Sight trouble??

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  1. Ricpac

    Ricpac Weekend Warrior

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    I am right handed which lead me to right handed bows( no duh). But as I was tested at the shop the other day. It seems I am left eye dominant. What does this mean in terms or bow selection? Should I go left handed? Don't close the eye when I shoot? I've never done anything that requires me to have perfect sight line, I have never hunted so I can learn certain things fast as I don't need to unlearn bad habits
     
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    Fitz Legendary Woodsman

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    If I were starting fresh as you are, I'd go with a left handed bow. Most will say that it's better to go with your dominant eye. Having said that, I'm right handed, left eye dominant and shoot right handed :busted: I've been shooting guns so long with my weak eye I became cross dominant, so I stuck with my strong hand when I picked up a bow.
     
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    Fuzz_27 Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I'm left eye dominant an shoot right handed, an can honestly say I do nothin different or anythin.
     
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    I am the same way I left eye dominant shoot good right handed. The more you do it the more you'll get use to it.
     
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    wings435 Weekend Warrior

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    I am somewhat opposite. I am left handed in nearly everything, yet right eye dominant. I have been shooting rifle right handed for years and fell easily into a right handed bow. It was a bugger getting used to using my right hand for a handgun though.
     

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