The Left-handed thread!

[Bunnylady]

My mother's mother and father's father were both lefties. Nobody in my parents' generation are/were, but several of my cousins on both sides are. I started showing a left-handed preference as a small baby, and my mother had the good sense not to fight it! I've had to learn my own way of doing some things (like crocheting) because I couldn't find lefthanded instructions. It does get challenging, trying to show my righthanded kids how to do things!

 

[BlakesWife]

DS(4) is a lefty. I am not sure about my other son(2) but he favors his left. Won't know for a couple of more years with him

Any of you lefties hunters? My husband is having a fine time trying to teach my 4yo to start hunting with him b/c all of our guns are standard issue RH guns. Makes it incredibly difficult and quite possibly a hazard having him hold and shoot with his left dominant hand while using his left eye to aim. Anyone know of a good youth gun that would be used for a lefty?

 

[vetgirl00us]

Blakeswife- I am a lefty and a hunter. but I had to learn to shoot right handed because I am right eye dominant. It was weird the first few times but then I got used to it. Now I don't feel right if I have the gun in my left hand lol.

 

[Royd]

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Here's the thing about shooting...You need to determine which side is your dominant eye, and shoot accordingly. I shot archery lefthanded, because that was my strong arm, but always had to adjust the aim, because my left eye wasn't true. Shooting righthanded, I'm pretty much dead on.

Here's how you check it out. Hold your thumb, at arm's length, directly in front of your face, and sight it at something beyond. Close one eye, then, the other. If the thumb stays on the object, that's your dominate eye...The weak eye, the thumb will appear to move to one side, by a few inches.

 

[BlakesWife]

I realized I typed that out wrong. Son holds with his weaker, right hand, while placing the gun to take the brunt of the force on his right shoulder. Left finger is his trigger finger as well as trying to sight in with is left eye as well. See the problem? With him criss crossing his arms like that basically leaves him without a solid shoulder for the kickback of the gun.

 

[theOEGBman]

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Both of my parents and siblings are right handed. Im the only lefty in the family.

 

[Mahonri]

I hear that Barack Obama is EXTREMELY left handed.

Just hearsay I suppose....

 

[mamagardener]

I am a lefty and my oldest DS is a lefty too.

 

[kjhowe77]

I have a lot of lefties in my family, my dd and I are, my father and one of my sisters are, and 2 of my grandfathers are. I'm not sure about other cousins and ants/uncles.

 

[CrazyChickieMama]

I'm a lefty. My ncle was a lefty, but they switched him. So, I'm the only lefty on my mom's side of the family. Neither of my children are either.