Teaching myself to shoot lefty (vid)

[Ranger B]

Well, it went okay. Take a look.
   

[dcmeckel]

Yeah RANGER B,looks like you got it goin your way now! My buddy and his son both "suffer" from that ailment.Although my buddy has been shootin bows Lefty forever, his son just tried it this past week and shot just about like you did.Congrats! That was great.

[dcmeckel]

Yeah RANGER B,looks like you got it goin your way now! My buddy and his son both "suffer" from that ailment.Although my buddy has been shootin bows Lefty forever, his son just tried it this past week and shot just about like you did.Congrats! That was great.

[REM]

I'm like you, right handed and left eye dominate.  I switched to lefty fifteen years ago.  I'm glad I made the change.

[gobblegrunter]

Another RH/Left-eye dom. shooter here. I'm new to the trad scene overall (had always shot RH compounds until a few months ago). I've shot some older, used RH recurves/longbows a little bit, but just ordered my 1st longbow as a lefty (http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=095007;p=1#000000). I figure, I'm learning it all fresh anyway, might as well learn it all the way! I still havent gotten groups even close to yours!

[kenn1320]

Nice video, thanks for sharing. Im another victim of the RH/left eye dom group. Years ago friend and I used to shoot our wheel bows constantly and to add to the challenge shoot left handed. I always did ok at that, but never knew I was left eye dominate. What I have found is when Im trying to measure something and I close my eye to really focus on the tape measure, its my left eye Im keeping open. Thats kinda how I discovered my situation. I dont think I can make the switch with trad gear though, strength would be a huge issue.

[HARRY CARRY]

After watching your video, perhaps the effort on my part WOULD BE WORTH IT to learn to shoot opposite;  for me, that would be shooting righty.  It sure would let me try an awful lot of right handed bows I've admired over the years!  Shoot well!  Aloha & 73, de Randy

[floyd]

I gotta hand to you guys that found out that yor left eye dominant and made the change from shooting right handed to left. It can't be easy.

[trad_in_cali]

I did the change. It was worth it, though a pain in the neck (at least at the beginning). Plus the cost of the bows...

[damascusdave]

Fred Bear did it. Glenn Charles did it.

DDave

[damascusdave]

Forgot to add that it is likely that neither was left eye dominant. They did it for different reasons.
DDave

[damascusdave]

Originally posted by kenn1320:
Nice video, thanks for sharing. Im another victim of the RH/left eye dom group. Years ago friend and I used to shoot our wheel bows constantly and to add to the challenge shoot left handed. I always did ok at that, but never knew I was left eye dominate. What I have found is when Im trying to measure something and I close my eye to really focus on the tape measure, its my left eye Im keeping open. Thats kinda how I discovered my situation. I dont think I can make the switch with trad gear though, strength would be a huge issue.

Just consider yourself lucky to still have a dominant eye. In my younger years I was right handed, left eye dominant. Now I just have a pair of crappy eyes, neither of which wants to take charge.

I taught myself to shoot a rifle right handed when I was in my teens so when it came time to shoot a bow I had no trouble at all shooting both ways.

My next challenge at age 59 is to learn to shoot a shotgun well right handed.

DDave