Shooting form ?

[mathews z7]

Who has one eye open ? And who has both eyes open ? When shooting / hunting

[rottie]

I shoot off my right shoulder,yet am left eye dominate. As a result I have always shot with my left eye closed

[Lefty-Canuck]

Close my right eye while drawing back and acquiring my target then open my right eye before I shoot to gain the peripheral...so I shoot with both eyes open.

LC

[338Bluff]

My hunting bow has a spot hogg 5 pin sight with a 1 5/8" housing with a white ring. I seem to have to close my left eye (never used to) when shooting or else I get a double image. The strange thing is the Montana BG sight on my 3D bow can be shot with both eyes open. Same housing size, but with a bright green ring, the pins are clear, and I don't get a double image. Haven't figured out why yet.

[ishootbambi]

its in my avatar....both eyes open. you can see twice as much.....

[338Bluff]

I dunno...you look a little squinty there.

[ishootbambi]

Originally Posted by 338Bluff

I dunno...you look a little squinty there.

yup....the sun was kinda behind the camera. im surprised nobody has given me grief about the level not being quite perfect. whaddya do? the camera was sitting on a fencepost. somehow I couldn't get anyone to stand in front of me with my bow drawn and an arrow on the rest?????

[FallAirFever]

Originally Posted by rottie

I shoot off my right shoulder,yet am left eye dominate. As a result I have always shot with my left eye closed

Yup me too. Tried shooting left handed a couple times felt too weird.

[ULTRAlite]

Originally Posted by rottie

I shoot off my right shoulder,yet am left eye dominate. As a result I have always shot with my left eye closed

x3 - although my left eye is usually just peeking and it seems the more I can open it during the shot, the more accurate I am.

[L.O.S.T.Arrow]

It is my humble opionion that all shooters should keep both eyes open for peripheral, especially for hunting,

We try to instruct new shooters to do so, some we find quickly have eye issues, mostly with dominant eye struggles where the left eye for a RH shooter fights to be dominant, than it is advisible to close left eye.

Some even will shoot left handed because they are left eye dominant, most right handed shooters however cant shoot left handed so have to close left eye.

However if there are no eye issues bowhunters should keep both eyes open

JMHO
Neil

[nekred]

First time anyone shoots a bow it is awkward no matter the hand....

All that happens when you don't use dominant eye is you make your job harder as you have to close an eye to shoot...

There are some rare (odd) people who do not have a dominant eye...i.e. it switches constantly who have to shoot with one eye closed because of that...

I have helped many people switch to their dominant eye side away from their dominant hand and at first it is awkward and weak.. but in a bit they get it and suddenly switching to other side feels more weird...

eye dominance is very important....