Do you shoot one eye closed or both open when shooting 'instinctive.' I have mainly been shooting with one eye closed and recently started shooting with both eyes open. It has improved my accuracy out to about 18-20yds, mainly due to my increased concentration I think. I was just curious about others experience with this.
If I'm not looking through rifle sights it's one eye, bow and handgun are both open.
both eyes are open if im using a scope,bow,walking,only time one is closed is if getting something out of it...lol
Both open!!
You need both open for depth perception.
Rifle scope or shooting instinctively with a bow, both of my eyes are always open.
the only time i close one is is when Im giving some girl a funny look across the bar ;P
Both open.
QuoteOriginally posted by Red Beastmaster:
You need both open for depth perception.
X2 and for a good sight picture!
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Both OPEN!
I shoot with both eyes closed. That way, I have a good excuse for where the arrow hits.
All seriousness aside... both eyes open . I shoot right handed and am left eye dominant; but shooting "instinctively", it's not a problem for me.
Hunting, stumping, 3D at unknown distances, both open. At target competition for extreme pinpoint accuracy, I shoot better one eyed- point of aim.
I shoot everything with both eyes open,scoped rifles,open sight rifles, handguns as well as bows.
One eye closed. Only because I have too. I don't think I could possibly be any more cross-eyed dominant. I'm still in the early stages of my shooting but so far so good.
both for me.
One open....but I am cross dominant and shoot gap.
Both eyes open.
Both open for me
QuoteOriginally posted by Pinecone:
One open....but I am cross dominant and shoot gap.
Me too.
Ron
Seems like both open is favored among 'instinctive' shooters. Guess thats why I had really been stinkin it up lately.
Both open, but wink, close the left eye for a moment, to make sure I have the proper line.
Both open. Always was right eye dominant, and shoot right handed. For over a year now, a cataract has been growing in my dominant eye. 20/100 in it now. You can bet I'm not going to close the other eye!
With both, but one is a little more open than the other.
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if it doesnt have a rifle scope then both eyes are open. just looks all wrong shooting a bow with one eye closed
For starters, a scoped rifle can well be shot with both eyes open for the same reasons given for shooting a bow with both eyes open.
I shoot tradbows with one eye closed, my left. I am right eye dominant, and shoot right handed. I instinctively gap-shoot. It has helped me focus, and tightened my shooting. Long before I ever tried it, I'd heard, understood, believed and repeated the conventional wisdom of keeping both eyes open. However, if there's one thing that MBB DVDs taught me, it is that many are the paths to shooting happiness! We're all different, and what works for one may not work for another. I shoot with my left eye closed only at normal bowhunting ranges. When I have to raise my arrow tip above the target for a longer shot, I open both eyes so that I can see the target, otherwise it's obscured.
QuoteOriginally posted by Red Beastmaster:
You need both open for depth perception.
There you go. That's why I have both open. Close one and you can't tell the distance to your target.
The thing is, I work out the distance before I shoot. It takes me 0.25 seconds. Also, as a gap shooter who shoots three-under, the difference between a ten metre shot and a twenty metre shot isn't so much. It would affect a split-finger shooter more.
You got it Ben, when I switched to 3 under is when I started one eye focusing while competing. Groups went from coffee can to golf ball size.
Both eyes wide open especially when shooting game!
Both open, I don't trust one.
One eye open, I guess i'm different, but it works for me.
LongbowBen, maybe it's in our name, eh! Are we crazy, or are they? :goldtooth:
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Both open for trad bows and shotguns. One eye for sighted weapons. I am right handed and slightly left eye dominant.
Allan
I've always shot with both eyes open,just works for me.
Both open for me. Do what works for you.
I only use one eye ... coz only one of them works ! lol
Im right handed but shoot lefty as I am all but totally blind in my right eye . I get by ok.