Anyone using an eye patch?

[unregistered]

I am a left eye dominant/right handed shooter. I have heard stories of people like me using an eye patch to cover the left eye. Has anyone else tried this and if so did it actually work?

[Dick in Seattle]

Aarghh!   I be usin' one fer years now, but me parrot keeps hidin' it!
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Sorry about that, but it's early in the morning and I couldn't resist.   I spent Saturday with my cousin, who's the Captain of Seattle's Seafair Pirates.   Hope someone comes forward and gives you a real answer

[bsigal]

In Masters of the Barebow volume II, one of the presenters, Larry Yien, has a similar problem.  He is a gap shooter and he closes or squints his left eye when aiming.  He even made a point of commenting on it during his presentation.  This seems to work for him as a gap shooter.  If you are using another method you will lose all depth perseption for your shot.  Good luck and keep shooting.

Ben

[rbbhunt]

My ex-wife had the same problem and she used an eye patch.  It helped her shooting a lot and after a while your right eye will probably become dominant (or at least trained to be dominant) and you can do without the eye patch.

[unregistered]

Well for the 5 bucks it will cost me at the pharmacy I might as well give it a try. Seems to be enough evidence to support its use.

[shortstroke 91]

I tried it once but my depth perception was so bad that I kept hitting low, give it a try.

[Dartwick]

I just close my eye.

[-Achilles-]

I wear it around the house a few hours a day to try and strengthen my right eye...my right eye has very poor vision so I switched to lefty...I cant see good enough out of my right eye to shoot righty with my left eye closed

[unregistered]

Yah I have tried to close my left eye but I just can't seem to do it and keep my right eye open. I can easily close my right eye of course. Ain't that always the way.

[Leland]

There is a person that I see at the 3-D shoots that wears one.It works for this person,their a pretty good shot.

Leland

[ron w]

Dartwick said it all ...close your eye.

[Archer1410]

Do you wear glasses?

If yes, just put some scotch tape over your left lens. The fuzzy image will be enough for your brain to use the other eye.

[LPM]

I don't but I hear that the Navy Seals have three spare ones off the coast of Africa