I chickened out...................let me explain.

[acadian archer]

Don't give up Skychief. You make occassionally miss left but you have ETHICS.

[BradLantz]

I shot a compound for YEARS both eyes open - the peep is what makes you FOCUS and have the ability to do that.

When I try shooting lefty, I can semi-use the arrow and arrow point as a way of sighting, but it feel unnatural to shoot that way and of course it should, because everything I do in life my mind coordinates my left eye and right hand !

So I shoot cross dominant. I'm not a bad shot.

Would switching to shooting lefty "help" ?

I don't think so, and here's why - EVERYTHING I've ever done is coordinating right hand with left eye - why switch only ONE thing in life and not everything else ?

Of course everyone is different

[Charlie Lamb]

Sky... I thought it was kinda funny when a couple of folks acted plumb gut shot when I used the word committment (I still think it is important to your developement as a trad archer), but not a soul wants to even think about using a sight on a trad bow.
 "OH GOD!! Use your compound if you lack confidence, but don't put a sight on your trad bow."
   

A sight will work just fine on your recurve bow. I'd suggest using a single pin sight set at 15 yards. With work at the bales you should be able to use the single pin from 10-25 yards and never hold "off meat".

The important part of using that sight will be how comfortable you are with your bow weight. Even a little to heavy in weight and you'll probably not experience your best accuracy.

I suspect that some serious work with the sight will cure whatever form issues you might have and open the way for improved "instinctive" shooting down the road.

Good luck!  

[George Tsoukalas]

Let me try to explain my thoughts a bit better. Using a sight is certainly ok on a trad bow. It was done in the past quite a bit. However, the site will not help you, IMHO, if you are left eye dominant.  There are some relatively easy tests to determine that. Close your right eye and point at an object as if you were shooting a pistol. Now open that eye. Your finger should be on the target still. There are other, perhaps better tests, but this is the one I remember. Check it out. Don't take my word for it. Jawge

[pseman]

I think Charlie is right on with the sight recomendation. Try putting a sight on the bow and see if this corrects the lefties. After you get used to the sight, you can experiment with taking it off and shooting(if you want to). The sight may train your mind to the correct sight picture when you are aimed correctly. Once you get the correct sight picture ingrained in your mind/vision, you may very well be able to maintain that sight picture and shoot accurately even without the sight attached.

One things for sure, you can't go wrong as long as it works for YOU. If you need a sight, then put a sight on the bow. Trust me, you won't be the only person whose shooting would improve by using a sight.