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Title: More left handed shooters
Post by: stabow on August 23, 2010, 09:52:00 AM
There are a lot more left handed shooters than before. Just left the classifieds and it's loaded with left hand bows for sale a wail back they were only a few for sale now and then. Anyone else notice this?......stabow
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: dave19113 on August 23, 2010, 10:34:00 AM
I do.... Now I just have to get a raise to buy more of em...
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: Dave Lay on August 23, 2010, 11:28:00 AM
it does seem like there are more leftys on the market than in the past.  thats a good thing !!
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Post by: ORTECH1 on August 23, 2010, 12:27:00 PM
I would wonder if this is being caused by righty's switching to lefty to cure some form issues.
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: carbonflyr on August 23, 2010, 12:31:00 PM
hey boyd...how's that riser working out for ya? but to the point i find it very refreshing to see alot of lefty stuff being offered.
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: carbonflyr on August 23, 2010, 12:38:00 PM
ortech1... i'm one of those, i shot rh for 20 yrs. before switching because of cross dominance.
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: Mudd on August 23, 2010, 02:24:00 PM
I am in the process of learning to be a lefty. I don't plan to give up right handed shooting, just wanting to stretch myself.

There may come a time in the woods where it might come in handy.

God bless,Mudd
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: cacciatore on August 23, 2010, 02:55:00 PM
Mudd,you want to shoot left hand just to buy more bows.LOL
Maybe lefty are all collectors.
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Post by: L. E. Carroll on August 23, 2010, 02:59:00 PM
Carbonflyr

My wife is going to be offering up some of her old Camo     :biglaugh:
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: magnus on August 23, 2010, 03:34:00 PM
I love it. Finally able to get the gear I need.
Magnus
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: jcar315 on August 23, 2010, 04:09:00 PM
I am always drawn to the lefty threads here and in classifieds. Nice to know who it "southpaw" for future reference.

Welcome to all lefthanders!
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: David Mitchell on August 23, 2010, 04:32:00 PM
More guys are becoming enlightened.  :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: Jd Maschino on August 23, 2010, 04:49:00 PM
I've not posted much I spend more time reading an learning but I'm a true lefty an I love all the lefty stuff you can't find it anyplace else
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Post by: Mitch-In-NJ on August 23, 2010, 04:55:00 PM
Two leftys named David Mitchell.  How's that for coincidence?
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: mmisciag on August 23, 2010, 04:59:00 PM
[chant] Lefty, lefty, lefty...

I know I'm not alone. I feel much better. (:

Martin

PS - I think in my right mind.
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: Hopewell Tom on August 23, 2010, 05:01:00 PM
I'm happy. Switched for my dominant eye and you're right, a fair # of LH bows for sale. I may just have bought one. Waiting to see....
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: David Mitchell on August 23, 2010, 05:10:00 PM
Mitch-in-NJ, how 'bout that  :wavey:  I heard that there were two of us!
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Post by: Ken Taylor on August 23, 2010, 05:12:00 PM
I'm a left handed shooter too.... but I have to admit that I sometimes shoot right handed animals. They taste the same to me.
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Post by: Big_Al on August 23, 2010, 05:16:00 PM
I'm a southpaw, and was born on National Left Hander's Day to boot.
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: Mitch-In-NJ on August 23, 2010, 05:24:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by David Mitchell:
Mitch-in-NJ, how 'bout that   :wavey:   I heard that there were two of us!
Yes. We're very popular.   ;)
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: LoneWolf73 on August 23, 2010, 06:26:00 PM
Lefty here. Like to shoot different bows, but I am starting to settle into my "keepers" so I have a list of Lefties if anyone should deem it necessary to PM me.
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: pickaspot on August 23, 2010, 08:27:00 PM
Another Leftie here. It is good to see so many others who shoot from the "wrong side" of the riser. Come on out of the closet...Papa Bear was a leftie too   :)  

