Left eye dominate right hand shooter
 

After having eye surgery I find shooting with both eyes open (which after shooting for five years) more natural than before the surgery. Looking for advice on what would be the best setup, peep, sights, hind sight, ect. to use? I shoot right handed but left eye dominate.

well my buddy just has tall rings on his scope....but he got a mil dot cause the angle is a lil different and he said it helps...but usually he has it sighted at 112 yards..where his feeder is.

I am the opposite: I am right eye dominant but left-handed.

I did not learn about my eye dominance until later in life: in High School I shot left-handed on the rifle team, not realizing that I was using my weak eye.

Once I began to shoot a bow I discovered the advantages of shooting with both eyes open: it greatly improves the overall hunting view and reduces eye fatigue. However, in order to shoot with both eyes open it is important to base your shooting on your dominant eye. Hence, although I am left-handed I shoot a right handed bow to take advantage of my dominant right eye.

I have been trying to re-train to shoot right-handed including pistol shooting: at my age (51) it feels very awkward, but I am slowly making progress.

I find that use of a scope reduces the value of shooting with both eyes open (it is confusing to see one sight picture magnified but another not), so I tend to shoot with one eye open. However, even in this case it is sometimes preferable to shoot with both eyes open and I can only do this effectively when shooting right-handed.

I purchased a cross-bow last year and quickly learned the value of being able to shoot with either hand due to the limitations of swinging the crossbow. I took 4 deer this past season: one left-handed and three right-handed.

Why dont you just switch to shooting lefty. Ive heard of people just like you and they do better when they switch to shooting left handed. They say its kinda akuward at first but it pays off in the long run, just something to think about. Good luck!

I damaged my right eye and face simular issues.

If possible, shoot lefty. Iam just too far down the road in like to do that. But if new, give it a try.

old dogs can learn new tricks...and you would be new to shootin lefty..so give er' a whirl.


quote=bigcountry;3564158]I damaged my right eye and face simular issues.

If possible, shoot lefty. Iam just too far down the road in like to do that. But if new, give it a try.[/quote]

When I finally figured out that my wife should have been shooting lefty, and switched her over, she finally started hitting stuff like crazy. Same thing with her brother as a new shooter. They were both raised Catholic, and forced to be right-handed, but they both should have been leftys.

Best of Luck,
Jeff

6 years ago I lost my right eye in a motorcycle crash. Being right handed I thought my archery days were over. A friend let me try a left hand Bow and I was off and shooting again. I believe I shoot better now( all the old bad habits are gone) Last year in a indoor league i averaged 299 56xs over 10 shoots

Gotta teach yourself to shoot left handed. I am in the process now. I am left eye dominant as well. I started training myself with a shotgun and rifle, and now am transitioning to a bow. The only problem is i have to shoot my buddies bow, an i just bought a right handed Bowtech Admiral.

You got to learn to shoot left handed just like everyone else has been saying.

After 16 years of shooting right handed being left eye dominant, I made the switch to left handed 2 years ago, it was the best thing I have ever done.

My story goes just the opposite. I shot left handed for many years but realizing I was right eye dominant I made the switch. It took some getting used to because I write and throw left handed.

My dad retrained his eye from left to right by using an eye patch when he would shoot.he shot everyday for a few month like this and it trained his eye to the right.He never had that problem again.I belive it works

I am this way but still shoot right handed because it feels more comfortable and i hurt my left shoulder so i would have to drop a lot of pounds to pull it back. so i am going to stay the way i am . I'm happy with the way i'm shooting and having fun doing it so i don't see myself changing