So I was reading an article the other day about the pros and cons of shooting with one or two eyes open. I personally have always shot with one eye. But this morning I went ahead and gave the two-eye a chance and I am pretty impressed. The only problem that I saw is my peep became extremely fuzzy when I had both eyes open. I am open to any help with this topic. Thanks!
Two. Much better in so many ways. It usually takes a while to adjust and get used to, if you have shot one eye for a while. Also, its very difficult to do if your off eye is the dominant one, it will try to take over.
I shoot everything with both eyes open but I have been doing it since I was very young. IMO, choose the method that works best for you. Should you decide to try changing your method a larger peep may correct the fuzziness you get when opening both eyes. Just my .02.
I have always rifle and gun hunted before this year so I'm used to the one eye method. I tried with both open and got the same result my sight became very blurred so I'm sticking with one eye for now. May try working on the 2 eye shooting after the season to see if I can get rid of the blur because I think it would be better for seeing arrow after shot. But. Sticking with what I'm used to for the rest of the season for sure.
I recently started shooting with both eyes open, I used to be a one eye wonder. What I did notice was I was able to see my arrow in flight a lot better with both eyes open. Only downfall is at longer distances the pins get fuzzy, so I have to go back to one eye at 40+yds. What I do to make sure that my left eye isn't being dominant is draw back, look through the peep with one eye, then open the other. If my point of view changes, I know that my other eye is being dominant. Another plus to shooting with both eyes open, is being able to tell if your target (deer, say) has moved at all. Sometimes it's hard especially in low light to tell if a deer has moved slightly while looking through your peep with one eye closed. Both eyes open helps you see where you are aiming at, in relation to the rest of the deer's body.
I tried it with two and hated it. My shots were way off. I shoot just fine with one so I don't see any need to change
I shoot a bow with both eyes open and consider myself a pretty good shot. I shoot my shotgun with 1 eye and am not good at all. I've tried shooting the gun with both but just can't manage it. I should start hunting pheasants, geese and ducks with my bow.
The further away the more I go to one eye, including when I shoot guns. Close in I can stick it with both eyes open. These days I used kin of a hyrbid system with my left eye half way open.
two eyes for sure just changed this summer from one eye and my groups are better and my range increased, but that's also due to a lot of practice
I'm with a couple other people here. If it's 20-30 yards I will shoot with both eyes, I find I'm a lot more steady and I don't jerk my head and look for the arrow. I'm not very good at looking "through the sight" after the shot, haha, I get antsy. But when I get to my 40 and 50 yard pin I find I have to go to one eye and scream at myself to look through the sight and follow through!
When I started shooting, right hand equipment was all I had so that's what I used, even though I had a dominant left eye. So, it was close one eye to aim. After about 35 years of shooting, my right eye got bad enough that I had to switch to shooting left handed for everything but my pistols. What a difference!!! One huge benefit was in using a scope (power peep and scope for my target bows or scoped rifles). With both eyes open, you just throw it up and its there, no hunting for the target in the scope any more. The biggest benefit however, is that with both eyes open, you don't lose your depth perception like you do when you close one eye. This might not be quite as important with a compound and a range finder but, it is a big plus when I shoot my traditional gear. I made this change almost 20 yrs. ago and wouldn't go back, even if I could. It took a while to get all the kinks worked out but, has yielded nothing but positive results, for me. Just a note on "fuzzy" pins and peeps. It is physically impossible to focus on peeps, pins and, the target at the same time. Your peep is supposed to "fuzz out" a little as your eye focuses on (and subconciously centers) pin. If your peep gets too "fuzzy", something is not quite right, adjustment wise. If your pins get "fuzzy", you're probably focusing on the target instead of the pin. You just need to shift your focus point a bit, so that the pins are clear.
2, But I'm right handed and right eye dominant, which makes it easier. It seems to be more difficult when you have different handedness and eye dominance. What handedness are you and do you know which is your dominant eye?
