Right handed shooting a leftie bow

[Tajue17]

Have you guys ever used a bow that was shelved for the opposite draw hand?   I dont mean full time but wondering about grabbing one if my fathers old bows out of storage..   the idea came about after watching a guy on yt doing this and i figured it's possible but getting used to that hard left Impact would be tough

[Mark R]

I've been thinking about learning to shoot lefty, I often draw my bow several times lefty before and after a session and I'm feeling pretty comfortable with it, might be just as easy to learn than shooting a right hand Bow lefty. Time to make a left hand bow I'm thinking.

[McDave]

Not sure what you're aiming at: shooting left-handed with a left-handed bow, or shooting right-handed with a left-handed bow.  In my opinion, learning to shoot left-handed with a left-handed bow is a wonderful idea for person who normally shoots a right-handed bow.  It helps keep your body in better balance, and adds a useful skill that might come in handy someday.  Plus, it's nowhere near as difficult as it might seem to be before you try it.

Shooting a left-handed bow right-handed is problematic for most people. Bows are designed the way they are for a purpose, which should not be ignored.  Grips, other than straight handled longbows, are contoured for one hand or the other.  If the shelf is on the same side of the bow as the dominant eye, the non-dominant eye would be blocked, interfering with binocular vision.  It seems that those who use a thumb ring release prefer to have the shelf on the same side of the bow as their dominant eye, but I’m not sure why.  Joel Turner used to shoot that way with a thumb ring, and may still do that.  Possibly he has a YouTube video that would explain his reasoning.

The bottom line is that traditional archery is noted for being a pragmatic sport, with rules being more suggestions than mandates.  If something works better for you than it does for 99% of other people, more power to you.

[Mark R]

I think I saw Joel shooting a right handed bow righty with a thumb ring and later shooting a left handed bow righty with a thumb ring.

[Tajue17]

I meant shooting a left handed bow but shooting it right handed,,,,,  I seen a few on YT doing this but they are speed shooting and I think claim they can get the arrow on the shelf faster BUT I'm just doing it to shoot my fathers bows so for fun I guess..

my point here was I was wondering if anyone had tried it,,, I'm thinking anything is possible right I can shoot my bow with my feet if I wanted and I remember shooting our longbows upside down at a shoot before to see what our scores would be.   

I don't want to shoot lefty,,  I see no need in my life after all these years to even bother.  I am left eye dominant but it never made a difference in my shooting because I'm true instinctive using nothing arrow or bow wise in my vision when I shoot,,, I passed the pitch dark coon shoot test which is cool because many folks think they are instinctive until they shoot in the dark..