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Strongbow88:
First off, I am left handed and I shoot a rifle left handed. but when I pick up a bow I shoot it right handed thats what feels right. tonight I did a basic eye dominance test and my dominant eye is the left one. over the past couple of months I have bacome a decent shot with my bow, but something just isn't  there when i shoot my bow. I went out and shot a couple arrows a few minutes ago right handed, and I was clumsey but my eye did line up better. I think I am going to have to start over right handed. what do you all think about it have you seen anybody go through this.

El Destructo:
If your Dominant Eye is your Left....you need to try to shoot Left...I have two Boys that shoot Bows....both are Left Handed....Justin picked up a Bow and was a Natural...just like His Old man... ::).....Now Travis was a different story!! This Boy could not hit consistant for Crap....I am talking about 10-12 inches off at 20 foot....I tried every thing I could think of and nothing worked....then I remembered the Dominant Eye...Dominant Foot thing....and I told Him to try and shoot the Bow Right Handed....well he didn't do any better hitting the Bullseye....but His Arrows were grouped nice and close....in about a 6 inch group at 20 foot....wee played around and sure enough....thats all it was....He was Right Eye Dominant ....now He shoots Bow and Rifles Right handed....but I cant get Him to shoot Pistol Right Handed....but that don't matter anyways....because you keep both Eyes open to shoot a Pistol

Pat B:
A friend of mine was the same way. He shot his bow left handed but everything else was right handed. He changed and his shooting has improved. There is a lot to be said for ambidextrous shooting.    Pat

DanaM:
Due to a birth defect that doesn't allow me to close my left eye I always shot guns and compounds(sights) left handed
but I'm right eye dominant so I made the switch to righty, my advice is shoot a lighter weight bow at first it will only take a week to get used
to the feel. With that said not sure if it helped my shooting much I feel I can miss equally well with either hand :)

Strongbow88:
Yeah after trying to shoot my 57 pound bow right handed last night I came to the same conclusion about possibly shooting a lighter bow for a while. But I will have to make one first.

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