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half eye:
I'm right handed and left eye dominate, and shoot bows instinctively with out any issues. Instinctive shooting involves both eyes open so eye dominace should not be of any effect. It's an issue when you close one eye to aim. Even when the right eye went blind it is still not an issue. I am a hunter, not a target shooter though. Also I dont shoot past 20 yards tops, and also dont shoot on "bad" angles.

I consider myself an ethical hunter, and would not bow hunt at all if there was any doubt about accuracy.
rich

jeffp51:
I agree with you Pat.  I have to work on a consistent release and on getting the arrows tuned right.  Right now there are so many factors that it is hard to tell which is creating the biggest portion of the errors.  the eye dominance thing just sounded so strange I wondered if anyone else had heard the same thing.  I have no problem shooting a rifle, but I can't hit jack with a shotgun.  With archery I tend to shoot both eyes open, but wondered if I should start closing the left to force my right eye, which is lined up with the arrow better, to do the work.

jeffp51:

--- Quote from: half eye on November 05, 2014, 05:27:32 pm ---I'm right handed and left eye dominate, and shoot bows instinctively with out any issues. Instinctive shooting involves both eyes open so eye dominace should not be of any effect. It's an issue when you close one eye to aim. Even when the right eye went blind it is still not an issue. I am a hunter, not a target shooter though. Also I dont shoot past 20 yards tops, and also dont shoot on "bad" angles.

I consider myself an ethical hunter, and would not bow hunt at all if there was any doubt about accuracy.
rich

--- End quote ---

That helps.  Right now, all I am thinking about hunting are targets.  Maybe someday, but I need to be a lot more confident about my shot than I am so far.

half eye:
generally your groups are large because you are "aiming" at too large a spot. I concentrate so hard on a "spot" (like an asprin tablet) that I dont even see the deers head or butt like tunnel vision on that spot.....so much so that at the release all you see is the arrow "appear" on the spot (and then dissapear if a pass through). You really have to resist that temptation to "peek" to see if he's looking back at you because if you do it will generally be a clean miss (if your lucky) or a wounded deer.

AINT BEING A KNOW IT ALL, just saying what has been my experience since my starting back in the 1960's.
rich

Pat B:
Aim small, miss small!  Start with a 12" circle then reduce it to a 6" circle, than a 3" circle then a dot. If you can keep it inside the circle move down to the next and so on. Train your eye to focus on a small spot and like Rich said eliminate everything else in your vision. The arrow will go where you are looking if you do your part.
 It might be a help to read a book like G.Fred Asbel's "Instinctive Shooting". There are other authors also but G. Fred is where I learned to shoot instinctively. You might even find a copy at your public library.

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