Eye dominance

[JPS]

I'm sure this has been discussed many times in detail so I apologize in advance.
Im a right handed shooter but left eye dominant. When I hold the bow out in front of me my vision blurs and I see two arrows side by side. The one on the left is the one that is actually pointed at the target. It's actually kind of a transparent image of the arrow so I can see the target right through it if that makes any sense. Anyways I get back about 3/4 draw and I loose track of that focus and look strictly at the target before release. Does it sound strange to you that I see 2 arrows? If I use the one on the right "which is a more solid image" the shot will go left. But the arrow on the left which is more transparent the arrow goes straight. I've recently tested and discovered I am left eye dominant but for years I had trouble shooting until I started blurring the arrow into 2 arrows. My shooting got way better but I'm still a ways off from where I'd like to be. Any advise? Does anyone else use this double vision?

[jhansen]

Your eye dominance shouldn't matter.  As long as you get the arrow under one eye and use a consistent anchor and form you will hit where you want.  I don't have a dominant eye at all and those ghost arrows gave me fits until I read Jay Kidwell's book "Instinctive Archery Insights".  Might give it a look.

John

[JPS]

Thanks I might just have to give it a read. Ghost arrows eh? Thats a good name for them. They give me fits for sure. Glad someone knows what I'm talking about.

[David McLendon]

I'm left eye dominant and switched to LH bows and shotguns about 10 years ago, it was the thing to do for me.

[Slufoot]

When I was a kid my grandpa made me a sling-shot and he showed me how to shoot it. My grandpa was left-handed and I was just a kid that didn't know any better, so I shot it just like he did.
I'm right handed and right eye dominant and I shot bows left-handed for 33 years, I know exactly what the ghost arrows are.

After deer season last year I started shooting right handed bows. It was very awkward for a few weeks but as I became more comfortable with it I started improving.
I've been shooting right handed now for about 8 or 9 months and I'm shooting the best I have ever shot in my life. When I draw my bow now there is only one arrow and it's clear as a bell and it goes were I point it, as long as I do my part.

GOOD SHOOTING!

Slufoot