I am right handed..left eye dominant. I made the switch 2 years ago and it greatly improved my shooting. Its akward at first...but it doesnt take long to feel natural.

Left handed? Who are you kidding, Ron? You just want to buy twice as many bows!! LOL  

 SHHHHHHHHHHH, my wife is right here.

Right handed and short lefty.  

I am 63yrs. old right handed and left eye dominant. Mike Palmer of Palmer Bows at Denton told me to give it a chance.  I now have two left hand bows.  I got both bows in Oct. too late in the year to try.  Now that deer season is almost over I am going to give it a honest effort. t

Hang in there Dan. I need another lefty to shoot with against all those right handed shooters.

With practice and hard work...you can do it.

Ron, I think you know I switched over 3 or 4 years ago. I still have one RH bow (my Lost Creek Judge) that I keep up in my shop. When I take one of my lefties up to shoot, I always finish up with some right handed shooting.

As you pointed out, the only difficult part of switching was nocking that darned arrow. Felt like I was trying to write left handed. It feels totally natural now, though, and of course I have no trouble nocking the arrow right handed.

Accuracy wise, I am equally bad with either hand, but can shoot somewhat faster lefthanded because I don't have to squint my left eye like I do when shooting from the wrong side.

I am right/ right for 60 years.  Got a great Pearson left handed bow and toyed with left hand shooting.  I  have a couple of left bows hanging around.  I have to remember, each time, to close my right eye.  The 36 pound bow is easy to draw, but I shoot high right with it so far.  Not giving up, just going to work on it between rabbit hunts

I made the switch many years ago because of poor vision in my right eye. Since I was left eye dominant it wasn't hard to switch. Some people told me to start with a low poundage bow so I bought one and found out I could actually pull more poundage from a left hand bow. It was just  much easier to shoot left handed.

It worked out for the better also because I ended up eventually losing all sight in my right eye.

I enjoy shooting both sides. Figure its good for the muscles too.

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I enjoy shooting both sides. Figure its good for the muscles too.

That's what I'm going for......balance!!

I'm going to give lefty a try pretty much for the balance but don't have a LH bow.  Has anyone used a RH longbow shooting left?  That speed shooter Lars Anderson shoots right with the arrow on the left to speed nocking.

I started shooting right handed (compound) when I was 15. Started shooting trad (exclusively) at 42 right handed. Figured out shortly after that i was left eye dominant. Switched to left in February of this year (at 45). Within about 8 months I was shooting at least as well left handed with trad as I ever did right handed. The awkwardness of putting the arrow on the string started to disappear after 2-3 weeks. I kind of got derailed the first week of November when I blew out my ACL... Shot my wife's new Prairie Predator (right handed) "to get it shot in" before I gave it to her for her birthday at the end of November. I shot it as well or better than any other bow I've ever shot. I don't know if that was a testament to a fine bow or if I just was concentrating more on form. Anyway, I plan to stick primarily with the southpaw thing for a while once I'm fully back in the game.

I am left handed. I shoot right handed archery off my right eye. Left handed pistol right eye. Left handed long guns off left eye.
Jacked up? You betcha!!

I am left-eye dominant, right-handed. I tried the switch to lefty and shot about the same as righty. Decided to stick with righty which felt more comfortable. Later on I bought a left bow, but bailed on it right away as it felt too awkward. Shooting instinctively with both eyes open, I can usually hit what I'm aiming at. Still find myself missing to the left sometimes. Best to make the switch early before you get too many bows!