Traditional Archery Discussions on the Leatherwall


How many lefties

Messages posted to thread:
Red Dogs 07-May-20
David Mitchell 07-May-20
Supernaut 07-May-20
tundrajumper 07-May-20
grizz 07-May-20
rabbitman 07-May-20
Dan W 07-May-20
Nemah 07-May-20
Tom McCool 07-May-20
two4hooking 07-May-20
GLF 07-May-20
HerbP 07-May-20
goldentrout_one 07-May-20
George Vernon 07-May-20
parsonbryant 07-May-20
B.B. 07-May-20
1Longbow 07-May-20
JRT51 07-May-20
Therifleman 07-May-20
nowheels 07-May-20
Stubee 07-May-20
eagle_eye 07-May-20
wpaben 07-May-20
trad archer 1 07-May-20
oldhunter1942 07-May-20
Lowcountry 07-May-20
Nrthernrebel05 07-May-20
Skipshot 07-May-20
Scott Gray 07-May-20
altitude sick 07-May-20
ground hunter 07-May-20
Wayne Hess 07-May-20
Lone Eagle 07-May-20
Sapper1980 07-May-20
1buckurout 07-May-20
mangonboat 07-May-20
Stuart 07-May-20
Big jack 07-May-20
Stan 07-May-20
Cheetah52 07-May-20
ishi4 07-May-20
Boker 07-May-20
David McLendon 07-May-20
Rik Davis 07-May-20
Archre167 07-May-20
flinginarrows 07-May-20
Stuart 07-May-20
PECO 07-May-20
LBshooter 07-May-20
Wapiti - - M. S. 07-May-20
Tlhbow 07-May-20
bearbowjunky 07-May-20
grizzly 07-May-20
GLF 08-May-20
Danny Pyle 08-May-20
Luca 08-May-20
KeithG 08-May-20
Old Shortstop 08-May-20
Buzz 08-May-20
nineworlds9 08-May-20
Brian Bishop 08-May-20
Thogg 08-May-20
wvbowbender 08-May-20
BairPaw 08-May-20
reb 08-May-20
WJK5 08-May-20
billlmo 08-May-20
bowshot 08-May-20
Fuzzy 08-May-20
Frisky 08-May-20
OldTimeArcher 08-May-20
OldTimeArcher 08-May-20
OldTimeArcher 08-May-20
Thumper-tx 08-May-20
heavybow 08-May-20
Rutnomore 08-May-20
The Whittler 08-May-20
From: Red Dogs Professional Bowhunters Society - Associate Member Compton's Traditional Bowhunters
Date: 07-May-20




Here but definitely not famous!

From: David Mitchell
Date: 07-May-20




Lefty here but not famous by a long shot. LOL

From: Supernaut
Date: 07-May-20




Lefty but shoot righty and I'm not famous. Maybe infamous depending on who you ask ;)

From: tundrajumper
Date: 07-May-20




Right hand, but shot lefty for many years. Wife thinks i'm famous.

From: grizz
Date: 07-May-20




Way not famous but lefty by necessity. And not sure but wasn't Glenn StCharles a lety?

From: rabbitman Compton's Traditional Bowhunters
Date: 07-May-20




I'm a lefty and famous in my own mind.....

From: Dan W
Date: 07-May-20




LEFTY! (also practice righty, but no one should be anywhere near when I'm trying to shoot R.H.)

From: Nemah
Date: 07-May-20




Glenn was rt handed.....but shot left....the yips.

From: Tom McCool
Date: 07-May-20




Lefty for me as well

From: two4hooking
Date: 07-May-20




I'm shooting left.

From: GLF
Date: 07-May-20




Fred was right handed. Shooting a bow is all he did left handed. They say it was because of his accident but Fred, not being the type person to lay blame, always said he didn't know for sure why he shot as a lefty. That it was just the way he learned. He shot guns right as well as everything else.

From: HerbP Compton's Traditional Bowhunters
Date: 07-May-20




I too am a southpaw! Might be a good thread to say I have some that I should thin out too!

From: goldentrout_one
Date: 07-May-20




I'm a lefty .... Jimi Hendrix and Tony Iommi were/are lefties....

From: George Vernon Compton's Traditional Bowhunters
Date: 07-May-20




I like all other left handed shooters, hold the bow in the 'right' hand.

From: parsonbryant
Date: 07-May-20




I'm a lefty and a legend in my own mind.

From: B.B.
Date: 07-May-20




Proud to say I'm a lefty eventhough my 3rd grade teacher , Sister Paula , made many valient attempts to " convert " me !

From: 1Longbow
Date: 07-May-20




Total lefty

From: JRT51
Date: 07-May-20




not right ,,,,,CORRECT

From: Therifleman
Date: 07-May-20




Im right handed, but shoot lefthanded. Anyone can shoot dominant side ;).

From: nowheels
Date: 07-May-20




Here! [left hand raised]

From: Stubee
Date: 07-May-20




I’m right handed and the only thing I do lefty is shoot a bow. Just how I learned very young and would guess it’s because I’m left eye dominant so it just felt “right”. Only downside is the limited availability of LH bows vs those awkward right handed ones people seem to like!

