The learning experience can be greatly hindered if a new archer struggles to draw their bow, sacrificing the ability to focus on form and consistency. Typically, we would recommend sticking to the lower draw weights until you are comfortable shooting your new bow. Just always keep in mind that starting off over bowed is a sure way to sabotage progression. Any archer is going to naturally progress the more they use their bow, which will eventually lead to stepping up the draw weight.
The draw weight of the bow can always be changed down the line by purchasing and installed a set of either higher or lower weight limbs. Most compound bows have built-in targeting lenses, and you can use these devices to determine the handedness of a compound bow.
While this may be technically possible for some bows, it is rarely recommended. Most bows, whether they are recurve bows or compound bows, are designed with a specific handedness in mind. If it is deemed to be possible, this usually means that the arrow rest must be switched over to the opposite side, and the bowstring must be restrung into a different alignment to suit the new characteristics of the bow.
It may even be cheaper to completely sell the left-handed bow and buy a separate one that is suited for a right-handed shooter.
Left-handed bows have a couple of visual cues that can notify you that they are suitable for left-handed shooters. Left-handed bows are much harder to find than right-handed bows because of their low sale value. By closely inspecting the design of a compound or recurve bow, you can determine if it is a left-handed bow. A left-handed bow will show its arrow rest on the right-hand side of the riser. When trying to find a left-handed compound bow, you can also use the position of the targeting sight lens to figure out if the bow is left-handed.
The sights on a compound bow are usually positioned on the opposite side to the dominant drawing hand of the archer. Individual compound bows are only designed to be used with one particular handedness in mind, so being able to identify a left-handed compound bow is crucial for shooting success and comfort.
Figuring out which handedness you need for your bow is important for achieving a comfortable and consistent shooting technique. A right handed compound bow will have sights on its left hand side; a left handed compound bow will have its sights on the right side. Note most sights come both as left or right handed, such as this one.
You'll need to decide before buying. Remember, opposites matter! Arrow rest for left handed bow - often they can be set up for both sides. Where is this located? Arrow rests are simpler than sights, some have ambidextrous design, such as this one. Knowing which of your eyes is the dominant one is the key in finding the right compound bow to suit your needs and style. Before anything else, here are some fun estimations about dominant eyes:. Now, how can you know which of your eyes is the dominant one?
The simplest test. What eye do you usually rely on when you're squinting? Or for a more concrete example, what eye do you use to look through a telescope? More likely than not, the eye you'd use would be your dominant one. Please do make sure not to focus too hard on the object you're staring at.
Doing so may make you see double! This is similar to the Miles Test above. Except, instead of creating a circle with both arms, you are:. Now that you know your dominant eye, you can now check out your shooting hand! Also known as your shooting hand or draw hand, your dominant hand is the one that you use to draw back an arrow. A common mistake that some make when choosing a compound bow is that they'd confuse which is the dominant hand!
Remember: the hand that grips the bow isn't your dominant hand! From writing to eating, this is the hand that does the major work. Most of what you see will typically be right handed. I have always used a left handed bow , held in my left hand arrow rest above my thumb , and draw with my right hand.. Dave that is a right handed bow.
A left handed bow is drawn with the left and actually held with the right hand. Dan — That is a left handed bow being held in the off hand. If the Arrow Rest is on his thumb side, it is on the right side of the bow meaning the bow is a leftie.
There is actually discussion that ancient shooters would hold the bow in their left and load the arrow on the right. Leading to being able to load faster and lead to more mobile shooting. I am right hand dominant and right eye dominant but feel my left hand is better to hold the bow and draw with the right.
Would I sight and draw on the same side of the bow? That is how a right-eye dominant person should shoot. What I mean is that I do most things with my right hand. However, I eat left handed, hold a cricket bat left handed and hold a bow in my right hand with the string in my left hand. How I know this is I bought a beginner 20lbs ambidextrous recurve bow and started shooting right handed.
I am now at least three times more accurate with this set up than when I use the normal right or left handed set up. Pls Pls Pls help.
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