Greetings, all. I've been gone a few years. I picked up a wheelie bow a couple years ago and am now getting rid of it. Darned things just aren't as interesting to me.
Almost a year ago, I injured my arm/shoulder and am slowly working my way back into shooting again. For the most part, shooting left handed is okay. Right-handed, just depends on the day. I'm mostly a right-handed shooter but occasionally shoot left handed just to even out the muscle tension in my neck. At the moment, I'm mostly shooting left handed and may need to hunt left handed this coming turkey season, depending on what the Doc says. It's going to take some practice, for sure. I'm a decent shot right handed -- used to place or come very close in local comps 5+ years ago. But I'm nowhere close to that left-handed.
When shooting left handed, with careful attention being paid to the arrow being under my eye and pointing straight toward the bullseye, I consistently shoot left. This is the case regardless of arrow spine as I've tried several and have the same result. I've not yet tried bareshaft... But with fletched arrows, I have to intentionally get the rear of the arrow slightly off to the left (arrow pointing right) to get it to land straight.
What's your best guess? Is this a form issue (plucking)? Is this an eye issue with me shooting off my non-dominant eye (I don't really have one the way most people describe)? Is it something that can be solved by building out the strike plate or would that risk changing the actual dynamic spine of the arrow & mess things up once I put broadheads on?
I welcome your thoughts.
What is your shooting style. If you shoot instinctively eye dominance doesn't matter if you are right or left hand shooting. With both eyes open and the same anchor point the arrow should go where you are looking.