I do with I’d learned to shoot long guns LH, purely for when I bird hunt. I’m not famous and sure won’t be.

From: eagle_eye
Date: 07-May-20




Lefty but shoot right handed.

From: wpaben
Date: 07-May-20




lefty here. If I am famous it's not the right reasons.

From: trad archer 1
Date: 07-May-20




Another lefty here.

From: oldhunter1942
Date: 07-May-20




Lefty, very famous for most misses by a lefty

From: Lowcountry
Date: 07-May-20




I'm a righty, but I shoot lefty.

From: Nrthernrebel05
Date: 07-May-20




Lefty since 2013

From: Skipshot Professional Bowhunters Society - Associate Member Compton's Traditional Bowhunters
Date: 07-May-20




Went lefty 4 years ago, still working on it. Definitely challenging.

From: Scott Gray Compton's Traditional Bowhunters
Date: 07-May-20




Lefty since birth...'65

From: altitude sick
Date: 07-May-20




Like many. Right handed and switched to left hand 30’years ago because of left eye dominance. And didn’t like having to close my eye.

I was always ok Right handed. But got a hair better left handed.

From: ground hunter
Date: 07-May-20




I have a left master eye, so yes I shoot lefty.... Beginning of this year, was diagnosed with something, that has deteriorated, my ability, big time....

As I get more crippled, I will probably go to the xbow, and that will be the Excalibur,,,,

I can shoot bows but the weight I will be able to pull, for fun, at the shoots, will not be legal for hunting, or for that matter ethical

Always shoot your master eye

From: Wayne Hess
Date: 07-May-20




My bows are left handed that I shoot.

From: Lone Eagle Professional Bowhunters Society - Qualified Member Compton's Traditional Bowhunters
Date: 07-May-20




I now shoot lefty after fighting TP for many years, while shooting right handed. So far lefty is working well.

From: Sapper1980
Date: 07-May-20




Right handed but shoot Bows and everything else lefthand.

From: 1buckurout
Date: 07-May-20




I shoot both RH and LH. Does that count?

:^)

From: mangonboat
Date: 07-May-20




Left-handed in most things, shot lefty for 45 years, then eye dominance shifted L>R, shot RH for a year, now shoot both ways as the mood strikes. Famously noncommittal.

From: Stuart
Date: 07-May-20




Lefty here.

From: Big jack
Date: 07-May-20




I shoot lefty bow and rifle but I am right handed cant shoot right handed lefty is natural to me ,I guess because of eye dominance

From: Stan
Date: 07-May-20




Yep..

From: Cheetah52
Date: 07-May-20




Lefty all the way. I'm lefthanded and left eye dominant. Only time it is a bummer is when looking for bows such as a John Shultz..very rare. :(

From: ishi4
Date: 07-May-20




Lifelong leftie here. I'm not famous but I get a kick out of telling my little brother(56 years old) that I was mom's favorite and my dog thinks I'm the best thing since snausages :)

From: Boker
Date: 07-May-20




I am RH but shoot LH

From: David McLendon
Date: 07-May-20




Born left handed, forced to right hand in the first grade, screwed me up my whole early life.

Left eye dominant thank God, because now all but blind in right eye due to retinal detachment several years ago.

So now after nearly a lifetime I am left handed again and have been kicking ass with it ever since.

From: Rik Davis
Date: 07-May-20




Right-handed but shoot my bow left-handed.

From: Archre167
Date: 07-May-20




I'm confused! I do many things right and left handed. I was likely one of the last ones told to "do it right handed like everyone else does it!" So I just learned to do things both ways. Probably helped me as an adult, although the other half says I still haven't grown up! Oh, and far from famous for sure!

From: flinginarrows
Date: 07-May-20




Left eyed

From: Stuart
Date: 07-May-20




So awesome to capture all of the elite. ;)

From: PECO
Date: 07-May-20




I'm right handed, but have a very weak lazy right eye since birth. So, I shoot left handed. I am not famous, or a legend, and would like to keep it that way.

From: LBshooter
Date: 07-May-20




Lefty here and famous in my own mind.

From: Wapiti - - M. S. Compton's Traditional Bowhunters
Date: 07-May-20




Lefty here also !

From: Tlhbow
Date: 07-May-20




Lefty here, shoot the bow right handed .

From: bearbowjunky
Date: 07-May-20




Left handed shooter

From: grizzly
Date: 07-May-20




Right handed, left footed, left eye dominant. Were all legends, just ask Frisker.

From: GLF
Date: 08-May-20




I'm right handed because that the way I was taught to do everything. My uncle handed me a rifle when I was a kid and told me to hit the can. I did it left handed and since no one stopped me I still shoot long guns left handed. And I'm left eye dominant but it doesn't effect my bow shooting. Guess I was a want to be a lefty.

From: Danny Pyle
Date: 08-May-20




Lefty all the way

From: Luca
Date: 08-May-20




Shoot both ways.

