Many folks find great success with switching to left hand shooting when left eye dominant even though right handed.

Red dots can be great with bows. It lets you focus on the target and have the dot be in focus at the same time. You can even add some magnification on some sights and change the reticle shape/type and brightness to suit your needs. If you shoot the same distance all the time then you can use just about any red dot sight out there that you can mount to your bow.

The trick comes when you try to have an adjustable red dot sight for varying distances and how specific you want to be dialed in for a particular distance.

There is one manufacturer that I know of right now - ARD - Adjustable Red Dot that has solved some of the problems with needing to use red dot sights on bows at varying distances. Their successive models and prototypes are evolving to help with getting finer gradations for specific distances, but the engineering tolerances that are required make the effort expensive and difficult to machine. Their current products are great for hunting. I have tried ARD for use with 3D, target, and field archery and just couldn't get the desired effect where I needed to dial into a specific yardage. If you are a gap shooter and you get the sight dialed for several known ranges like 18, 26, 32, 41, etc whatever your setup will allow and you are comfortable with that, then it works great.

Shooting a red dot on a bow can also make it easier or more forgiving in some circumstances to hit what you're intending without having perfect shooting form or bow setup.

 

I switched from left to right for a year due to a shoulder injury. There was no issues using my right eye. I was using an HHA Optima Lite, still shoot it periodically

 

I used a red dot sight for a couple years for hunting for the same reason. Left eye dominant, right handed. I absolutely refused to go lefty, but I was tired of not being able to see deer in low light when closing my left eye. I even took out my peep. I managed to kill some deer with that setup. I had to have it sighted in for 20 yards and learn the hold over for longer ranges. Functional accuracy fell apart after 30 yards though which was a problem for me, so I went back to single pin slider and peep. Then taught myself to shoot with both eyes open and always put the left dot (of the 2 that I see) on target. My accuracy has greatly improved out to 70 yards this way.

 

Are you shooting right handed with both eyes open?
I’m curious since I’m right handed but left eye dominant. I converted to shooting lefty but recently started to shoot with both eyes open. I’d love to go back to shooting right handed again.

 

Has anybody used a red dot on their compound bow? And if you have what are the pros vs cons?
I shoot right hand but I'm left eye dominant ( I have very limited sight in my right eye).
Would a red dot work for me?


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Zero experience with it....but have you looked at those Garmin sights? They are 'kinda' red dot aren't they?

 

Will it correct your sight picture with your problem, NO. I used one for a little while and set up some up. In the end it was conducive to what I wanted to do. Mine was a fixed one distance, 20 yards because of the mount I liked and used.

 

Stay RH BUT move anchor to the left side of face & align with LH eye. Have friend that is blind in right eye & shoots RH. using his left eye. He shot in the high 280's & low 290's
on the 5 spot.

 

I have used red dot sites (I never liked peep sights) on my hunting bows for the last 15 years at least. I tried several brands and setteled on the Zeiss Z-Point about 10 years ago when they were still in production. I am still using two of them on hunting bows and have a third in reserve. The real game changer has been the advent of the ARD sight mount. I was using an old HHA Ultralight which worked OK but was a bit difficult to adjust and also somewhat delicate for use in hunting situations. The ARD mount is very well made, solid on the bow, and after using it for two seasons (Deer, Bear, Turkey) totally impervious to the common bangs and bumps that are part of hunting.

 

Never thought about using a red dot on a bow but I've had great success with them on pistols.

As far as shooting left eye dominant I had to do that when I destroyed my left shoulder and couldn't hold the bow in my left hand but could draw one. It was funny, I couldn't close my right eye so I had to close it before I could draw the bow using my left hand. Took me about two months to get use to it.

 

Make sure that you check with your state archery hunting regs. Some states do not allow battery operated devices (rangefinder sights, led pin lights, and cameras) to be attached to the bow.