Not a convert due to injury. I am one of those mixed-up folks who is left eye dominant but right handed. Thankful that my Dad picked-up on it when I was a youngster. Have always shot "backwards"!
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Post by: goblism on August 23, 2010, 08:33:00 PM
Lefty here as well...drives me nuts how cheap some of these lefty bows sell for...end up buying more than i should
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Post by: Brad_Gentry on August 23, 2010, 08:43:00 PM
Another lefty here. I don't know if there's a bigger proportion of us now, or not. I've always thought the classifieds seemed to go in cycles... half the time there doesn't seem to be any LH bows for sale, then the other half of the time it seems to be just flooded with them! Maybe lefties are more connected than the "unwashed masses"... some kind of moon-phase thing when it comes to selling bows! lol
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Post by: carbonflyr on August 23, 2010, 10:25:00 PM
gene... thanks for the very kind offer, i know i'm a camoaholic but ya gotta draw the line somewhere :-)
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: boog21 on August 23, 2010, 10:27:00 PM
Another lefty here.  Haven't been to the classifieds in a while - very happy with the Bob Lee I bought off Big Al a couple years ago.  Thanks Al!
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: Bowwild on August 23, 2010, 10:28:00 PM
I'm RH but Left Eye dominant. Shot RH for 28 years and LH since 1996.

The archery industry makes 10 RH bows for every Left-handed one. However, when I teach archery I find that about 20-25% of folks in the class should be shooting left-handed because of left-eye dominance.

Now about the classifieds.  There aren't enough Lefty Schafer Silvertip fellows out there, but I'm adding one to the pile!
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: HB3 on August 23, 2010, 11:19:00 PM
Kind of a pain sometimes, go to a shoot an see all these cool bows and can't shoot them because their wrong handed! I do have on left handed friend that seems to be ahead of me in the most bows competition so it's not all bad.
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: crotch horn on August 23, 2010, 11:32:00 PM
Another true lefty here. Definitely more LH bows listed than when I started following this site. In less than 3 years I bought over ten of them so I did my part. Went and sold back half of them now that I have a feel for what I like the most. Never shot a bow I didn't like.
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: String Cutter on August 24, 2010, 07:03:00 AM
Lefty here...
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: the elf on August 24, 2010, 09:42:00 AM
Sort of mixed up---shoot a bow and a gun left
and write with my left hand but everything else is right handed.---Oh well the important stuff is done with the left.
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: mmisciag on August 24, 2010, 09:58:00 AM
Elf,

I was raised by right handers so I fall into the same category. Write, shoot and eat left handed. Everything else right handed. My parents did have an influence on me.

Martin
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: maxwell on August 24, 2010, 10:12:00 AM
Same for me , important stuff left hand, bow, fishing, gun. Writing right hand, throwing right hand.
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: Big_Al on August 24, 2010, 05:37:00 PM
Forgot about all that stuff - I shoot a bow and rifle left-handed, but the knife and handgun have to be used my my right hand.  I write left handed, but anything heavy gets carried with the right.
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: chad graham on August 24, 2010, 07:13:00 PM
another lefty here...at our michigan bunny stomp i think i was the only lefty there,then i shot at the traditional bowhunters of georgia north zone shoot and there was a bunch of us shooting lh there,maybe its called southpaw for a reason?!?
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: Craig Schoneberg on August 24, 2010, 07:33:00 PM
I'm right handed, but lost my right eye in a shooting accident in 1963 - so have been shooting left handed since.  At least I don't have a problem knowing which eye is dominent . . .
Craig
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: doubleo on August 24, 2010, 08:17:00 PM
I do everything left handed but i'm right eye dominant. Too late to change now.
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: harvestmoon on August 25, 2010, 09:08:00 AM
Right handed, but eye problems forced me to read and shoot my bow from the left side.  Great bow prices when buying...tough to sell.
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: reddogge on August 25, 2010, 09:46:00 AM
People are more savvy to the left eye dominance thing these days and are shooting left handed whereas 40 years ago they probably would shoot right handed as there weren't many LH bows on the shelf.  Custom bowyers have recognized this for a long time but production companies lagged behind.
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: weedwacker on August 25, 2010, 09:55:00 AM
Love seeing the lefties...keep 'em coming!
Title: Re: More left handed shooters
Post by: sstewa on August 29, 2010, 11:54:00 AM
I'm soooo left handed the right hand would be useless if it wasn't holding the bow.