WBowhunt

OK. I did a search first to make sure there was not already a thread on Eye Dominance or changing hands and I could not find one. So I am going to ask. Has anyone ever changed from a right handed to a left handed shooter after they found their left eye to be the dominant eye? I have been shooting a bow for 20 + years Right handed, and have given all my huntin' buddies a run for their money in backyard shoot outs, and have taken deer every year I have hunted. But I have always heard and been told you really need to shoot with your dominant eye if you wanted to shoot well. I am thinking about looking into 3-D and wondered if someone out there made the change and if so did it really makes a difference?

animalized

Had a couple guys at our club that had the same problem. They wore a patch over their eye when they would shoot and eventually, from what I am told, it corrects that problem.

Schobs

I shoot both bow and gun and do everything else right handed for that matter, and it wasnt until hunter's safety when i was 11 or 12 that i realized i was left eye dominant. I had been shooting for a few years before that, mostly pellet guns and .22's, and had been doing fine. all i do is shut my left eye when im shooting. ive started wearing my glasses when i go hunting because i have a slight astigmatism, and when i close 1 eye it gets worse. the glasses help considerably. I'd try some left handed bows and see if it makes a big difference before going out and buying one. good luck

130woodman

My kid is Left eye dominant but shoots right handed. he leans across the scope. I looks real goofy the way he shoots but he is in a half dollar at 100 yards.

ABarOfSoap

dont switch, if what your doing is working for you now, than why mess it up and in the end get the same results?

MOTOWNHONKEY

How about just open them both for a full field of view. I see no need to closeone eye with any weapon.

Lefty26

I am left handed but shoot a bow right handed. I learned that way because I never had a left handed bow. I shoot a gun right handed though. I'm not going to change anything now, I have been doing it that way for to long now.

Rhody Hunter

I have the same problem left eye dominate but right handed . Ishoot fine right handed closing my left eye so i figure why change . I shoot a gun left handed though and that is what works best for me . I think i could shoot with both eyes open with a lot of practice but I'm happy with the way I'm shooting now

Surf62

WBowhunt,

I started out as a kid shooting right handed but was left eye dominant, did this till I was about 16. I could shoot ok but once dusk came I could not focus as well and my shooting suffered. A friend was a lefty and suggestedI try his spare bow, it took a little bit but soon I was shooting great no matter the conditons.Sold my bow and got a lefty that was 27 years ago. I have been out of bowhunting for 5 or 6 years but am getting back into it this season.

Paul

mobow

Sounds to me like you shoot perfectly fine that way. If it's a problem though, just wear an eye patch.