Your eye dominance is crucial in deciding whether to shoot a left- or right-handed bow. Most people are right-eye dominant, estimated at two-thirds of the population, whereas one-third is left-eye dominant. However, there is a minority who don’t have a single dominant eye. Here are a few quick ways to determine your dominant eye. Eye Dominance Tests The Instinctive Test If you were to look through a telescope, which eye would you use? If you can easily answer that question, and the answer is always the same, then your dominant eye is probably being used. Miles Test The Miles test entails holding both arms out and making a circle with each set of fingers. With eyes open, you should focus the center of the circles on an object in the distance. Now, with your left eye closed, does the object appear to move or jump out of the circle? If…

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Bow Handedness is essential to shoot a bow accurately. Need help determining if you need a right or left-handed bow? How much do you know about bows, specifically the difference between a left-handed and right-handed bow? Let’s see. The importance of bow handedness cannot be understated. Depending on the user’s  bow handedness, compound bows, recurve bows, and longbows are made slightly differently. Begin by determining your dominant eye, then follow our easy guide to choosing if you should shoot a right or left-handed bow! Next, you need to figure out if you’re right-handed or left-handed. If you didn’t know, here’s how to tell if you’re left or right-handed. Bow Handedness Whether you are left-handed, right-handed, or ambidextrous can tell us a lot about you. ​You can tell which hand is your dominant one if it: You write with Works your computer mouse Holds your toothbrush Holds your tennis racket You…

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[Updated 1 August 2022] If you’ve been looking at recurve bows on the internet or gone to specialist shops and examined different brands, you’ll have noticed that complete Recurve bow sizes range from 48″ to 72″. Recurve bows are forgiving; you can shoot them with a draw length that is either too short or too long to get the most out of your bow. You must be drawn to their sweet spot with recurve bows if you want the best results. The sweet spot is the balance point at which the advertised draw weight matches the drawn weight, and drawing beyond this point will result in a rapid rise in draw weight known as “stacking,” which can make you inaccurate since you’re pulling more force than anticipated, and your bow will be pulled too short. The bow sizes in the tables below are measured in inches, and this inch measurement…

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[Updated 1 August 2022] There’s a simple technique for determining your bow draw length without a bow. To calculate your arm span (fingertip to fingertip), divide the number by 2.5. The answer will be quite accurate. Did you know? Michael Phelps, an Olympic swimmer, has a wingspan of 79 to 80 inches, which would yield a bow draw using his arm span of 32″. Arm Span Measurement To measure your wingspan, stand up and extend your arms on either side of you with your palms facing forward. Don’t stretch out your arms; instead, hold them in position for a natural measurement. You could need a buddy’s assistance with this (unless you come up with a method to do it yourself, such as standing against a wall with ink on your fingertips, making markings, and calculating the measured distance). Ask your buddy to take a measurement across your back, ensure the…

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[Updated 1 February 2023] You might have seen archery on television but not know all the rules. Archery is a sport, skill and practice that uses a bow to propel arrows. It was originally used for combat and hunting, but today it is mainly practiced as a sport and for recreation. You are called an archer or bowman once you participate in archery. Just like any other sport, archery has its own set of rules, regulations, standards and procedures. This ensures fair judging and also means archers know what they are aiming for. One aspect of this is the archery target height. How high or low should a target be? Find out below to improve your archery experience. Professional guidelines: Ideal Archery Target Height Guide Even though archery has already existed since thousands of years ago, there are no universal rules about the correct target placements. There are however professional archery…

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