How do YOU shoot?

[Stearinlys]

This is wild, I didn't actually think this would get that many responses. I'm genuinely surprised at the closeness between 1E and 2E shooters for both disciplines. I was expecting a bigger gap than that, favouring the 1E crowd. Not that the firearm crew is all that close, but again, closer than I thought. Should have added slingshots and crossbows.... Shocked no one mentioned the crossbow at least!

Thanks everyone! Lets see how much farther we can go!

 

[jmez]

I shoot shotgun both eyes open and am cross eye dominant.

I shoot archery both eyes open and cross eye dominant.

I retrained eye dominance for shooting.

 

[Boarmaster]

I hunt in the Eastern woods and always have. Its a lot easier for me to quickly get game in the scope in thicker woods with both eyes open. I started out as a boy shooting running rabbits and squirrel's and flying doves with a shotgun so maybe thats where I got the habit of keeping both eyes open. I didn't start hunting deer and hogs with a scoped rifle until I was well into my 20’s.

 

[huntcookwrite]

I’ve been shooting archery with one eye, but this off season I’m working on switching to both eyes open. A week in and I’m already shooting tighter groups at close range, but we’ll see what happens once the weather warms up and I start shooting outside further out.

 

[Phat Cowboy]

I learned from the start to shoot both Firearms and Archery with both eyes open. I do have little trick I started using when I shoot my compound bow with multiple pins. I start with both eyes fully open as I acquire the target better that way, but as I settle my pin into the frame I ever so slightly squint with my non-dominate eye, just enough to slightly blur the vision in the eye. This all happens in just a couple seconds. I also started doing the same thing when I shoot rifle. It works really well for me thru my process.

 

[Shraggs]

Right handed, right eye dominant.

Scopes, acquire target both eyes close left for precision aim. Same for bow.

Shotgun and pistol’s both eyes always

 

[bstovall]

Both open unless using a bow.

 

[Mule3006Elk]

Both eyes open. For some reason with one eye closed I tend to anticipate the shot > I don't know why.

Acquire the target and settle in with one eye then open the other eye for the shot and follow through.


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[mikeafeagin22]

Both open on bows, pistols, and shotguns but close my left eye looking through a rifle scope

 

[WCB]

I didn't read all the comments so not sure if anyone touched on it. But it would be interesting to see the age and how people answer on shotgun. I know my FIL, dad, uncles, grandpa etc. mostly learned to shoot with one eye as a general rule. I learned from them a bit obviously but adopted both eyes open and now that seems to be the norm.

Rifle generally one eye closed and Archery both eye except at longer ranges 60+yds. 50 and in and 100% 30 yards and in I have two eyes open.

 

[Blue_Collar6166]

Pistols one eye. Everything else two eyes open

 

[Dave_S]

Both eyes open with everything. With magnified optics, I'm really only focusing through the eye on the scope.

 

[Walla7]

right handed, left eye shut for looking through scopes. Left eye squinted but not closed for iron sights.