My son in left eye dominant,but is right handed.he shoots his bow right handed but aims with his left eye! he just shoots around the house.his bow has no sights or pins. he wants to start bowhunting.do I need to get him a lefty bow?
Better if he started learning to shoot lefty. I have a buddy that had to do this and he now shoots lefty and is very good at shooting now
Generally speaking, it is best to go with your dominant eye. Being young, he should pick up the transition to a left handed bow pretty quick.
I am left eye dominant and shoot right handed. I have always just shot with my left eye closed and I have never had a problem. It's better to be able to shoot with both eyes open but I couldn't get used to shooting left handed.
I'm in my late 30s, and extremely cross-eye dominant. I made the switch to shooting lefty this year. I'm shooting just as good as I ever did. Only took about 2 weeks to get used to it, and maybe a month to get my shoulder strength up to the same as my natural right side. After only 6 weeks, it already feels natural. I used to shoot w/ my dominant eye closed, but eventually the vision in my weak eye got so bad I couldn't focus on both the pin and the target at the same time. I highly recommend the switch - we owe it to the animals we hunt to be at our physical best.
