My Son if left eye dominant. Right handed. What to shoot?

[huntin_addict]

I'm predominantly left handed, but very ambidextrous, and right eye dominant. I am naturally a left handed shooter but can shoot just as well righty. I was qualified as Expert rifle and pistol marksman in the military, both were open sights, both shooting lefty. Additionally, I can shoot my bow quite well, lefty as well. Personally I would have him shoot how he is most comfortable.

 

[Blacksmith]

I'm a lead firearms instructor for my job and I'm big on dominant eye matching same side hand......especially with people who are not regular shooters.
On most average sized people it just works better cause everything naturally lines up. The hardest thing for most is if they have to learn to draw from a holster of some sort, which takes a lot of practice for it to feel natural.
We have a few cross dominant shooters who have shot enough to manipulate the ergonomics. One is 6' 8" tall and is long armed enough to move the pistol to his left eye while shooting righty.
When teaching kids on our archery team, as soon as we see them try to look over and aim with the wrong eye, we switch them to their dominant eye side. There's always less of a struggle.

When working w/a new shooter, I give them a red dot to try w both eyes open and it works well. Now you can buy a red dot for your riser. I think that would be awesome but it's pricey.

 

[Nate]

This is exactly what happened to my son. When we first started mom sewed up a patch for him to wear when shooting. He eventually grew out of it.

I was left eye dominant and RH and worked hard through patches and blockers, etc to get my right eye to dominate. For the most part it has worked (took awhile), but in low light conditions or if the light is right in my face, etc, my left eye takes back over and that is a big problem since you don't realize it until after a shot. Both my boys are left eye dominant and right handed and I strongly wish I would have made them shoot left handed. They both struggle to close their left eye, so getting them to do what I did may not be possible. My advice, shoot left handed.

 

[bfriendly]

So youth hunt is coming up here. I have been having my son shoot the crossbow some to see if he can do it. Turns out he is left eye dominant. But right handed. I noticed he was aiming with his left eye on the scope. So I switched him over to the left side, and the accuracy improved. Does any one shoot their compound right handed left eye dominant? Should I try a left handed bow? I could get him use to shooting a gun left handed if it do it from the start. But not sure on a bow what would be best. Anyone have some insight to setting him up right for the future?

FWIW-I am left handed 100%. My right shoulder is jacked up so holding a bow with it is out of the question. Same thing with a rifle. I pretty much have to use a rest or something. I’ve never had an opportunity growing up to shoot a lefty bow either. I shoot a right handed bow and started practicing shooting a rifle/shotgun righty as well.
Then there is my cousin who can pull 80#, and shoot righty or lefty.

Id have him shoot a crossbow or gun with the correct dominant eye, but the bow is so personal, I’d have him shoot both and just see what he feels most comfy with.

BTW-good on you dad! I love hearing about dad’s getting their kids ready to hunt!

 

[LtMoe66]

I’m right eye dominant and shoot left. But this works for either way. I use what’s called a Hindsight. You can cut the top 2 crosshairs off to open up the sight window. It glows in the dark during lowlight also. But basically you align the hind sight to you front and it keeps you from torquing your bow because of the dominance issue. As long as you can close your dominant eye to line up your target it works great. You will notice once you do that you can open both eyes although it you’ll notice the sight doesn’t appear to be lined up with the dominant eye the sight is inline with your non dominant. Therefore your able to shoot with your strong hand. Kinda hard to explain but once you try it you’ll never switch back plus you notice your accuracy level increase and you find your not torquing your bow. Good luck!

 

[Chrighton]

I am left eye dominant, but not sure I noticed it until after learning to shoot right handed. I have been blessed with great vision in both eyes. We'll see how much longer it lasts... I'm in my 40s only now.

 

[The_Fit_Ness_Monster]

Im the same way even after the military i catch myself doing it but i shoot right and am left eye dominant. Its best practice just to learn through repetition and learn to keep both eyes open.

 

[Camelcluch]

Best thing I ever did was switch to lefty. Everything became easier and accuracy went way up.