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Old 08-19-2004 | 11:48 AM
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I shoot with one eye open. I am right handed and left eye dominant and when I try to shoot with both eyes open, well lets just say it's not pretty.

shoot both ways.

3-D set up I shoot one I shut

Hunting setup both eyes open
How do you keep from subconsciously closing one of them in the thick of things?
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Old 08-19-2004 | 11:52 AM
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How do you keep from subconsciously closing one of them in the thick of things?
I am naturally a both eyes open shooter.

During the 3-D shoots it is just automatic to shut one eye. It just falls in line with the rest my form and anchoring. Through repetition I just do it[8D]
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Old 08-19-2004 | 11:57 AM
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I shoot with both eyes open, seems to help me out.
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Old 08-19-2004 | 12:49 PM
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Both eyes open
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Old 08-19-2004 | 01:28 PM
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I shoot with both eyes open although sometimes it looks like I'm shooting with both eyes closed.
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Old 08-19-2004 | 01:38 PM
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Whenever I start thinking about shooting both eyes open I always try it and my lefteye kind of takes dominance and the peep dissapears? Any suggestions.
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Old 08-19-2004 | 02:04 PM
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One eye open (left eye dominant, left handed). If I try to open my right eye, I see two targets, or two sets of pins, or bizarre freaky things.

Even in the Coast Guard, way way back in the days of bootcamp.... I remember, I just COULD NOT shoot the M16 righty. I was one of those "special recruits" where the had to clip a shroud of some sort onto the ejection port, so I wouldn't get biffed by ejecting shells. Anyway, I shot the M16 lefty and qualified easily with it.

My old PSE bow is a lefty model. My Remington 870 12GA is a lefty model. But my old Marlin Model 60 .22 is righty (which doesn't really matter shooting it lefty - I just learned to hold my right elbow down bit when I was a kid.

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Old 08-19-2004 | 02:17 PM
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Both eyes open.
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Old 08-19-2004 | 02:19 PM
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One eye open for now. I have thought about keeping both open but I will wait and work on that for another year.
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Old 08-19-2004 | 02:26 PM
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Right handed bow, left eye dominant. Trained myself to shoot with both eyes open, now if I close one, it's way to dark. Whatever works for you, but try to master both open, it's a whole new world when you can.
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