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Title: both eyes open or one when shooting
Post by: cavscout on July 22, 2009, 07:04:00 PM

i am right eye dominant and shoot right handed it seems like i focus better on the target with my left eye closed like when i shoot a gun. is this a bad habit i need to stop?

Title: Re: both eyes open or one when shooting
Post by: McDave on July 22, 2009, 07:22:00 PM

Do you shoot with sights or instinctively?

Title: Re: both eyes open or one when shooting
Post by: cavscout on July 22, 2009, 08:57:00 PM

instinctive, i stop using modern equipment 2 years ago

Title: Re: both eyes open or one when shooting
Post by: moebow on July 22, 2009, 09:48:00 PM

Watch the best shooters, gun or bow, and you will see that they almost 100% have both eyes open.

Title: Re: both eyes open or one when shooting
Post by: McDave on July 22, 2009, 09:56:00 PM

Both eyes open is definitely the way to go for instinctive shooting.  The only exception would be if you don't have a strong dominant eye, and maybe one time your left eye is dominant, and the next time your right eye is dominant.  In that case, you probably have to close one eye.

Title: Re: both eyes open or one when shooting
Post by: cavscout on July 22, 2009, 11:39:00 PM

thanks for the help