How many have made the change right to left

[KyStickbow]

I am right handed..left eye dominant. I made the switch 2 years ago and it greatly improved my shooting. Its akward at first...but it doesnt take long to feel natural.

[longbow fanatic 1]

Left handed? Who are you kidding, Ron? You just want to buy twice as many bows!! LOL  

[ron w]

 SHHHHHHHHHHH, my wife is right here.

[Kingstaken]

Right handed and short lefty.  

[Oak518]

I am 63yrs. old right handed and left eye dominant. Mike Palmer of Palmer Bows at Denton told me to give it a chance.  I now have two left hand bows.  I got both bows in Oct. too late in the year to try.  Now that deer season is almost over I am going to give it a honest effort. t

[kat]

Hang in there Dan. I need another lefty to shoot with against all those right handed shooters.

[joe skipp]

With practice and hard work...you can do it.

 


 

[Bladepeek]

Ron, I think you know I switched over 3 or 4 years ago. I still have one RH bow (my Lost Creek Judge) that I keep up in my shop. When I take one of my lefties up to shoot, I always finish up with some right handed shooting.

As you pointed out, the only difficult part of switching was nocking that darned arrow. Felt like I was trying to write left handed. It feels totally natural now, though, and of course I have no trouble nocking the arrow right handed.

Accuracy wise, I am equally bad with either hand, but can shoot somewhat faster lefthanded because I don't have to squint my left eye like I do when shooting from the wrong side.

[Roadkill]

I am right/ right for 60 years.  Got a great Pearson left handed bow and toyed with left hand shooting.  I  have a couple of left bows hanging around.  I have to remember, each time, to close my right eye.  The 36 pound bow is easy to draw, but I shoot high right with it so far.  Not giving up, just going to work on it between rabbit hunts

[bofish-IL]

I made the switch many years ago because of poor vision in my right eye. Since I was left eye dominant it wasn't hard to switch. Some people told me to start with a low poundage bow so I bought one and found out I could actually pull more poundage from a left hand bow. It was just  much easier to shoot left handed.

It worked out for the better also because I ended up eventually losing all sight in my right eye.

[stickandstring]

I enjoy shooting both sides. Figure its good for the muscles too.

[ron w]

Originally posted by stickandstring:
I enjoy shooting both sides. Figure its good for the muscles too.

That's what I'm going for......balance!!

[JOLLYMON]

I'm going to give lefty a try pretty much for the balance but don't have a LH bow.  Has anyone used a RH longbow shooting left?  That speed shooter Lars Anderson shoots right with the arrow on the left to speed nocking.

[bowhuntingrn]

I started shooting right handed (compound) when I was 15. Started shooting trad (exclusively) at 42 right handed. Figured out shortly after that i was left eye dominant. Switched to left in February of this year (at 45). Within about 8 months I was shooting at least as well left handed with trad as I ever did right handed. The awkwardness of putting the arrow on the string started to disappear after 2-3 weeks. I kind of got derailed the first week of November when I blew out my ACL... Shot my wife's new Prairie Predator (right handed) "to get it shot in" before I gave it to her for her birthday at the end of November. I shot it as well or better than any other bow I've ever shot. I don't know if that was a testament to a fine bow or if I just was concentrating more on form. Anyway, I plan to stick primarily with the southpaw thing for a while once I'm fully back in the game.

[mikieg]

I am left handed. I shoot right handed archery off my right eye. Left handed pistol right eye. Left handed long guns off left eye.
Jacked up? You betcha!!

[Kunafish]

I am left-eye dominant, right-handed. I tried the switch to lefty and shot about the same as righty. Decided to stick with righty which felt more comfortable. Later on I bought a left bow, but bailed on it right away as it felt too awkward. Shooting instinctively with both eyes open, I can usually hit what I'm aiming at. Still find myself missing to the left sometimes. Best to make the switch early before you get too many bows!