I hunt a right hand 2011 Bowtech Destroyer 350 and a left hand 2010 Mathews Monster,
Do you shoot them eqaully well ?
All the years I've been in the archery business I've never seen this.
I'm still a little slower with the left hand bow, but I'd say I shoot them both "very well" for a bowhunter. I don't shoot competitively much anymore other than the occasional 3D match, but I'll drop 5-20pins a night out of both bows on 2 or 3 nights a week (10yrd range in my basement) after a good workout.
Backstory, because you'll all enjoy this:
Someone owed a friend of mine some money, so he took the Mathews against the debt. He offered it to me for sale (this would have been back in January), knowing I shoot firearms, throw a football, etc etc ambidexterously. I had just bought my Destroyer, so I wasn't looking for another bow, BUT I figured since we had it, I'd go ahead and try shooting it...
Second shot I took with it:
What it looked like 2 days later....
So at that point, I put it down, and didn't touch it until the fear of ripping my skin off went away. For whatever reason, at first it felt like my bow was too far away from me, so obviously I was sticking my arm out into it trying to get closer to my bow.
After a week or so, I picked it back up and got myself comfortable with the bow. Here is a pic of my 3rd group I'd ever shot left handed, at 10yrds, complete with a ruined arrow:
Give me a break, I was using a bunch of my junk arrows in case I threw one into the wall (punches a hole in the dry wall, and crushes the insert and point into the carbon on the brick on the outside, been there, done that, spackle is cheap, arrows aint).
I was hitting high and left, but they were going where I needed them, and it's been rolling really well since then.
After a month or so of not finding a buyer, I told him I'd take the bow in trade against some free hotel nights that I had earned at work so he and his wife could take a little vacation. So I ended up with a Mathews Monster, QAD Ultra HD rest, and HHA OL-5019 trigger sight, for free (Figure around $1200-1500 new price).
I can do most things with either hand. I probably should have been a lefty all those years ago, since my left eye is my dominant eye, but I've practiced both ways so much now, I'm pretty well interchangable. I shot my buck this year left handed (on accident) before I even realized I was holding the rifle left handed, 250yrds out of a Marlin 1895 Guide Gun .45-70.
Your response is pretty common when I tell people I shoot either hand. One of my buddies says I need to put up a youtube video with one continuous cut, shoot one right handed into the 10ring, then switch bows and break the arrow left handed, but I haven't quite mastered the intentional robinhood switching bows yet... Video to come when it happens!
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