? Or can he overcome this eye dominance to become a better left handed shot?
He was never exposed to this hunting/shooting stuff as a youngster so it seems to be taking longer to bring him up to speed. He does shoot a shotgun left handed. (not very well I might add). But we are working on it.
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: Need advice
It's easier to train the non-dominant hand to draw the string or manipulate thebolt/safety/slide/triggerthan it is to train the off eye to aim where thedominant eye is looking.
It feels darned unpleasant, awkward and clumsy at first, making the 'wrong' hand do the work but, if he'll just gut it out and stick with it,that feeling goes away. Sometimes it takes several days to a week or two, but it'll go away.
It feels darned unpleasant, awkward and clumsy at first, making the 'wrong' hand do the work but, if he'll just gut it out and stick with it,that feeling goes away. Sometimes it takes several days to a week or two, but it'll go away.