Shoot with 1 or 2 eyes?

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03-31-2009, 04:25 PM

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Rhody Hunter

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RE: Shoot with 1 or 2 eyes?

I shoot cross dominate eye so i close my dominate eye. Works fine for me

04-01-2009, 05:53 AM

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RE: Shoot with 1 or 2 eyes?

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ORIGINAL: stealthycat II

hillarious, people closing an eye when they shoot - it really is ....... does Jordan close an eye shooting a ball? Tiger close an eye hitting a golf ball? Did Howard Hill close an eye shooting his bow?

Last i checked I wasnt howard hill. plus its next to impossible for me. I see better with left eye but shoot with right hand. when i try to shoot with both eyes my left eye takes over. i shoot the way i do and i am accurate with it.

04-01-2009, 06:13 AM

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RE: Shoot with 1 or 2 eyes?

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ORIGINAL: Cougar Mag

Been shooting too long right handed to change to lefty now. No way can I shoot with both eyes open. I'm cursed

Similarly, I shoot Righty, even though I'm a natural Lefty, because of a bad shoulder, but have LEFT eye dominance, it's difficult to have the right eye keep dominance if I open the left. I toyed with shooting with both eyes open for a bit, but just couldn't do it. Now I did shoot my buddies Lefty bow last week, just checking to see how it felt, and it felt totally unnatural, but I did punch the arrow in the bull at 15yds. But it still just felt way too unnatural.

04-01-2009, 08:02 AM

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brucelanthier

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RE: Shoot with 1 or 2 eyes?

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I shoot one eye closed most of the time.

Do they shoot aiming through a peep sight with a pin on their target

? So, unless people shoot like those guys, or like you, then they are doing something hilarious

? What, exactly, is wrong with shooting with one eye closed?

04-01-2009, 11:04 AM

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RE: Shoot with 1 or 2 eyes?

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ORIGINAL: davidmil

You need one more choice in your poll, "Both ways". Lighting can definitely effect sight picture. I prefer both open so I can see more, but sometimes lighting requires you close or at least half close the non-dominant eye.

Exactly.

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Dan

04-01-2009, 02:33 PM

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killzonearchery

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RE: Shoot with 1 or 2 eyes?

Im goint o keep to my one closed it works better 4 me

04-01-2009, 04:59 PM

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mauser06

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RE: Shoot with 1 or 2 eyes?

both open here pretty much all the time...like david and rob noted, certain situations i may squint my non-dominant eye or close it, but not too often...

only time i close it is shooting a high magnification scope..shotgun, pistol, open sights, bow, low power scope is all both open almost all the time