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[sailorman]

I don 't know if I missed this question, but how do you determine which eye is dominate ?

 

[DuckSlayer1017]

Hold your thumb at arms length and focus on a spot on the wall. Close your right eye, see if your thumb appears to move. If it does you are right eye dominant. If it doesn't move you are left eye dominant.

 

[paulharvey]

Hold your thumb at arms length and focus on a spot on the wall. Close your right eye, see if your thumb appears to move. If it does you are right eye dominant. If it doesn't move you are left eye dominant.

What if your thumb is blurry when you focus past it at the wall with both eyes open, but moves to the left and right when you alternate which eye is closed

 

[/pine]

simple test

Extend your arms in front of you with your palms facing away.

Bring your hands together, forming a small hole by crossing the thumbs and fore fingers.

Choose a small object about 15-20 feet away from you. With both eyes open, focus on the object as you look through the small hole.

Close one eye and then the other. When you close one eye, the object will be stationary. When you close the other eye, the object should disappear from the hole or jump to one side.

If the object does not move when you cover one eye, then that eye is dominant. The eye that sees the object and does not move is the dominant eye.

Tips:

Hand-dominance does not always correlate with eye-dominance.

Most people automatically use their dominant eye when looking through a camera eyehole or a telescope.

What You Need:

Your arms and hands
A target about 15-20 feet away

 

[DuckSlayer1017]

What if your thumb is blurry when you focus past it at the wall with both eyes open, but moves to the left and right when you alternate which eye is closed

Not sure on that one, I've heard in rare cases a person may not have a dominant eye. /Pine posted another good method that may work better for you.

 

[/pine]

...I've heard in rare cases a person may not have a dominant eye...

In some people (ambidextrous for instance) the dominance is often undetectable with simple tests...
on another note...these (lucky) types are usually very good at things like marksmanship, billiards etc., etc...

 

[Soundguy]

hmm.. depending on which way my head is tilted, either slightly right or left, I can make the test results swap. IE. object is seen with one eye, jumps with the other, and then cock head a few degrees, and do the same .

or, move the hands an inch or 2 right or left and there are 2 focal regions I can see the object. each region seems to ID a different eye.. etc.

 

[/pine]

hmm.. depending on which way my head is tilted, either slightly right or left, I can make the test results swap. IE. object is seen with one eye, jumps with the other, and then cock head a few degrees, and do the same .

or, move the hands an inch or 2 right or left and there are 2 focal regions I can see the object. each region seems to ID a different eye.. etc.

That's not the way the test is meant to be applied...to test accurately your nose should be on a straight line through the orifice and beyond to the target spot (with both eyes open)...without moving your head close one eye then the other...

 

[Jstpssng]

In a variation of this test, form the above mentioned hole then bring your hands up to your eye. You will instinctively bring them to your dominant eye.

Or ask your eye doctor...

 

[mx1alex]

Stores like Cabela's, Sports Authority or Academy Sports do a good job of fitting you to a bow and have some lower cost bows available.
Provided you have some of these stores close by.

In my experiences the big box stores don't know squat about the bows they are selling let alone how to set them up properly. I'd find a reputable archery shop and have them set you up... even if you don't buy it from there.

If you're just wanting a bow to use for fun I'd suggest a recurve. There's no fine tuning or anything and take more skill to shoot accurately. Compound bows are almost too easy to shoot but have a lot things that can get out of whack that will have you wondering why you're not hitting your target anymore.