From: KeithG
Date: 08-May-20




All left

From: Old Shortstop Professional Bowhunters Society - Associate Member Compton's Traditional Bowhunters
Date: 08-May-20




RH at most things, throw, eat, write etc...... but left eye dominant. Shoot bows & guns LH, hit LH in baseball, golf LH too.

D.P.

From: Buzz
Date: 08-May-20

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goldentrout_one

Jimi played guitar lefthanded.

Looks like a righty here though.

BTW, I shoot lefthanded.

From: nineworlds9
Date: 08-May-20




Im a lefty. Not famous. Still working on infamous. LOL

From: Brian Bishop
Date: 08-May-20




Lefty and not!

From: Thogg
Date: 08-May-20




Shoot rifles, pool,and Bows left handed but I'm right-handed. Michael

From: wvbowbender
Date: 08-May-20




I'm lefty all the way. Only thing I do right handed is carry my wrist watch. And I'm not famous.....YET! (Actually I guess I am famous...in the eyes of my grandkids.)

From: BairPaw
Date: 08-May-20




Righty, but shoot lefty due to dominate eye. Legend in my own mind.

From: reb
Date: 08-May-20




Right handed; shoot right and left.

From: WJK5
Date: 08-May-20




Lefty here

From: billlmo Compton's Traditional Bowhunters
Date: 08-May-20




Here

From: bowshot Professional Bowhunters Society - Qualified Member
Date: 08-May-20




Me

From: Fuzzy
Date: 08-May-20

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lefty, infamous

From: Frisky
Date: 08-May-20




None of you would have been allowed on the archery range back when times were good.

Joe

From: OldTimeArcher
Date: 08-May-20

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Y'all are leaving one great Archer out who was up there with Bear and Swinehart...

DON BROWN !!!!!!

George Stout posted on him:

This is from his 2002 induction into the California Archery Hall of Fame. DON BROWN BOWYER-TRADITIONAL ARCHERY BOW HUNTER Don Brown, was the type of man that legends are made of. What hasn't this man done to promote the sport of archery during the past 40 years? In order to figure out that question, let's look at what he has done.

Don Brown the Archery Club member: Don began his life-long passion for archery in 1954 when he first started slinging arrows. He's been a member of the Riverside Archery Club since 1956. He's been a member of the CBH-SAA, the NFAA and the National Archery Association for the past 40 years. He's been a National Archery Association Flight Shooting Board Committee member since 1968. He's been given the position of International Flight Shooting Judge by FITA in 1999.

Don Brown the Hunter: He's taken countless big and small game animals, including fish, using only the Longbow. He is the holder of the NFAA Art Young Small Game Award. Deer, bear, javelin, wild boar, and sharks have all fallen to Don's broad head. Don once dropped a sheep at a witnessed and confirmed 160 yards.

Don Brown the Target shooter: He's established many high score records shooting very heavyweight longbows from 100 to 145 lbs., the scores of which, have never been surpassed in target, field, and novelty rounds. He's held the National Archery Association title of Flight Shooting Champion for fourteen years between 1968 though 1997.

Don Brown the World Record holder: Don holds numerous national and world records for long distance flight shooting with longbows and recurves. He is listed in the (Guinness Book of World Records for having shot an arrow with a 132- pound hand- held recurve bow, the record distance of 1336 yards, 1 foot, 3 inches. Don also holds the record for having shot the fastest arrow ever recorded out of a "stick" how, at a speed of 507 feet per second. He set the world flight record for longbows of 408 yards, 1 foot, 4 inches with a 130-pound longbow. Don Brown the Archery Ambassador: Don has performed difficult shooting shots for television commercials and has been a technical adviser and coach for movie and television personalities. He has toured the country performing archery exhibitions for the non-shooting public while promoting archery at sportsman's shows, fairs, schools, and clubs.

Don Brown the Bowyer: Don successfully marketed his own line of traditional archery bows and accessories under the company name of Don Brown Traditional Archery Productions of Riverside, CA. Don's hand-made longbows were considered to be among the finest in the world and of meticulous quality, with great attention to detail. His other merchandise catered to the traditional archer and also enjoyed an excellent reputation for durability and functionality. Don used many of his own bows and arrows to set the world records cited above. In summation, Don Brown was indeed a legend in his own time, We are saddened by his recent passing on, but we are all the better for having known him while he was among us. Our sport too, has benefited from the Don Brown legend. Don Brown, a legend in his own time. Inducted 2002

From: OldTimeArcher
Date: 08-May-20

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From: OldTimeArcher
Date: 08-May-20

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Don And Howard Hill

From: Thumper-tx
Date: 08-May-20




Lefty ..... the dominant eye don't lie.

From: heavybow
Date: 08-May-20




Lefty here

From: Rutnomore
Date: 08-May-20




Right handed, shot righty couldn't hit anything, left eye dominant so switched, now I can hit some things but not many....

From: The Whittler
Date: 08-May-20




My wife is left handed and claims lefties are the only ones in their right minds. No comment I would not touch that one for all the tea in China. :-)





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