1 eye open, or both eyes open???

[Greg Krause]

I got home today after shooting compounds with one eye closed all day. I couldn't hit a barn with my recurve, couldn't figure out why.........I had my dam eye shut.

[BT]

[bowhunter01]

I'm left eye dominate. Shot a bow for 15 years right handed. I had to close my dominate eye. Now i shoot left handed and shoot with both eyes open. Its amazing how much better i can see in low light situations.

[stilllearning]

I shoot with one eye closed, It only looks like I shoot with both eyes closed. LOL Tryed both open but just couldn't make it work for me.

[SPIKER]

Keep at it SL....both eyes open is the way to go...there's just a little learning curve in the beginning, but when you master it, you will see that your shooting better than before..

[pastorfarley]

I know this is an old thread but...

I was born right eye dominant, but as I aged my left eye had better vision and I became left eye dominant in my late thirties. I started wearing glasses in my forties and shifted back to right eye dominance with glasses on.

So now either eye will take over, I have found myself sighting a pistol with my left eye while right handed.

Now if I keep both eyes open from the start I may try and use my left eye. So I start with the left eye closed to avoid left eyed shots (and misses that damage the gear). I then open both and get a better peripheral picture of the target and surroundings. I find my sighting eye gets tunnel vision, while my non-sighting eye can get better detail on shot placement issues and range safety.

However if I am shooting without glasses my astigmatism makes two eye shooting far less accurate, it is harder for my brain to superimpose the two images and resolve them into one picture.

[BT]

I know just what you are saying and I am pretty sure I have seen the same thing starting with me.
I am getting left and right hits if I don't focus more with the right eye.
As you said....my vision tends to shift slightly which makes accurate consistent shots very hard.
The only way I can overcome it is to hyper focus which isn't practical since I just cant do it every time.
I may well be on my way to an eye patch a few years from now or perhaps even sooner.

Not looking forward to it

[pastorfarley]

I know what you mean by concentration. I was doing a little broadhead testing on a potato yesterday and I drilled the center of the spud far more often than I shoot an x. 5 of 5 hits and 3 were centershots for three different heads. Not my usual group by a long shot.

The difference: I was intent on my shot to get my results

I have always been better at woodchucks than at targets.