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gtdyson:
From the little I have read it seems that if your dominant eye and dominant hand are different shooting with both eyes open is the problem but I have also read archers should shoot with both eyes open, I am not sure that I could get used to shooting left handed but if it is as simple as closing the dominant eye, no problem (I don't think). I watched a tutorial on photography recently and it be came apparent that most right handed people  put the camera to their right eye and only very few to their left but did not explain why, now I think I know why my camera goes to my left eye.
Thanks all

Pat B:
The problem with closing one eye is you loose your binocular vision and depth perception.

adb:

--- Quote from: Pat B on November 28, 2013, 11:07:00 am ---Adam, when I shoot I don't see my bow or arrows, I only concentrate on the spot my arrow will go. I don't shoot cross eye dominant but have heard from other hunting archers that are and they tell me t doesn't matter. Does a dominant eye matter when you throw a baseball, basketball or horseshoes?

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Pat... when I shoot a bow, the only thing I look at is the target too. Same with shooting skeet, throwing a baseball, or horseshoes. Yes, your dominant eye matters!! If it didn't we wouldn't have a dominant eye!!

In normal binocular vision there is an effect of parallax, and therefore the dominant eye is the one that is primarily relied on for precise positional information. This may be especially important in sports which require aim, such as archery, darts or shooting sports.

When I started shooting skeet at a high level, that's the first thing our coach checked... handedness and eye dominance.

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