Both eye dominant

frigate88 · December 28, 2011, 11:52 PM

I shoot a lot and I have yet for some reason to meet anyone like me. Just wondering if anyone else out there shoots this way. When I shoot a long gun I shoot left handed and aim with my left eye and when I shoot a handgun I shoot right handed aiming with right eye. Also I shoot my compound bow right handed and can shoot lefty as well with no awkward feeling, but switching the guns to my weaker side, it's awkward. Anyone else shoot like this?

**Aguila Blanca** · December 29, 2011, 12:13 AM

I've never encountered anyone like that, but I would say it's perhaps inaccurate to describe it as "both eyes dominant." That's a contradiction in terms. You really mean that you don't seem to have a dominant eye.

"Ambiocular" perhaps?

pax · December 29, 2011, 12:30 AM

frigate,

Neither of my eyes is dominant, so I use my left eye when shooting left-handed and my right eye when shooting right-handed. Works especially well since I'm ambidextrous (or more honestly ambi-clumsy) in other ways -- so when I shoot around left side cover, for example, I just switch hands and eyes and don't need to do the awkward contortion thing others often must.

pax

December 28, 2011, 11:52 PM	#1
frigate88 Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2011 Location: LOXAHATCHEE, FL Posts: 204	Both eye dominant I shoot a lot and I have yet for some reason to meet anyone like me. Just wondering if anyone else out there shoots this way. When I shoot a long gun I shoot left handed and aim with my left eye and when I shoot a handgun I shoot right handed aiming with right eye. Also I shoot my compound bow right handed and can shoot lefty as well with no awkward feeling, but switching the guns to my weaker side, it's awkward. Anyone else shoot like this?

December 29, 2011, 12:30 AM	#3
pax Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2000 Location: In a state of flux Posts: 7,520	frigate, Neither of my eyes is dominant, so I use my left eye when shooting left-handed and my right eye when shooting right-handed. Works especially well since I'm ambidextrous (or more honestly ambi-clumsy) in other ways -- so when I shoot around left side cover, for example, I just switch hands and eyes and don't need to do the awkward contortion thing others often must. pax __________________ Kathy Jackson My personal website: Cornered Cat

December 29, 2011, 12:13 AM	#2
Aguila Blanca Staff Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 18,460	I've never encountered anyone like that, but I would say it's perhaps inaccurate to describe it as "both eyes dominant." That's a contradiction in terms. You really mean that you don't seem to have a dominant eye. "Ambiocular" perhaps?