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Who out there shoots both sides.......right and left handed

Started by ron w, February 06, 2019, 07:32:15 PM

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ron w

Been working on it for about a year and a half. Coming along pretty well. Some days left is better than right. who else can shoot both sides ... ????
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

McDave

I've shot both left and right for many years, primarily to keep my body in balance, but also because I just enjoy it.  I'm not as good shooting left handed, and probably never will be, as I only shoot about 1/4 as many arrows as I do right handed, but I shoot well enough to keep from losing many arrows.  There have been several times I have discovered something shooting left handed that I like, and have adopted it on the right side, and vice versa.
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ron w

I have shot right hand for over 50 years, but left eye dominant. I want try left because of my eye dominance but also to balance my body work out. I do it in the gym so I figure it can't hurt on the range. Maybe even hunting, have several dual shelf bows.
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

Walt Francis

I shoot both left and right handed.  I'm  naturally lefthanded but am right eye dominate.  My form is better and I am more accurate shooting lefthanded....if I remember to keep the right eye closed.  For the past seven or eight years all my hunting has been right handed.
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I can shoot either side. I often carry a dual shelf bow I made and have harvested game shooting Rh and LH.
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Ronnie Newell

 I shoot right and left handed also but I don't shoot worth a flip either way

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Stunchy

I'm right handed but left eye dominant. I first picked up a bow almost 3 years ago and have been shooting exclusively left handed. I shoot instinctive, and since I'm generally more coordinated with all things right-handed, I figure I should be able to learn to shoot a right handed bow decently. I figure it would be fun, good for body balance, and finding bows will be easier.  However, since I just don't seem to have enough time to practice my left hand shooting, I certainly don't have the time to start working on right handed shooting.  Maybe some day...

Timbuck2

Amphibious archer here or is it ambidextrous.  :dunno:  :biglaugh:

I started shooting a left handed recurve last year.

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pavan

Shooting equal both left and right hand is nothing special, but if you still hunt left and right footed to match, then you have something.

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My hat is off to those who can.

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ron w

KAT , I can only dream of shooting as bad as you with either hand :nono: :thumbsup: :biglaugh:
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

YosemiteSam

For serious work, I shoot right handed.  But all my homemade bows are setup for left.  I have a couple with an ambidextrous pass and shoot them on both sides.  It would be good if I had a setup that allowed me to use whatever side I want on the fly.  But I'm still stronger with my right so hunting weight bows are still kind of a one-sided deal.

My initial motivation to shoot both sides was to help with neck tension.  If I only shoot one side, my neck gets all tight & knotted (I have an old neck injury).  But I'm an oddball in that I'm mostly right handed but there are a few things that I are easier to do with my left.  I have no eye dominance & have failed nearly every dominance test I've taken.  When shooting, I naturally take the sight picture I'm supposed to, depending on how I'm standing or holding a weapon.
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NIGEL01

Funny you should ask Ron.  I just sent Don Thomas an article I wrote entitled "dualism", and you are mentioned in the piece.  He said it's scheduled for the Dec/Jan of Traditional Bowhunter mag.   

ron w

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

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