I looked into it before I did lasik at 41. I shoot some run n gun stuff and decided against it. too much risk of not adapting as well as I would want.

 

So you have normal lasek just not monovision?


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That's correct. Just started back with Archery after 20 yrs and have no problem seeing my pins.

 

I only have central vision in RH eye & used to need glasses for far vision & bifocals for reading. I had a far lens replaced in my RH eye so now I can see the X on the targets with 6X scope & no clarifier in peep but using 3/32" Specialty Archery peep & I am 76 Y/O. I think if have done get far vision in dominate eye & reader in other eye, know several people that have had it done & very happy with it.

 

I had this done to my eyes 2 years ago and it has been awesome. Right eye for distance and left eye for close up and it works really well. I shoot my bows guns and have never had a problem.

 

you will loose depth preception and after advising my eye doc about my archery shooting he said dont do it till you absolutly have to. you also will have trouble driving at night with the monovision he advised and since i am a evening roving technician he again advised for me to wait and i am almost 57.

 

Interesting thread. I have astigmatisms in both eyes and have been looking into LASIK to try to help correct some of my vision, but I was told I’d still need glasses. I’ve never been to a true LASIK consultation though. Mono vision is interesting. Never heard of it till today.

 

Am right eye dominant. When I had Lasik surgery in 2000, I had left eye set up for distance and right eye for closeness. It worked great.

My Lasik surgery lasted till 2015, when I had to have cataract surgery and no more Lasik procedures could be performed on eyes.

 

Am right eye dominant. When I had Lasik surgery in 2000, I had left eye set up for distance and right eye for closeness. It worked great.

My Lasik surgery lasted till 2015, when I had to have cataract surgery and no more Lasik procedures could be performed on eyes.

I am curious how the cataract surgery went and if your vision is better than it was with lasik?

 

Interesting, how some have the aiming eye done for distance and some the other. I’m really hesitant until I’m confident it won’t make things worse.


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I had the mono vision lasik done 21 years ago. I'm right handed and found no issues shooting my bow. Looking through a peep will correct some vision issues by itself, but I do use a verifyer to clean up the sight pin. I'm 69 years old so I do use reading glasses to read and to clear up the sights in pistols. I love not having to wear glasses doing normal activities.

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I had the mono vision lasik done 21 years ago. I'm right handed and found no issues shooting my bow. Looking through a peep will correct some vision issues by itself, but I do use a verifyer to clean up the sight pin. I'm 69 years old so I do use reading glasses to read and to clear up the sights in pistols. I love not having to wear glasses Iin normal activities.

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This is my exact story as well. But I'm only 61!

 

What eye is corrected for distance, and what eye is left for close vision? For right handed shooters?


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My right eye is for distance and left eye for up close. Seems to work well that way. But, I have thought about having the right eye for up close to see the aiming sights better. You might be able to test it out with some lenses at the eye doctor.

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I feel I should have my right eye, dominant eye, corrected for distance. And have my left eye set for reading ( close vision) the sr seems to want to the opposite. I feel I would want my right eye, aiming eye corrected so I can see the target clear.


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I'm left eye dominant. They set mine so the left eye is for distance and right for close up.. it lasted 20 years.. I'm going back after deer season to see if my vision can be touched up. I have some other issues with star burst and floaters I have to get looked at first..

 

When aiming your dominate should be set for distance as the target is what you want to aim at not the sight as it should be in your secondary vision.

 

I had tried mono vision with contacts and hated it. It seemed I was always squinting one eye or the other depending on what I was looking at. When I had lasik I had both eyes done for distance and now it is almost 20/10. I can get by without reading glasses but they make computer work easier. I have a specialty verifer peep on my bow to clear up the pins.

 

I asked earlier about lasek, and planned to go through with it. I was at pre op appointment, and since I’m almost 50, it came up about monovision set up. He set everything up with the trial glasses, and it wasn’t bad, had no issues seeing close or far, but what does that do for shooting archery? Or guns? Right handed right eye dominance. I told him my concerns with it, and I’m not certain he’s on the same page as me. Normal life, this would be great, but it almost seems like monovision is just creating a whole different issues. If my dominant eye is set up for close, and I can see the pins great, but can’t see the target, how does that help me? And vise versa. Does the left eye set up to see distance help the brain with overall focus while shooting? What other options are there? I know I can’t have it all, as my age is causing issues with eyes. If I wear my glasses, I can’t read up close, so bifocals are in near future if I don’t want this. Any experience? I’m mostly asking about monovision part of it. I’m sure many will say lasek is way to go, and I’m all ready at that point, just don’t want to get monovision and it makes shooting worse.


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I'm in my mid-60's now and I did it back in '03; I'm still going strong. I made my dominant eye my distance eye and non-dominant my reading eye. I have no issue shooting archery or firearms other than I recently started using a weak verifier in my peep to sharpen the pins. I think that is age related and not related to the monovision correction. I also need cheaters now (just in the past five years -so probably age related, too) for reading really small text (three/four point text - not book type text) and use, but don't need, driving glasses at night to sharpen up my near vision eye.

 

I’m gonna see if I can get a set of contacts first to see ho I do shooting with both scenarios. If they can and will do that. I’m worried I choose wrong set up and have to have it redone or worse.


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