Left eye dominant
 

My son is 17, right handed, but is left eye dominant. Due to sports etc. we haven't been able to hunt in the last few years, but hope to start again. The last time we shot trap, he shot with one eye closed. Any suggestions on hunting/shooting with this problem? thanks.

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Your son sounds a lot like me. I kick left footed, write left handed and shoot a rifle/shotgun/handgun left handed. But I throw and bat right handed and shoot a bow right handed. I am left eye dominant. I really don't see a problem. Let him shoot whatever from whatever side he is most comfortable with.

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Which way did he shoot left handed or right?

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I do everything right handed except being left eye dominat I shoot firearms and bows LH.

When younger my dad tried to train merh with a rifle b/c the limited option for lhguns but it felt unnatural for me so he quit trying. I have shot off my left shoulder/eye ever since. The only way I can shoot decently off the right sideis a patch over my left eye.

I suggest that you let your son deciede which feels better, if its right handed then he can be trained to use his weaker eye. If he's like me and lh just feels better, then let him shoot southpaw. Now a days the southpaw options for firearms and bows are better then when I was younger. Still limiting due to being a minority but most manufcaturers make LH models.

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Sounds like me. I'm right handed with everything I do and was (still am) left eye dominant. I started hunting a couple years ago and use all left handed equipment (guns and bows). It was different to me, but I got the hang of it now. The only downside I would say is in buying left handed guns/bows. My arsenal is located below on my signiture. All my guns are either lefty or ambidextrous. I would tell you to have him shoot however is most comfortable or maybe even teach him to do everything right handed. Good luck!

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I am also right handed, left eye dominant. I have trained myself to use my right eye when shooting. At one time I couldn't wink with my right eye, but practiced over and over and now I can wink with both just fine. I'm also 17 so just tll him to practice all the time.

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I am right handed, left eye dominant. too. I can shoot with both hands. but I stay with right handed guns. like slapout I trained myself to use my right eye. many now I wear glasses and my left eye is the weakest.

hope my new glasses come in soon :eek:

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Just cover thePupil of the eye ( the small DOT in the center of the Iris) ......You will still have Peripheral vision in that eye, but the center of the Pupil is blocked...You will never know it's blocked, but it will make you Right Eye Dominate...

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i am right handed but left eye dominate. i can shoot either way but prefer left handed to shoot a gun . a bow i shoot right handed . shoot what feels comfortable not a problem for me

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Me and my brother are both right handed but shoot left handed. From my experiance i would say not to fight it and let him shoot whatever way is more comfortable.

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I agree...

I am left eye dominant and shoot lefty. But yet with handguns, I can shoot either lefty or righty. Go figure... ;)

I'm sort of weird in a way, regarding left/right handedness:

Right hand
Sports: bat, tennis, golf, hockey, throw football
Music: play guitar and other stringed instruments
Firearms: can shoot handguns right hand (or left hand)
Misc:saw wood

Left Hand
Sports: kick soccer ball, throw baseball, fling frizbee
Music: play drums (drum kit is reversed. floor tom-tom and hi-hatswitch sides, bass drum is kicked with left foot)
Firearms: shoot bows, rifles, shotguns, handguns
Misc: eat, write, hammer a nail

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I'm ambidextrous, wish I could help.

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He shoots right handed.

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My dad used to tell i looked retarded when i used to shoot my rifles. Then we realized that i was right handed but left eyed dominant. Now that im older im learning to shoot using my right eye, its kinda hard to shoot looking through a scope with your head laid all the way over on the stock. plus it hurts when the rifle recoils on your nose. But now i dont even think about it i automaticly use my right eye.

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All you have to do is Close your left eye and look thru the scope!:eek:......Unless you're blind in the right eye!......When Right Hand/Left Dominate'shave a problem is when shooting Shotguns. Shotguns you point and Rifles you aim.....

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I am a right handed. After hunting for several years I experienced a righteye injury that left me with a small blind black spot just bigenough to cause me not to be able to see my sights.. This is after I had several righty guns and a bow. However, this wasn't going to deter me, now I shoot left handed with great success (except those red fox[&:]). I even shoot my righty bow left handed with out any string slap (compound). However, I don't have a quiver on my bow. When hunting dangerous game it is imparitive to have the bolt (action)on which ever side your eye is dominant as it is not possible to keep the scope on a charging animal and reload with the same speed as a proper eye fitted gun. It takes some getting used to, but it can be done. However some guns are harder, like my browning humpback A-5, on follow up shots on ducks and geese I would find the recoil would at times force my finger to hit the saftey back on- leaving me pulling the trigger with nothing happening.. have to get a new gun before next year, or perhaps it is possible to reverse the saftey on this gun??

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my son is left dominant as well, he is right handed with "a lazy eye". He seems to manage well and was invited to join a shooting club to compete.

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I am right handed and left eye dominant. I shoot rifles and bows left handed. My right eye is almost a lazy eye. I guess I don't use it and it is pretty weak. I have found for me it is easier this way. It took a while to get used to shooting left handed but now it is natural. Maybe you can have him try shooting lefty and see how he likes it.

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I like shooting all my shotguns, pretty much just because you dont have to aimyou just point and pull.