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[/quote]Grim Warhawk wrote:Actually, thats how I shoot. I'm left handed and I shoot a right handed bow held left-handed. It looks really messed up to the trained eye, but I've been bow hunding since I was 12 like this. I can put the arrow anywhere I want in a deer at 100 ft. I dont line the string up with the target, I put the tip of the arrow slightly up and to the left of my target while my face is against the string.
Digoza wrote:Well, straying a little from topic; I tend to shoot bows left-handed (and I'm left-eye dominant), so, my question, in your guys' experiences, how decent are "Wal-mart" bows? Because hunting around online, I've noticed that 1. it's hard to find good left-hand bows, and B. when you do find them, they are expensive.
I have, however, found cheaper, ambidexterous bows (from companies like Indian, which is the brand a lot of highschools use for their archery units in PE around here) that pull at like 30 to 35 pounds. And, since I'm a little broke right now, and looking to not spend a ton of money, have though about buying one of these. So, yes, I'm aware they're not going to be as good as say the same bow that Kyrian uses, but just how good are these cheaper, lefty/righty bows that pull at 30 to 35 pounds?
~Digoza
Chicken wrote:If your right eye is dominant, you're in luck and can use a right-handed bow just like 90% of the rest of the field, which you hold in your left hand and draw with your right. If your left eye is dominant, you'll want a left-handed bow (hold in your right, draw with your left).
Chicken wrote:Here's where and what I got. It took a while and it was drop-shipped (shipped straight from the manufacturer, not from the retailer), but to be fair there was a hurricane down there at the time and it was the cheapest price I found.
I'd recommend getting the 30# version, not 35#. The poundage listed for a bow is the minimum - my "35# bow" does now regularly pass weight - but that's with a well-stretched string completely untwisted, after being left strung for a while, and depending on the weather.
If you're just getting into it, though, you might want to see if someone has an ambidextrous fiberglass longbow you could borrow (or buy) that would let you (a) find out if you like archery before you spend a good chunk of cas and (b) make sure that shooting lefty works for you before you buy a bow you can't shoot righty with.
Chicken wrote:Here's where and what I got. It took a while and it was drop-shipped (shipped straight from the manufacturer, not from the retailer), but to be fair there was a hurricane down there at the time and it was the cheapest price I found.
I'd recommend getting the 30# version, not 35#. The poundage listed for a bow is the minimum - my "35# bow" does now regularly pass weight - but that's with a well-stretched string completely untwisted, after being left strung for a while, and depending on the weather.
If you're just getting into it, though, you might want to see if someone has an ambidextrous fiberglass longbow you could borrow (or buy) that would let you (a) find out if you like archery before you spend a good chunk of cas and (b) make sure that shooting lefty works for you before you buy a bow you can't shoot righty with.
Olos wrote:I use a combination of both
make a triangle then alternately close each eye. Like chicken said, make sure it is something far away.
Personally, as far as this goes, I'm all screwed up, here's my list
write right handed
swing 2 handed left handed
swing 1 handed right handed
left eye dominant
right handed arching
Very complicated, but its what feels right for me.
I started arching back when I was about 5, and I guess my father didn't have the good sense to buy a left handed bow, or didnt want to have to find left handed bows that fit every time I needed a new one, so he gave me a patch for my left eye and a right handed bow.
Now, I have to close my left eye, or intentionally focus on the image in my right eye to be able to look at something right...
I also know a guy who shoots a right handed bow with his left eye, he angles the bow to the left to where he can get his eye lined up with the string and shoot. Of course, he isn't the best shooter I know
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